Record Den

Difficult to move around or easily search through the vinyl section. Not for anyone with dust allergies or physical disabilities. Once I finally found an item, they told me that they don’t accept any debit card purchases under $ 5, which the Visa Merchant page explicitly states is a violation of their rules, as debit cards are not covered under the law allowing minimum credit card purchases. Overall a disappointing experience.

Record Den is an indie slice of music nirvana. Audiophiles travel near and far to visit this North Coast musical mecca. If they don’t have it in stock they’ll find it for you. Speaking of… Record Den paticipates in the yearly much ballyhooed Record Store Day. Stop in and find some cool numbered vinyl discs for your collection.

Hands down the best (rock) record store in Cleveland area. New rock vinyl selection is large, for Cleveland, and CD selection is also very good. Don’t go looking for jazz, classical, or blues — you won’t find it here.

Best record store still standing in Northeast Ohio! Good selection of imports, lots of bargain/​cut-​out CD’s, good selection of vinyl (new and used) and lots of boxed sets and special editions. Friendly and knowledgeable staff makes it worth the trip even if live a ways away.

I feel like I’ve grown up here. My father is friends with the owner and I’ve been coming here since the 1990s. They always have a great selection and there’s so much to see! And I’ll never complain about getting Season 3 for Trueblood here for 6.99!

This place is the absolute best record store in Lake County if not all of the greater Cleveland area. I grew up shopping here and anywhere else just doesn’t even come close. I live a half hour away now and still manage to get out here to shop from time to time.

I don’t want to call it a «record store», because it sells so much more. But that is what I knew it as. I have patronized this store since it hid out in Newberry’s department store over in the mall, back in the 70’s. The owner, a huge Paul McCartney fan like myself, always had the most incredible selection. Whatever you wanted, he would get it. Back before the internet, that was something in itself.
Of course, like all good 1970s era record shops, Record Den sold all the stuff you had to have to properly listen to the music of the time: black light posters, incense, and t-​shirts. They probably sold roach clips and water pipes at one time, most of these places did. But the best thing about this store is the large selection of «imports».
This store still sells vinyl, which as any music lover knows, is superior to the throwaway cd in its flimsy case. The incense, t-​shirts and posters are still for sale, along with bins and bins of cds and even cassette tapes. I still visit Record Den when I go home, just to pick up an «import» for old-​times sake, even though I can easily find them on the internet. The internet doesn’t have the owner, his love for music or an old Abbey Road poster on the wall.

I’m a native lake-​countyite, so i spent most of my twenties digging thru heaps of vinyl and quality used cd’s in this DEN of iniquity (sorry). I live on the west side now, but whenever i visit my east side hillfolk family, i stop in to buy vinyl on the cheap. Ten bucks will get you a handful of decent tunes. i have also found some rare psychedelic gems buried in there. The staff is a delight (same guys for the last 15 odd years). New cd“s are a tad pricy. That’s my only complaint. But they do also have deep discount sale items to make up for it. Close to long john silvers for all you rocknroll sea captains.