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Don ! lot the name ot thr Hook Station tool you — it's also one ol
Eugene's lending sources ot secondhand records, tapes, and CDs.
including a wealth ol collectibles
Secondhand music industry grows
Opportunities abound for buying, selling or trading
By Christina Komeshian
Emerald Contributor
hiigone is blessed with .1 mu
sii -loving population, which
also means that musii stores
i .ili rmg to all tastes and sounds
1 an be found in low n
( file a spei t of the mu S I (
1 that has grown nuentlv is
till used rei ord, l I) and tape
hisiiirss ' Kiigenn retailers pro
vidi plenH of opportunity to
l>u\ . sell and trade worn-out
discs
Might stores in Mugene were
surveyed as far us seler lion,
serviie and huy-hack polities.
Happy Trails .Mil I 1 till
Ave at High Street, sells used
CDs, Li’s, cassettes, video.tapes,
and hasehall lards, as well as
new CDs
II \ 011 re a < olleetor, t.her k
ait tl.eir imports, as well as old
n 1 1 irds that are out of print
. heir i asselte so let lion is mi
mi-nse and ranges from
pop na k to thrash metal and
mintrv jazz and blues
Happv Traits pays S3 to S5
i ash Sat ('.Us or S4 to 57 50 in
trade !.very tiling is guaranteed
The Hook Station non Hlair
Hlvd . is located In ii i.(inverted
gas station The business start
ed out selling used hooks and
has grown to include CDs. Li’s,
cassettes, 15s and .1 large seler
tion of laser discs
The store specializes In hard
to-find rnusir Collin tihlo al
bums usualh sell for between
510 to 520. but rare albums
have gone lor .is much .is 5500
I he Hook Station also provides
searches to trai k down collect
idles that miiv not he in sloe k.
For people interested in sell
ing alliums that might he col
lectibles, the Hook Station pays
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if they are rarities
In the case of (IDs, th(' store
p.ivs between S t to $.r> depend
ing on the artist If you're in u
buying, rather than selling,
mood, non-collectible alliums
sell lor around S.t fit) t sed CDs
range from S7 to S10 depending
on the artist
The Record Harden 10.10
Willamette St ,s lot ,ited on the
downtown mall The Record
Harden also carries a large se
lection of vinyl, but it's all new
This is another place for album
collectors to line) imports arid
out-of-print selections.
If you don't see what you’re
looking for on the rac ks, they
will order imports or new re
leases.
I'lie Reconi Garden sells new
i assettes and new and used
CDs It also has art extensive so
ils non of rock magazines and t
shirts
House of Records, 258 b.
: :tth .We. between Pearl and
High Streets, is u blue house
that you c an't miss. It carries a
variety of new and used rec -
ords. cassettes, CDs and video
tapes
The House of Records' selec
tion is awesome You can find
hardcore, punk, jazz, reggae, in
liin.ition,il, folk, rock and
more Its buy-back policy for
CDs and tapes is about the
same as Happy Trails, although
it pass a little more for cas
settes (sometimes as much as
S2).
Compact Disc World, 2 100
W lllh Ave . offers the largest
number of CDs in bugene, but
that doesn't necessarily guaran
tee the widest variety.
If you’re looking for a main
stream selection, this is the
place to go because they are al*
svavs s\ ell-stocked
( . mpact Disc Wot Id bus s
and sells used (:l)s, and pay s SO
to $l> for used CDs, depending
n the condition and demand
ior the release.
Face the Music BB0 b ldth
Ave across from the University
Bookstore, is c losost to campus
They have a wide selection oi
new and used CDs and new
cassettes, but no Li’s It's a good
place to check out, and il you
don't see what you want, they
are willing to special order
items
Mr. Mike's, 195 h 17lh, is
located behind Safeway They
c arry "90 percent" used CDs,
cassettes, and records and have
the largest selection of used CD
singles in bugene.
Green Noise. 088 W 0th
Ave , opened Aug 10 It's a bit
out of the way, but it's very
much worth the trip because
this is the most unique place in
bugene.
They carry new and used
CDs, L.Ps, and cassettes, specifi
cally independent laixds You
will not find top 40 here, but
you will find hardcore and un
derground rock.
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