Easy Street Cd's & Tapes
(206) 691-3279
20 Mercer St
Seattle,
WA
98109
47.6247
-122.3563
Neighborhoods: Lower Queen Anne, Magnolia / Queen Anne
Last updated 4.01.09
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The Scene
For Seattle music lovers, it doesn't get much sweeter than this. Easy Street occupies a substantial retail space and uses it well. Despite the cute street signs pointing to the different sections, it takes awhile to find your way around this store, which is dotted with telephone booths turned into semi-private listening stations.
The Goods
New and used vinyl is in the back (everything from a $30 Supergrass import to classic crooners like Belafonte and Nat King Cole). Rock music of every type imaginable lines the store on both sides, and hip-hop is stocked up near the front along with blues--a good mix. Kitsch your thing? Check out the Beatles lunchboxes or a KISS 5-piece thermos set. But wait, there's more: fan T-shirts, books, canvas Dickies bags and even a rock-n-roll trivia game.
User Reviews
blarglebob
December 06, 2008
From all the hype gotten from this music store, from all the Easy Street bumper stickers and t-shirts I see all everywhere I go, I was expecting a lot more than what I saw. Truth be told, most of the music they carry is very commonly found at places like amazon, with virtually zero underground/hard to find music. At best, a few This Heat and William Basinski albums are about all I came across that generally cannot be found elsewhere. Not helping is the announcement of one of the employees to me that they will no longer be carrying any imported items. And, as someone who enjoys a good deal of metal, I have to say their metal selection is poor at best, stocking mainly Southern Lord/Hydra Head type stuff and the obligatory mainstream bands a la Judas Priest, Motorhead, etc. In fact, overall the only kind of music they carry is the kind that caters to the "indie" crowd, and little else. I also tried searching through their used CD bin, but it was so confusing and badly organized that I just about gave up on finding anything worthwhile. It isn't a terrible store, by any means. As far as their stockpile on mainstream music is concerned, it's a notch above, say, Border's. The staff is usually pleasant, though I rarely needed to speak to them on many matters, except for returning a couple of CDs and selling them (another good thing, though I had the hardest time navigating their used CD section, selling CDs to them is a painless process; they take just about anything from you, and offer you decent money for your unwanted horde). Overall, not bad, but highly underwhelming considering the gross amount of hype. I also don't see this as being that much, if at all, better than Silver Platters, a store that is heavily derided by Easy Street fans for some reason. Why? They're worse in some ways, but better in other ways too than Easy Street (better metal selection and a tad more import-friendly too). I still do go here from time to time, but with few expectations this time.
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Anonymous
December 05, 2008
One of the best local record shops in Seattle. Great deals on CDs, wide selection of music even outside of the mainstream. My favorite part of the store is that they have a specific section for local music and their in store concerts from a lot of cool bands. It is a cool place to have up close and personal shows from great artists.
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cjcoffey
October 09, 2007
Easy Street Records is basically music heaven. The staff has always been very polite and eager to help me find whatever I'm looking for. You can find pretty much any album under the sun - if its out of stock, they'll order it for you. A couple times I've popped in to find what I wanted out of stock, so they gave me a discount voucher to use next time I dropped by to pick my album up. The atmosphere also adds to the whole experience - great store layout, design, background music, Queen Anne location, etc. Don't miss the awesome in-store performances too - Minus the Bear, Kaiser Cheifs, Tegan & Sara, NFG, etc - they have quite a few per year!
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Know Before You Go:
Easy Street brings in national acts like Jurassic 5 and Paul Westerberg to perform in-store.
Save Money:
Get your frequent buyer card stamped each time you buy an album. You get up to $18 credit for buying 15 albums of any cost.
