My favorite shop is Aquarius Records at Valencia and 22nd -
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/. It's quite small but has an
excellent stock and very knowledgeable and friendly staff. They're
very happy to talk to you, recommend and play you stuff. They have 2
listening booths with about 50 cds that you can explore at you
leisure. They even review most of the music that comes in on a
newsletter and website and put a lot of samples with the review. A
lot of the CDs in stock have reviews on the covers.
The other main one is Amoeba that is much bigger -
http://www.amoebamusic.com/. They also have a good stock but it's
rather more anonymous. They have quite a lot of second hand CDs and
vinyl.
Richard
hey, im visiting the san fran area and was wondering about good shops etc.
any help with places would be appreciated. thanks