A-1 Record Shop

My favorite vinyl store in Manhattan! I've visited it many times and I always take a bunch of at least 20 records home. Second hand records are in very good shape, and they start at 2 dollars, can't beat that. I've built my RnB , soul and disco collection thanks to A1 Record Shop, it feels authentic and the staff is very helpful. If you are a vinyl fan, please take some time to do some serious digging inside this store.

Maybe the best shop I know of in NYC. I’ve visited 3 times & have always walked out with a stacked tote bag. A-1 has a high volume of inventory that seems to cycle fast. Most of the titles on the shelves are priced to move - there are some on the walls that you rarely see in the wild these days (and priced accordingly, as you’d imagine). I particularly enjoyed their singles boxes & the new wave section, where I found a handful of cheapies that were on my list. A record store for record diggers.

A classic and stylish place with records. Well-organized, good selection. I managed to find a great single. I definitely recommend visiting to any music enthusiast.

Deejay from France, this is my second time in New York, and AOne is a must ! Every time I visit AOne, I always find original LPz in good condition. The prices remain at market prices. As a passionate Digger, I will return to AOne !

I was recommended by someone I know about this place, so I thought I should check it out. The good part was I found inexpensive new wave records from the 80s. The bad part was I had to go around all these people because the space is tiny. There are records at the bottom, but being that I have bad knees I can't bend down to look at them. They also have crates of records outside of the store which I am told where the cheapest ones are at. I give this three stars is mainly due to customer service. As I approached the counter, I stood behind a white girl and the cashier was being friendly and flirty with her and told her which ones were good records according to his recommendation and she paid over $200 for her records and was given a bag with their logo on the fly. When it was my turn to approach the counter however, the cashier barely said anything to me. He looked at my records and was like "$40 card or cash?". He didn't say a thank you or anything and I don't wanna pull out the race card since there's a vast selection of R&B and soul records more so than rock, but the energy that I got didn't match AT ALL with the one that the girl in front of me had. With all that being said: vast collection, tiny space, but not so good customer service. I'll buy my records somewhere else where the staff are more nicer.

I frequent this place a lot but I will not be going anymore. My family decided to visit and my brother really wanted to go to this store. The staff is disgusting. Not only have they been rude to me in the past, but one of the employees snatched a record out of my brothers hand cause he was "mishandling it." I saw the whole thing, it was absolutely awful. When I approached staff about this, informing them that was my brother, they ridiculed him and explained "if he didn't know how to handle it he could've asked." My brother has autism. He wasn't doing anything wrong. He was going to buy the record but the employee snatched it. I dont know who this guy was but he was beet red when talking to him. He said "I don't like people mishandling my merchandise." But even if he did "mishandle it" he was going to buy it? Literally disgusting behavior. Im a musician and would go there all the time to find material that would inspire me to write more. Never again. Don't give your money to these people. You're better off getting your vinyls from Barnes and noble.

I came across a selection of niche future jazz records. Taking the time to listen to each one and pick my favorites made for a great experience.

If you want something, chances are they’ll have it. LOVE A1 for YEARS!