Need help finding a record store? Use the Vinyl District Record Store Locator!

If you need some help finding a record store, especially as its Record Store Day this weekend, allow me to plug the first, the original, and still the best, mobile app for just such a task: the Vinyl District Record Store Locator.

It's free and available for iPhone and Android. 

For a deeper description, including screenshots, click here.

30,000 app users can't be wrong!

One year ago, along with The Vinyl District and Shoutem, I launched The Vinyl District Record Store Locator app for iPhone and Android. Happy one year birthday to us!

With about 30,000 users currently, and a few thousand record stores listed from 28 countries around the world, it would seem like we are the record buying travelers’ go-to app of choice, and we couldn’t be more honored.

Of course, you, the app user, have also been a huge help in keeping us informed on store openings and closings, and whatever else. We hope to keep on keeping on, as we all help each other do what we love - visiting and supporting independent record stores! Happy holidays all!

For your iPhone here | For your Android here

‎"Full global reach can only be a matter of time."

 What a hell of a rollercoaster week...or at least the last two days. It started with the news of at least some sort of CBGB festival this summer, if not a full blown relaunch. Then came the news that Bleecker Bobs is being replaced by a Starbucks, and it must be going out of business, right? And oh yeah, by the way, the Holiday Cocktail Lounge is closing. Last call is Saturday night. Then today came a rumor that Bleecker Bobs may not be closing...they're supposedly looking for a new space in the East Village.

Also today, something I've been waiting on...Mojo magazine mentioned the Vinyl District Record Store Locator app in the news section of their brand new issue, March 2012. For me this is a great personal validation. I've read almost every issue of Mojo since they started when...18, 19 years ago? Anyway, I'm simply thrilled, honey. Thanks to Andrew Male of Mojo for noticing, and thanks to Phil Wilson for the JPEG today. And of course, thanks to Justin Bieber for having his picture taken with an iPhone so Mojo could use it for this piece...I love celebrity endorsements!

‎"Full global reach can only be a matter of time." Indeed.

The Vinyl District app on NPR's All Songs Considered

 

I'm very pleased to say that NPR's All Songs Considered blog picked up on the Vinyl District Record Store Locator app, and posted a nice story about it today. You can read the story here. 

Download the app for the iPhone here. Download for Android here.

Big thanks to Bob Boilen & his team for helping to spread the word!

Introducing the TVD GPS-based Record Store Locator App for your iPhone or Android!

I’m very proud & happy to report that, after some time, a new app I’ve been working on in conjunction with developer Shoutem, and music blog The Vinyl District, is finally available for iPhone & Android users!

The great thing about this simple app is that it has a record store finder in it based on location. So it should be useful for vinyl lovers out there who find themselves in strange towns looking for a fix. It currently has about 1200 US stores listed, and we’ll be adding more as they come up. We may also eventually add UK stores at some point.

Read about the app & take a tour here.  

Download for iPhone here.    

Download for Android here.   

Yes, its free.