“Growing up on an island in Sweden, I bought my first LP in one of those country stores that has a little bit of everything… you know… milk, eggs, electronics, fishing gear, ladies underwear, t-shirts, socks—and records! I bought the sound track to Dirty Dancing, insanely romantic.”
“These days I live in New Orleans where we have several awesome record stores. There is one in particular besides the obvious spots such as Louisiana Music Factory and Bayou Records that I love. It is disguised as a bookstore on Decatur street just down a few steps from Louisiana Music factory on the same side of the street.
To get to the vinyl section you have to make your way up several dusty stairs before you get to the creaky 3rd floor where there’s usually nothing but fans to cool you and the light switches are off.
There’s all kinds of classical recordings and jazz here. I like rummaging through to find cool samples of odd instruments.
I’ve found so many gems… classical masterpieces performed with electronic instruments, a recording of music boxes, solo flugel horn…. I can easily spend a whole afternoon in here forgetting about time and place.”
—Theresa Andersson
