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The record store with its racks covered in yellow paint and colored light bulbs puts up a stage in the back cranny that usually holds a listening center when local bands have a CD release party or when touring bands want a more intimate showcase.

2011 | Best Record Store

For one of the worst industries you can be in, Good Records seems to be doing quite well. With vinyl back in fashion, the Lower Greenville Avenue record store is staying afloat; more than half of their sales are LPs. But their success is probably... More >
2010 | Best Monday Night

We're total music geeks, and in our DVD collection you'll find more than a few rock docs on our favorite bands, from the Stones to Wilco to Arcade Fire. The guys at Good Records are exactly the same, only they've decided to invite all of you over... More >
2010 | Best Record Store

Between the kick-ass in-stores, the Music Movie Mondays series and their annual Record Store Day blowout, Good Records would probably win this award even if it only stocked records that earned an 8.0 or above from Pitchfork. But there's a vast... More >
2010 | READERS' PICK BEST RECORD STORE

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2009 | Best CD Store

We're starting to feel like a broken record when we say it (Get it? Get it?), but there's a reason Good Records winds up winning this honor every year. Sure, the selection of vintage tunes at Arlington's Forever Young Records is incredible, and... More >

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Dallas Observer Reviews and News

Good Records Recordings Relaunches Tomorrow, Adds Grandaddy's Jason Lytle to Roster

By Daniel Hopkins | Thu, November 10, 2011

For the last few months, the Good Records Recordings website has been an ominous black screen with "11-11-11" displayed in white in the middle. In a way it's served as the answer to the question we've More >
Q&A: Gustafer Yellowgold Creator Morgan Taylor Talks Food Violence and Justin Bieber on Vinyl

By Daniel Hopkins | Fri, July 22, 2011

For those DC9 readers who don't have young children, Gustafer Yellowgold is the main character in a children's DVD series created by Morgan Taylor, an artist who has performed Gustafer's live show at More >
At This Will Destroy You's First Show, A Fan Offered To Sing For The Band "For Free"

By Eric Grubbs | Tue, May 10, 2011

These days, This Will Destroy You have their hands full. With good reason, of course: Today marks the arrival of their newest LP, Tunnel Blanket, an album that finds the band growing even darker and d More >
Wayne Coyne Hand-Delivers Gummy Skulls to Good Records, Gives Free Record to Fans

By Daniel Hopkins | Fri, April 22, 2011

As we reported yesterday, Wayne Coyne made a last-minute appearance at Good Records at 2 p.m. to hand deliver a few copies of The Flaming Lips' newest release -- four songs on USB drives located on th More >
Wayne Coyne To Hand-Deliver Flaming Lips' Gummy Skull EPs to Good Records at 2 P.M.

By Pete Freedman | Thu, April 21, 2011

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, it turns out, is a man of his word. At the start of the calendar year, Coyne, in a sit-down with Rolling Stone, said that his band, in part inspired by Kanye West, w More >

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nkoch

| Wed, January 26, 2011

Amazing record collection here filled with great new vinyl lp's that can usually only be found online.

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stoptolisten

| Thu, September 02, 2010

The last real record store in Dallas. Go for your own sanity. They have all that is good.

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sfranch

| Tue, March 30, 2010

Staff here is always ready with a recommendation, and they have great in-store performances from artists, too.

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JennRob

| Tue, February 23, 2010

Great CD Selection

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DavidK10

| Mon, January 25, 2010

i love their new and reissued collection of LP's. Can find some awesome obscure indie stuff on vinyl here that is well worth it. always friendly staff

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