Let’s Go To The Record Store #52 - Music Connection (Elmwood Park, NJ)

For this series I’ll be taking you with me through New York & New Jersey to various Music Stores & Record Shows. Sifting through CD’s, vinyl, and whatever else the stores have to offer. Come on…let’s go to the record store!
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[@DorianPaige00]

Your enthusiasm is contagious. I have no idea of any of this music but enjoy you showing it to me.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hi Dorian! Nice to know you can still enjoy the passion we as music fans share.

[@toke7342]

Try it out, maybe you'll like it.

[@ScogginsDiscGolf]

I would literally go broke walking into that store…insane selection!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha…I know what you mean! 😂

[@antonnee]

I'm in Florida but i think I'll plan a pilgrimage to New Jersey to visit Music Connection, Anthony's store, and Princeton Records.

[@SeanFaustMusic]

I love that place! I've been going to Joe since he was in the Elmwood Park flea market!

[@mrdjproductions3070]

Great enthusiasm and looking forward to more of your record store videos this week.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

That place is unreal dude.

[@sjbang5764]

I got a nostalgic tug seeing the retro cd cases.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I love seeing them too but they are so hard to navigate as they’re packed way too tight and just get caught on each other.

[@jasonpp1973]

Happy Labor Day! Keep spinnin', keep rockin'!

[@josephwelch8552]

Enjoy your vacation Brendon….looking forward to seeing some of your other Record Store videos this week!

[@jasonwalt1664]

Great looking store. Great finds

[@mike-qk1vf]

great store. love looking for classic and new material.great video brendon

[@mlbolts72]

Nice mention of shark island . I got to know the singer. Im a big fan 🎙🤠

[@KWSfan2000]

Like a kid in a candy store......i love your enthusiasm for physical media!!!! 😊. Hope the rest of the week brings you many good finds! I love just going to a store and flipping through not knowing what i might fiind.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s half the fun…not knowing what you could find. Of course there is nothing worse than going to a record store a literally not finding anything you want. But since that rarely happens it’s always such a fun time.

[@KWSfan2000]

@@BrendonSnyder I hardly ever leave without anything😊

[@ivostoyanov4850]

​@@BrendonSnyderI always find something 😂

[@aidanmcgoran]

What a cool store!

[@speedking4951]

Awesome selection of rock and metal music. Thanks for taking us record shopping with you🤘!

[@ivostoyanov4850]

Great store , so many special stuff here .

[@isherrod13]

I like the first album from Angel. Thanks for the tour.

[@quagsiremetalhead1401]

Nice to see you show off Freeways, their album from this year is in my top 3 of the year so far, killer band

[@BrendonSnyder]

They’re one of my favorite newly discovered bands. A few days back I posted a short doing a one minute review of their latest album.

[@toddtipton2857]

That Rouge Male is fantastic

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

Looks awesome. Maybe one day I'm going have to take a road trip. Nice cds 💿 there

[@brennandre8234]

good luck...it's a mess and prices will choke you..let us know what happens if you waste your time

[@tapanim6576]

Doro 🔥🔥🔥 Firewind 🔥🔥🔥

[@BrendonSnyder]

I had the pleasure of meeting Doro back in 1990 and she was so nice. That experience has always stuck with me and made me a lifelong fan.

[@tapanim6576]

@@BrendonSnyder That's awesome. I've never met her but in every interview I've seen of her she's cool, nice and humble. I've been a fan since the Warlock album Triumph and Agony.

[@kevinm5957]

Reminds me a little of Rock of Ages in Garden City,MI. A bit chaotic, plenty of metal, and those annoying long plastic cd security devices. That plastic noise when flipping through cds is irritating, but the large selection makes you go through all the racks😂

[@rawsewage196]

Should have grabbed that Attacker. It’s a great album. I’m going to have to take a drive down there one weekend. It’s about a 3 hour drive from me but I think I’ll bring enough stuff back to make the trip worth it.

[@JulianJones-rg1hr]

Nice scores 😊

[@ericmiller1881]

I'm really into that Marty Friedman album right now. Really hit the spot. I love these episodes cause there's literally only 1 record store in my county. I'm very lucky to have it though. Mark rizzo, I'll check that out. Thanks!

[@cdelgado7296]

Went there once, great selection and decent prices!

[@SkovgaardDK]

Love your Stranger Things shirt👌👌

[@BrendonSnyder]

Cool that you picked up on that. Most people don’t make the connection. But that’s why I bought the shirt.

[@jazzpunk]

Around 6:00 in...that stack of cds on the left! I'm slowly working my way there. That BILLION DOLLAR BABIES extended cd set includes, IIRC, a live show in Texas, 1973. I think this is the same as the vinyl-only RSD release in 2019. It's a good recording of the original AC Group.

[@rocketrod1444]

Thelemite 'Survival Of The Fittest' cover looks like Priests 'Defenders' big time .

[@court4543]

Thanks for the trip to the store. That Slayer cd wasn't remastered and its going for $12?! 😮😂 I did learn something, I didn't know Ozzys, Ten Commandments existed, I'd like to see the booklet. I miss record stores

[@BrendonSnyder]

Nothing inside the booklet, it’s just a folded blank interior, just the cover and writing on the back. It was very cheaply done but was his first best of collection.

[@court4543]

@@BrendonSnyder thank you!

