Easy Street Records and CD's
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (206) 691-3279
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- Hours:
- Mon 9am-12:30am, Tue-Thu 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-11pm, Sun 9am-10pm
Editorial Review for Easy Street Records and CD's – by Silja JA Talvi
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.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoEasy Street brings in national acts like Jurassic 5 and Paul Westerberg to perform in-store.
Save MoneyGet your frequent buyer card stamped each time you buy an album. You get up to $18 credit for buying 15 albums of any cost.
User Reviews for Easy Street Records and CD's
10/09/2007 Posted by cjcoffey
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!
Pros: Selection, Atmosphere, Friendly and Helpful Staff, In-Store Concerts
Cons: Can't think of any!
04/16/2007 Posted by joevandal2000
Easy Street was my music store. 10 minutes ago I left the store for the last time. I spent over an hour waiting for one of the three employees on shift tonight to review the music I wanted to exchange. Finally, I asked how much longer it would be. Another 15 or 20 minutes was the response. There were two other customers there and the girl behind the counter was trying to explain how busy Mondays are for them. It's a charming combination of laziness and self absorbed "my musical taste is better than everyones because I work at a music store" attitude. Easy Street can go to hell. I'm going to Silver Platter next time.
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