Columbus Ohio record stores – 7th Level Music

Used Kids Records is an institution in Columbus, Ohio, and their new location at 2500 Summit Street is a definite upgrade from their prior location across the street from the Ohio State University campus.

The space is much bigger, giving them a lot of room to stretch out their collection of seemingly every genre of music under the sun.

That vinyl copy of The New Pornographers’ “Brill Bruisers” is well worth your money.

You know you’re in for something when you walk into the store, immediately see a rack of newly arrived CDs and find one of them is this.

As Matthew Baty from Pigsx7 once said, “If your Uber driver asks if your band is like G.G. Allin, get out of the car because he’s a fucking nutter.”

Their vinyl collection is impressive. You could spend hours and thousands of dollars here if you’re not careful.

Sade and Butthole Surfers on the same rack.

Also for the girls and the gays. Trust me on this.

This was my favorite section in the store. It’s stuffed with lounge, exotica, and other weird stuff.

I’d spend most of my cash here if I were a vinyl collector.

Another fun section was an entire wall of Christmas music that showcased how many different genres of Christmas music are out there.

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings next to Dee Snider and Lizzy Hale.

It’s amazing that I walked out of there with just a CD box set of The Who (at a crazy low price at that). Don’t skip this place if you’re in town and looking for a vinyl fix, or just want to browse and find stuff you didn’t know existed.

Keep your mind open.

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Tucked on a corner lot at 2960 North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, Lost Weekend Records takes up the bottom floor of this building and stuffs a lot of cool stuff inside the limited space. You’re blitzed with a lot of stuff you’ll want as soon as you walk in the door.

The selection is mostly vinyl, but there are CDs, cassettes, and other stuff there if you’re not a vinyl collector (like yours truly). However, the vinyl they do have is nifty, with a lot of stuff from all over the musical map. Turn into the room on the right when you first walk in and scope all this wax.