Earwax Records, Brooklyn NY

Since 1990 - an early and original haven for the first wave of musicians and DJs in the neighborhood that were searching for cutting edge and hard to find records. Still going strong 30+ years later.

Always cool stuff to be found here, good used selection and a bunch of older books and zines as well

Stopped in on Sunday and found one that I'd been looking for. Nice selection of jazz and funk records. I would go back next time I'm in the neighborhood.

We’ve never been treated so arrogantly and made to feel so unwelcome.
Why open a shop to the public if you hire anti-social creatures to run it.
Asked to wear a mask, in Feb 2023! Ok we did.
We asked to try listening to a used vinyl, answer was a short “ no! This is not a listening station” although there was some sort of home recorded music of a lady’s screams as she was being stepped on her toes by an ogre playing already. The audacity, the hipocrisy, condescending individual.unbelievable. As if that music was playing for customer-repellant purposes.

Remember those record stores in the mall? This is that, except moderately hipper. So you'll find plenty of Strokes and Taylor Swift and what not, but you won't find anything remotely surprising. Perfect for Williamsburg, actually.

Small space with a decent selection. Sort of a mixed bag, price-wise: some records are priced pretty well, while others are marked up quite a bit. I have found a few gems in here, and pop in from time to time. Not the best spot around, but worth popping in every once in a while because they do come through occasionally.