RECORD STOP — Local services in Town of Brookhaven

We took a trip to long island for the keith urban concert one of our dreams was to go to a record store that looked old out of a movie the kind you love so much but you don't think is real ..we have never been to the city nor a record store a REAL old record store to look around we have never been to long island I looked up record stores near where we were staying and this place let me tell you I'm serious!!!!! let me tell you !! Everyone needs to go here this place is a perfect perfect hidden gem i mean perfect ..they have everything i mean everything from old to new and everything in between records glore of all kinds tapes cds music players of all kinds record players tape players new and old of everything accessories and beyond ..so we walked in and omg the smell was my first dream come true the look was my second dream come true and all the records I couldn't even think straight at first because it was a dream to come here it was everything I imagined times 10 the people were so friendly and helpful we looked around for a bit and then someone asked me if I needed anything I told him one of my dreams was to come to a old record store like in the movies and find tom petty and guess what!! He hands me a tape one i don't have and I'm just like this is so unreal then this guy literally looks threw the whole store for more tapes for me so I could look around the best service I ever had i got the only tom petty tape in the whole place I felt so thankful and happy I looked threw the tom petty records because that was the 3rd dream to get tom petty stuff if I ever made it to a old store we picked 2 they had tons to pick from we also grabbed some Beatles picks and a record cleaning cloth you made our dreams come true !! We went to the city and found the best most perfect has everything you could ever want store i will seriously never go anywhere else the next time we are in town we will be back i promise everyone needs to go here it's so cute and perfect and they have everything I promise you'll find what your looking for and if it's just the looking you like this place is the one you'll look all day thank you so much and beyond for our new tom petty things we will be back!! Best part!! The prices blew us away ..they are so cheap and in a good way thanks again guys...

Visit Date: March 26, 2025

On my way back to the southshore of LI after visiting a friend with my two other friends for lunch in Ridge my friend asked if we could go to Record Stop. I'm familiar with Record Stop, I go to a vinyl night every two weeks with members of a facebook group called 8 o'clock shot and the guy who spins records Tom sort of represents record stop. I had been here once in the summer but didn't really get a chance to properly look around.

I love records but I only have one. I'm trying my hardest to not collect much because currently I live in a small space and when my son and I can move out of my father's house we'll still be living in a small space. It was still nice to browse the records for sale.

They also have other music related merchandise besides records. Tons of musical action figures, a small selection of books, T-shirts, patches. I bought my boyfriend a Kiss Flask for his birthday. His birthday isn't until August but sometimes you see something early and you just need to grab it. I'll also be buying him more than just a flask but for now it's a good start on a birthday that's still a few months away. And I was happy to purchase something to give record stop some business. The flask was also a pretty decent price giving me more budget room to buy other things.

If you're around Patchogue and you're a music lover or a vinyl lover record stop is the...

DO NOT BUY THE MEMBERSHIP. Deceptive business. I'm all for supporting local but it needs to work both ways.

Bought a membership last year for $50, primarily for early access to RSD and Black Friday. They have 2 separate lines the morning of, one for members and one for non-members. All members are supposed to be let in first. Unfortunately NOBODY at the door actually checks your membership card. Nobody is outside explaining the 2 different lines either. As a result many non-members get in the wrong line, and get in before they're supposed to, causing paying members to miss out. Simple false advertising. I experienced this Black Friday, and just chalked it up to disorganization the day after a holiday. Well sadly same exact experience on RSD. Fool me once...

To make things worse, on Black Friday and RSD, every worker acts like it's their first time in the store. If you ask any of them if they have something, it's "I don't know" or "it would probably be over there" and acts like you're inconveniencing them. The alphabet exists for a reason. Shouldn't be rocket science to organize records in a logical manner.

Final straw is they intentionally hold back limited, high-demand items so they can post them on Instagram days later to generate hype and drive people into the store. Sucks for the people that actually show up the day when they're...