Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Good Earth Records
212 Main St, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
Record shopping in Mississippi
Mississippi gave the world the Delta blues at the crossroads of Highways 49 and 61 in Clarksdale, raised Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson out of the cotton country, and sent Elvis Presley out of Tupelo to invent rock and roll. Cat Head Delta Blues anchors Clarksdale with daily live shows on the Mississippi Blues Trail, Aikei Pro's has been on Holly Springs' Blues Alley for 63 years, End of All Music runs flagship stores in Oxford and Jackson's Fondren neighborhood, and T-Bones in Hattiesburg holds a coveted CIMS membership. Little Big Store in Raymond operates out of an 1889 train depot, Good Earth Records relocated to Bay Saint Louis from New Orleans, and OffBeat in Jackson is Mississippi's only Black-owned record and comic shop. Out past the Delta, smaller towns from Columbus to Tupelo to Water Valley fill in the bins. Pull off 61, follow the blues trail through Clarksdale and Indianola, and see what the Magnolia State has been keeping in the racks.
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BEYOND MISSISSIPPI: VINYL JOURNEYS FROM THE MAGNOLIA STATE
As the last side plays out in the Magnolia State, every shop you flipped through today is just one groove in a much wider collection. The Delta runs north, the Gulf runs south, and Mississippi's bordering states put the Memphis blues line, the Alabama soul circuit, the Louisiana Gulf Coast, and the Arkansas Ozarks all within a single weekend drive.
Tennessee Record Stores: Head north into Tennessee, where Memphis still spins Sun, Stax, and Three 6 Mafia in roughly equal measure, Nashville's Music Row and East Side stock outlaw country alongside Third Man pressings, and Bristol still claims the 1927 Bristol Sessions as the Big Bang of Country Music.
Alabama Record Stores: Cross east into Alabama, where Muscle Shoals shops keep the FAME and Swampers lineage stocked, Birmingham's Seasick Records and Renaissance anchor the city's punk and soul circuit, and the Mobile Gulf Coast picks up where the Florida Panhandle leaves off.
Louisiana Record Stores: Drop south into Louisiana, where New Orleans's Louisiana Music Factory and Domino Sound Record Shack carry the city's funk, jazz, and bounce lineage, Baton Rouge's college shops cover Cajun and zydeco pressings, and the Bywater and Frenchmen Street stores keep the second line spinning year-round.
Arkansas Record Stores: Hop west to Arkansas, where Fayetteville's Block Street Records anchors the Northwest Arkansas indie scene, Little Rock's downtown shops carry punk and soul, and the Ozark towns from Eureka Springs to Mountain View keep bluegrass and folk close to the surface.
North Carolina Record Stores: Travel east to North Carolina, where Asheville's Harvest and Static Age cover mountain folk through weirdo punk, the Triangle's All Day Records and Sorry State hold the college-rock and rare-soul flame in Carrboro and Raleigh, and the Smokies pull Mississippi families east for cool-weather weekends.
Colorado Record Stores: Fly west to Colorado, where Denver's Twist & Shout anchors one of the country's most respected indies, Boulder's Bart's Record Shop runs the college-town dig, and the Rockies ski resorts pull Mississippi families up for winter weekends.
At Record Store Directory, every state line is an invitation to keep exploring. Share your finds, connect with fellow collectors, and chase down that next unforgettable album, because the perfect record is always closer than you think.
Happy hunting, and we'll see you in the next stack!
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