Good Records

Rude staff. I used to come here a lot long ago and thought I would start buying locally again. I put my wallet back in my pocket and decided I will stick to buying everything off the internet. Bunch of young, sullen a-​holes working the counter. If you like that sort of thing, then this is the place for you.

Good Records*, Bad Business and other headlines that wrote themselves.
This is coming from someone who WANTS to like every record store. If you seek the opposite of what you’re about to read go to Josey Records. This is for Good Records Management more than anyone.
1.) Jacob, the red-​headed employee. It’s time to quit, dude. You are burned out and I’ve seen it from Waterloo Records in Austin to Lou’s Records in Encinitas. I waited almost a year then it took about 2 minutes on my first visit to Unilocal to answer the question «Is it just me?» I’ve never written a single Unilocal review before now. If I can’t buy the stuff I came in for between multiple visits without A.) Waiting for you to finish a conversation with a «buddy» B.) Shopping for 10 minutes alone (dude was in the back) or C.) Ever getting called for special orders, even when I offer to pre-​pay, then something is wrong.
2.) A record store venue. That’s original. If only we had more places to witness live music that are set up for an expressly different purpose. The Good Records social media accounts place the greatest emphasis on this followed by promotional retail holidays. Did you know they get «so much cool stuff for Record Store Day» simply by virtue of the fact that they have been around for 15 years? That’s how this stuff works. Give Josey a year or two and they will have surpassed this joint in notoriety and exclusive access. Josey is buying record pressing machines, Good Records is too small to be a bar.
3.) Try selling them vinyl and you will fail. I went so far as to e-​mail Jacob a list of records WITH Discogs links to each release and condition notes and never heard back. This should be a merchant’s wet dream of people saving you the time before you flip through a crate for potentially nothing. I did part of his job for him and received no reply, not even a «Nah, man.»
This is the worst part: that same crate I just mentioned went to Josey for $ 160 cash (about 30 pieces) AFTER I changed my mind on a $ 100 EP AND the lot was only 30% market value; you know, because they have an actual business to run.
4.) It doesn’t matter how much money I spend on records in a year. The one thing other reviewers have wrong bout this place is pricing. If vinyl isn’t important enough to you then collect something that is.
* I went to this place for lack of options and the selection is still spotty. They will not be in a rush to replenish stock and even when you ask good luck getting a call back. I mean it. Good. Luck.

You know that cliché record store where everyone there is just a rude, elitist, jerk who treats you like a moron just because you didn’t come there to buy some limited edition 45?
THIS IS IT!
I see a lot of comments about the staff and I just don’t get it. What kind of business strives to be rude to the people the keep it open? Their selection is decent but be prepared if you happen to need ANY help from the staff that it will be laced with a tone of inconvenience. (Especially that redheaded guy with long hair and the pubic looking beard. Every time i’ve ever spoken to him I feel like its about 5 minutes after his girlfriend broke up with him or something. You know there are meds for that right?) The prices are always way more than they should be as well. I understand a little markup than online since they have a physical store and all but $ 50 for an album on vinyl is just ridiculous. My guess is with their attitude and prices they are aiming at the hipster-​douchebag target market. Bad news guys, eventually, those kids grow up. Well, except for ones that get low income jobs at records stores I guess. Booyah! See what I did there? Maybe this review will cause an employee there to take a moment and reevaluate their life. I doubt it though, they are probably just gonna read this and all laugh together while drinking a Pabst and/​or Lonestar and talking about how cool they think they are. Either way, I can’t wait until the day that their desire for elitism and false sense of entitlement runs this place into the ground. Maybe at their closing sale things will be priced a little better? I guess this bothers me so much because of how much potential this place has to be awesome. I am a guy who really enjoys the «record store experience» and hates buying stuff online but this place really makes me feel differently. No matter how cool of a place it could be that staff just ruins it. (I can’t stress that enough if you have not noticed) Even a few years back when I lived right down the street I sometimes ordered from Amazon and waited a couple days for something just to avoid going there. I occasionally will be in the neighborhood and pop back in to see if things have changed but there is still the same crowd of sweethearts running the place.
So besides a staff that was birthed from Satan’s bad parts another thing to be aware/​weary of if that on occasion they have in-​store events where a band plays or does a signing or something like that. This sounds like it could be pretty awesome but it’s mostly not. They treat anyone who might just be there to shop and spend money like a complete nuisance. The vibe is pretty much «Um, bro, how the hell are you not aware of every event that we have on our calender?». Also, if you happen to have interest in an event they are putting on prepare for it to be a completely, unorganized, cluster-​F#!* where that balding guy who owns the place loses his dignity to even the most D list of musicians on stage. We get it, you got the least cool member of The Doors to come to your store. I’m sure your mom is proud.
But anyways, In conclusion if you are a hipster douche who wants to hang out with people of the same caliber, THIS IS THE SPOT! I’d buy a download before going there again.

as far as the music goes they always have something I didn’t expect that I love but when I had something specific in mind they didn’t have it, I used to shop at Bills records and go back and forth between the two.

