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Jun 28, 2011 - 1:40 PM
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apwatson
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Update:
I was able to do a little detective work and uncovered five record stores in central New Orleans. Let me break them down a little for anyone who's curious.
Odyssey Records (on Canal St. ) - slick chain store with a heavy R&B focus. Soundtrack selection is anemic (mostly compilation albums from films) and heavily overpriced.
Peaches Records (near Jackson Square in the French Quarter) - Very large store, with decent soundtrack selection but very overpriced (Howard Shore's "The Betrayal" was marked as $26.99!) and about 2/3 compilation albums. Their vinyl selection was much better; they had Goldsmith's TMP complete with poster and background aliens and a (badly beat-up) Silent Running.
Skully'z Recordz (on Bourbon St. in the French Quarter) - Tiny store but run by extremely friendly people. Mostly geared toward rock, punk, and electronica with the few soundtracks tending to reflect that (e.g. "Unleashed" by Massive Attack, "Fight Club" by the Dust Brothers).
Louisiana Music Factory (near Canal in the French Quarter) - Large store with an obsessive (and impressive) focus on New Orleans. Decent collection of vinyl soundtracks (I saw Jarre's "Ryan's Daughter"), but the only CD scores are from New Orleans artists and mixed in with other things (they had a nice selection of Terrence Blanchard, for instance). Prices were reasonable to expensive.
So, in sum, there were record stores but not the best for score CD's. I compensated for this by looting the Naxos booth at the conference for free CD's, netting Glass, Corigliano, and even a Franz Waxman. Their catalog also shows that you can get music from Lalo Schifrin (his "Homage a Ravel") and David Amram if you're so inclined.
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May 1, 2016 - 10:17 AM
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Tobias
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I am going to New Orleans in a few weeks from now so naturally I wonder if the stores mentioned is still in business or not. Have there been some changes since this last post seen here below?
Update:
I was able to do a little detective work and uncovered five record stores in central New Orleans. Let me break them down a little for anyone who's curious.
Odyssey Records (on Canal St. ) - slick chain store with a heavy R&B focus. Soundtrack selection is anemic (mostly compilation albums from films) and heavily overpriced.
Peaches Records (near Jackson Square in the French Quarter) - Very large store, with decent soundtrack selection but very overpriced (Howard Shore's "The Betrayal" was marked as $26.99!) and about 2/3 compilation albums. Their vinyl selection was much better; they had Goldsmith's TMP complete with poster and background aliens and a (badly beat-up) Silent Running.
Skully'z Recordz (on Bourbon St. in the French Quarter) - Tiny store but run by extremely friendly people. Mostly geared toward rock, punk, and electronica with the few soundtracks tending to reflect that (e.g. "Unleashed" by Massive Attack, "Fight Club" by the Dust Brothers).
Louisiana Music Factory (near Canal in the French Quarter) - Large store with an obsessive (and impressive) focus on New Orleans. Decent collection of vinyl soundtracks (I saw Jarre's "Ryan's Daughter"), but the only CD scores are from New Orleans artists and mixed in with other things (they had a nice selection of Terrence Blanchard, for instance). Prices were reasonable to expensive.
So, in sum, there were record stores but not the best for score CD's. I compensated for this by looting the Naxos booth at the conference for free CD's, netting Glass, Corigliano, and even a Franz Waxman. Their catalog also shows that you can get music from Lalo Schifrin (his "Homage a Ravel") and David Amram if you're so inclined.
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