Wrecka Stow: Friends of Sounds Records – Austin, TX

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As you walk up South Congress Street in Austin, Texas, you will (hopefully) notice the sign for Friends of Sound Records at 1704 South Congress.  It’s a vinyl lover’s dream.

The entrance is around the back of the building in the alley.

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Walk up that ramp, hang a left, and you’ll see this.

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Inside you’ll find boxes and boxes of vinyl from every genre you can imagine (and some you’ve forgotten).

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John Lee Hooker, Radiohead, and the Cramps all on the same wall equals a win.  The store consists of two rooms packed to the gills with records.  They were playing some cool vintage R&B when I was there in April during Levitation weekend.

The second room is on a (slightly) lower level and has most of the house music, electro, and disco.

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Even the cash register desk has stuff around and on it to entice you, not unlike candy bars at a grocery store.

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It’s a crate digger’s paradise.  Don’t miss it if you’re in Austin and hunting for good vinyl.

Keep your mind open.

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Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

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