I just moved back to Dallas after ten years in Germany and I remember when this store was a little hole-​in-​the-​wall just outside of Deep Ellum. My, how it’s grown since! Sometimes, these places need time. Good for Dallas for supporting a record store. Today, the selection here is so big that browsing can get dangerous. There’s a good chance that you’ll not only find what you’re looking for, but you’ll also find about twenty other things that you want. Their vinyl selection is wide and diverse and the store itself is bright, cute and comfortable.

AWFUL store, AWFUL staff. So highly disappointed with this place. Do yourself a favor and go to any other record store in Texas. This is not the place to go. Will make sure to let everyone else I know to avoid this place

This place WAS one of my favorite record stores but they lost my business. I went in at night to buy a new record, go home to play it and it is warped. I bring it back and I believe his name is Mark (older guy) told me that it is my fault for it being warped. I only wanted to exchange it, I did not want my money back and he still said no and blamed me. As a store that focuses on a dying medium you would think they would still have great customer service. WRONG. There was another time the same guy (Mark) was rude to my friends who were also paying customers and frequent buyers. My advice is to buy your records online (where it’s cheaper plus you avoid old hipsters) and put these assholes out of business.

In town from Houston and was pleasantly surprised that they had such a wide variety records. With that being said customer service could be better. Did not find one of the people there very friendly. But all in all glad I found this place and it has made Dallas that much more bareable. Will be back again.

On a trip to Dallas, I unfortunately only chose one record shop to go to, and it was this one.
I read alot of hype about this place given its size and also that it boasts live music.
You’ve seen it in reviews here already, but I’ll echo some of the cons.
–The staff are not very friendly. I was ignored the entire time, even approached the counter but the guy working was more interested in a stack of records behind the counter.
–The inventory is large, but its mostly new stuff. Don’t even talk about the pricing.
Left empty handed.

Yesterday my boyfriend and I visited this record shop while vacationing out of town for the weekend for my birthday. We were pretty excited to check this place out as my boyfriend and I are avid record collectors and loved the idea of getting some downtime to flip through some vinyl.
The place came recommended by friends and we were excited to check them out.
We had no idea there was to be a show there. There was no signage stating you had to have wristbands either.
We walked in and gave a brief look around before heading up the stairs to see what the top level had to offer. As we peruse the selection some long haired hipster girl with a whiney voice approaches me and demands to know where my wristband is.
I’m caught off guard and trying to figure out what wristband? Do we need a wristband to shop? She states we need a wristband for the band. I tell her we’re not here to see a band, we’re shopping. She tells us she has to check with her boss and marches down the stairs in a huff. My boyfriend and I are as bewildered as you the reader at this point.
We shrug our shoulders and go back to flipping through their extensive collection of 45s.
Once again we are greeted by our favorite person and she states we need to get wristbands if we are to be up there to watch the band. I tell her «I told you, we aren’t here for a band we’re shopping.»
She becomes very melodramatic in response and shrieks at us «I’m just telling you to get wristbands!»
Okay this is very off putting and let’s be honest, downright weird. I mean she doesn’t even tell us where to get these wristbands of apparent wonderment. Do they fall from the sky when you say the magical phrase?
My boyfriend and I are debating just walking out but after driving across town just to check out this shop, we decide we’ll just look downstairs and if she has a problem with us shopping, she can get her boss who apparently is a troll with magical wristbands.
As we meander around I look up to see my new best friend glaring at us from the entrance of the front door. I mean she’s literally just standing there staring at us like «I know what you did.»
I tell my boyfriend we should just go as the lights overhead are shut off and a band starts to play. No can do, he has spotted the box set for Iron Maiden and Dukes of Stratosphere. He’s also noticed the Joy Division and the Smiths box sets as well as the new Devo Hardcore DVD. Between that and the Depeche Mode box set, Killing Joke record and Sleater-​Kinney poster I found we would have made out like bandits. We seriously would have bought all this stuff and when we approached the cash register to ask about these items we were ignored.
Were we being ignored because we didn’t have wristbands? Was it because of this show? Did we have hella bad body odor? We don’t know. My boyfriend took one look over to our smug buddy at the door that does an amazing impression of sucking on sour candy and puts down the dvd and we walk out.
I can imagine there being parameters in place for shows at a record store. I understand that there may be rules we don’t understand for having majestic fairy tale wristbands. There was beer being served there. Maybe there was reason for that. We don’t know. That wasn’t ever communicated.
What I know is that we drove across town in rainy weather in a city we are unfamiliar with celebrating birthday weekend to come and shop ourselves silly on vinyl and music paraphernalia to be hassled by an angry young hipster about wristbands that she never even told us how to get or when or why.
Could she have been nicer? Uh yeah. Could she have explained things? Yep. Could she have led us through the magical tunnel to the land of the wristband? Absolutely.
Instead we left disappointed and disenchanted with «Good» records. Yeah. They may have good records but they also have bad service.