[@jazzandcocktails7]

Brendon enjoying your channel which has inspired me to reinvest in CDs. I am definitely interested in doing a tour of some of the NJ shops in the fall. Our musical tastes are very different though. Can you pleaase mention whether any of these places have prog, jazz-rock or jazz? Thanks.

[@arilderiksen5560]

Wow, what a mess in that store but maybe people can find tresures there, Thundermother is a female band from Sweden, they really kick some ass.😉😉

[@georgegsroomofrock9868]

I went there a few months ago. The owner wea really nice. But damn it's a freakin mess in there, so hard to look for anything in there. I hope he gets a better system of organization in the store.

[@brennandre8234]

nope...never will...has been that way for 25 years

[@georgegsroomofrock9868]

@@brennandre8234 I see, I still think he needs a bigger store!

[@seanbelcher4486]

You guys are lucky to have good music stores. I live in east Tennessee and have one lille place called Retro and they're selections are few and far between.

[@DKbananas]

I found that is floor stock of lps are the low grade fodder. The good stuff goes online to maximize bucks. The store is a front for his online sales that's about it.

[@JohnBarrow1961]

Haha, I took guitar lessons from Steve Lynch for a while. He runs a music school here in WA, or he did last time I checked.

[@magnuswettermark8293]

Earthshaker is a great hardrock band from japan. A little more glam than Loudness but still good. Have 7 albums by the band,on vinyl of course. The band is still goin to this day.

[@robgarb2976]

What number location is it now for this guy? Unreal...

[@liverust5]

We love cds put them back in stores now! You like the band icon? Check them out

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

That guy talking sounds like Peter steel from type o negative.

[@markcusack6335]

I don’t think I will be visiting that store and its mountainous piles of precariously balanced CDs with Bruno, my Bully-sized dog. The breakages bill will surpass that of the UK’s entire national debt.

[@richardhenle2650]

Cool place however those stacks are crazy reminds of Village Revival which Iike but a little chaotic. Kind of like my experiences going to Rough Trade in NYC how everything is separated, new pop, oldies, pre punk ? and some other ridiculous filing, how about a-z kind of does the trick for me. I hate playing guessing games with what the "staff" thinks Ultravox is or Elton John if he's an oldie or current etc... Looking at this makes me think NYC needs a regular record store like a Tower Records again, since Japan is doing very well with it. And also since NYC has been a disaster with the location since having multiple stores and pop ups in that location that are gone in a few months, ridiculous . On the Tower Records subject, Japan, I am seeing some reports of how they are changing "Cds" over there with packaging since some are complaining now prices are going up because "physical media" has again shown a rise this year, led by vinyl, but new cds are struggling somewhat mainly because some say the packaging cant compete with Vinyl and making it "collectible" well I saw some video on a KZbin called "IS this the future of the cd" and its not just Japanese artitsts it is American artists packaging this that way over there. It's actually very interesting but clearly will raise the price of CDS for sure.

[@Bellwitch504]

I know you like thrash check out the band Onslaught they’re so freaking good

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes I’m aware of the band but only like the album they did with Steve Grimmett.

[@briankessler3501]

Can't imagine anyone would buy those Ted Nugent and Amboy Dukes records. Bad of shape as covers are and can't see albums in any kind of decent playability. Actually wouldn't take them for free. Thanks Brendon and enjoy your day off. Edit #1: enjoy your week off, lol.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Oh yes I’ve been surprised by some of the quality of the albums that are there. Though I think those albums are relatively rare as I haven’t seen them in other stores. Maybe it’s more for the person who wants them no matter what and certainly I would expect the price would be a good deal with how bad the condition of the album covers are in. That or maybe the vinyl is in great shape and it’s meant for someone to buy for the vinyl only. I’ve bought two copies of an album before, one for a good sleeve and one for a good record and then combined them to have an even better quality album overall without paying a fortune. But those two albums have been then for at least the 2 years I’ve been going there so it seems we aren’t the only ones who have issue with the quality.

[@liverust5]

You like AXE?

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

No music played at this record store.

[@BrendonSnyder]

They were playing music, death metal in fact, but it was relatively low in the background. I don’t know if they did that for me so I could film, or because they know I’m not into death metal, but either way it was very helpful for filming.

[@brennandre8234]

this place was, is and always will be a mess...and the guys makes up prices after you bring your item(s) to the counter by consulting recent Ebay prices. You may find something you want and end up leaving empty handed. One of the most frustrating stores ever

[@BrendonSnyder]

Nothing you said is untrue, but that’s only done on used product and you can still haggle the price. Whereas in other stores when the price is set, the price is the price and there is no haggling. I tend to stick to new product so that I don’t have to haggle. But of the 2 used items I bought during this visit I got them for less than I would if I bought them online so I felt like I make a good score.

[@brennandre8234]

@@BrendonSnyder well, that's good news. I tend to buy used and it's always been a bitc*

[@mahoelihaai]

man, seen you a bit but i must say that you are a cd-hoarder....too much too many...been there and done that....just remember...your time is limited to listen to it all

[@BrendonSnyder]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ronbaker8383]

Freeways is awesome bought on cd n vinyl

[@BrendonSnyder]

Both of their albums sound so good.

[@ronbaker8383]

Brendon get all Nazareth featuring the king of rock Dan McCafferty can't go wrong with Dan's glorious voice

[@BrendonSnyder]

I own their whole catalogue including the stuff without Dan.