The store is in a great location. But what they succeed in a great area they lack in customer service. They have a large selection of rare records and CD’s just not what I was looking for. When I asked for help she showed me where I would be able to look. I told her «dang you have all the album’s except what I was looking for» she then replied «well that’s unfortunate» with the most uncaring voice ever. So yeah two stars.

This place is very cool. The have a pretty big selection of vinyl… definitely recommend!

This place has a great selection of vinyls. I have never heard a record play but my husband and I just wanted to see what it was like to shop at a record store. We now are going to buy a record player asap. They have great selections, from mewithoutyou and dethklok to jethro tull and fleetwood mac. Even newer music like grouplove and mgmt. I can’t wait to return.

I visited today with my boyfriend because he’s a huge Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree fan. They have tons of vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, and posters plus some hard to find collectibles. The man who was there was super helpful to us and another customer in the store; anyone who gets all pissy about him are obviously über sensitive cause he was joking with my boyfriend and I.

Ok, I have been to a lot of record stores all across the country. I’ve hit everything from small town cd stores to gigantic stores, mom and pop shops and corporate megastores and this store is honestly one of my least favorites. The staff is extremely rude and pretentious, and if you’re looking for hard to find, out of pressed used releases, you are out of luck. This place is great if you like dickheads and crappy new music!

I hate to complain because I really love having an independent record shop ½ a mile from home, but meh. Most of the records are new (read: expensive), variety is sorely lacking, and if you ask the dude up front ANYTHING, he gives you the stink eye. The fun of digging through crates is completely lost at this place. Btw. Even when musicians in town perform in-​store, good luck actually finding their album there. It’s that bad. I actually got laughed at for asking. No thanks!
I’ll stick with Dead Wax any day. They may have ½ the records, but the selection is refreshingly eclectic, the owner will special order albums for you, and you always feel like your business is appreciated. Good Records could learn a lot from them.

I am really grateful places like this still exist. Music enthusiasts can rejoice knowing that all the music you can think of can be found right here. Be it oldies or modern, indie or mainstream, you name it, Good Records has you covered. CD’s, vinyls, DVD’s, etc can all be found here as well.

I really like a lot about this store.
It is well kept up with, well organized, and the staff is friendly. Also, I really like the layout and where it is located. It may be the closest place to me that has a large selection of records/​cds. Truly, going into Good Records feels like a blast from the past, it is sad that there are not more stores like it anymore.
With that said I have to give it just an «Ok» rating because of their selection and prices.
As far as new records go you can get better deals on Amazon or at Movie Trading Co. Now this normally isn’t a huge deal to me, I’m willing to pay a little bit more to go somewhere close and have the fun opprotunity to dig through a bunch of records and grab one that stands out to me.
But that brings up the other big negative point which is their record selection. I am really into 80s rock/​heavy metal and after scouring the store I was hard pressed to find a decent selection of Queensrhyche/​Iron Maiden/​Judas Priest/​Queen/​etc. What they mainly have is either new albums or classic Pink Floyd/​Jethro Tull/​Rolling Stones.
Nothing wrong with that selection, I like these bands too but on the occasion I went I was quite disappointed to leave without a purchase of a classic 80s heavy metal/​rock n roll record. I really wanted to buy something, it is a beautiful store.
I would suggest to go there if you are looking for newer music, or a classic band before the 80s that is still quite well known nowadays.

I went to Good Records when I was in Dallas looking for used vinyl and CDs. I was very disappointed to find they have almost no used vinyl for sale. The used CD selection was also mediocre at best. They do have a large selection of new vinyl, but this hardly makes for an interesting record store experience. I will not be returning.

Very nice store. Mostly new vinyl, small section of used, all the titles I looked at were very clean and reasonably priced. Huge cd selection and a magazine rack. Nice big parking lot.