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5.0 of 5 stars.
I knew about this store before I ever even stepped foot in it. My sister is a DJ on the side, she used to live right behind Cha Cha Cha's back in the day, and last time she visited me in SF, she spent...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i almost just wanted to write, "duh". Of course amoeba is the shit. I was looking for a local bands CD and was having trouble finding it. The information desk was very helpful AND i was trying to...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who doesn't love Ameoba? A stroll down Height is never complete without a stop in Amoeba. I've stumbled into a few good free in store performances which is always fun! Browsing through the vinyl and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
With the demise of virtually every chain music store, from Tower Records, to Rainbow to Virgin, Amoeba harkens back to a bygone era. Unlike most other record stores in the City, this place caters to...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Well, Amoeba had the CD that I've been hunting for a used copy of for years (an awkward sentence if there ever was one), so they get an instant 5 from me. It was the soundtrack to the Spanish movie...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A great replacement for my childhood haunt of the former Rock 'N Bowl venue that Amoeba now is the predecessor of. I have been able to replace many a lost, stolen or worn out CD and movie there in the...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Back in S.F. after livin in the midwest Gawd i missed this store. Thanks for all the tunes.
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My rating doesn't really count.. YET! I'm moving to San Fran from CT in about 3 weeks and I am most excited to visit this place. I've heard from friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pros abundant selection of indie, punk, alternative great hipster ambience Located in the HaightCons- most new CDs are overpriced. $20 for Regina Spektor's Begin to Hope (2cd set)?
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who doesn't love Amoeba? Especially nowadays, trying to find vinyl at good prices, not on the internet. A minimum of 2 hours is always spent browsing when I'm here. I found some records here that I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stumbled in here awhile back with honey lady and a friend. He needed to come in and look for some VHS, yea I said VHS, since we were all tired of watching Taxi Driver over and over. No matter how good...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
F Yeah!!! They have almost everything here! Wish there was one on the peninsula! Various live performances come thru too!
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There are many mythic places that have been rumored to exist over the years. There was El Dorado, as well as the lost cities of gold, Quivira and CA�bola. To this day survives the legend of Atlantis....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A very logical end to Haight Street, this record store is pretty much all of the musical taste of the entire street packed into one warehouse. It feels a little overwhelming at first but after getting...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
great record store! i find rare albums i cant even get on ebay. its good to see they're going strong with no signs of shutting down.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a great find! I took my musical family on a magical mystery tour of the Haight and this was the highlight. In fact everyone lost interest in all other San Francisco landmarks after this point....
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Unbelievably varied selection with new/used music on CD or vinyl. My buddy took his mom there and she found the Irish music she liked. Amoeba is a cool enough experience to balance the sometimes...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A bowling alley turns into the best selection of new and used CDs and vinyl any audiophile would love. But why can't they lower the prices of some of the new CDs? Yeah, the used are cheap, but I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is hands down my favorite CD/vinyl store in the Bay Area. It's a big store with a lot to look at. If I don't bring a list, my eyes glaze over and I'll shop for hours. If you're looking for ideas,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Years ago I'd come to park Bowl every Friday afternoon and bowl five or six games. When Amoeba Music took it over I swore I'd never step inside those doors! Well, age has mellowed me and I have been...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Where is the secret feature to 6 stars?? I have been coming here for over 14 years. Best cd store in the world.I love the bargain bin!! My fav music for $1.99 ..And it's unopened!!I truly love the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
HUGE! Not only to they have a billion used cds.. they have awesome sale & clearance prices. It's nice to still be able to listen to records before buying them, also (although, you can't do this for...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The store fits in well with the Haight Street stratosphere. It's still refreshing and nostalgic walking into this place knowing technology has not put them under yet. And, I always get a buzz thinking...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the Costco of music stores..and I love Costco! You'll find anything from the rarest vinyl to the bargain Cd. They've also got a movie section bigger than most groceries and great...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ameeba, Aemoba, Amobae, Aameba? Amoeba! What can I say, it took me years to learn how to spell your name correctly! I heard about this record store years before moving to San Francisco. I think a...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank fucking god that these guys are still in the record business.There are a million reasons that they've outlasted RIchard Branson's VIrgin store on Market, all of the Tower stores, and all of the...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is so great, its right in the crazy Haight-Ashbury area and they have EVERYTHING!! I love digging through here and finding stuff I forgot I liked and have subconsciously missed for years....
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously loved this place. I found the entire collection of Sex and the City for only 70 bucks. What a steal! There was such a variety of music too, but I only skimmed through as I was dead tired by...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Here's where you can find an album you lost a couple years ago for $5 on cd or $2 on cassette. Here's where you can get back into the cool feel of vinyl. And here's where you can check out new music...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this joint! I've been coming here for over 16 years! This place has every type of music you are looking for and all kinds of movies and even posters! People that work there love what they do!...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not much I can say that hasn't been said before; Amoeba is the best record store on earth.
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
You gave me $1 for 3 VHS tapes? Seriously. WTF??? I was shocked that Amoeba even bought/sold video cassettes. But last week when I was in and I saw that you had some videos for $4.99 to $5.99 and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Absoulutely Awsome! The collection of dvds and cds just took my breath away. I can find about every artist on my gem list. Sometimes i even find secret gems amidst the vast quantity of cds. The...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's a separate section for theremin music! Does this reveal the depth of Amoeba's music catalog or what?The international film dvd collection is pure ecstatic madness. The prices and exchange...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can spend hours upon hours here. There's sooooo much to browse. I managed to pick up most of Mogwai's earlier stuff and saw a ton of old DVDs I wanted. I'm hoping the video game business picks up...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I did find a CD I wanted that was somewhat rare, from 1991 and was in its original shrink wrap here. Yes, a Morrissey CD single. No surprise for those who know me. Anyhow, this is smaller than the LA...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After Green Apple music decided to pass up on most of my cds (which btw are in GREAT condition), I decided to head over to Amoeba. I have sold some of my music here once before and I remember getting...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The selection of media is awesome. I bought half of their collection of Disney movies on VHS for under $3 a tape. I'm sure my sister and I walked out with more than 15 tapes total. I was more than...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
one of the main reasons i miss living in san francisco...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ohh Amoeba my Amoeba. What else is there if no Tower or anything anymore? Besides they have all the cool stuff that isn't actually appreciated anymore which makes it all the better for me.
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YAY AMOEBA MUSIC!I usually go to Amoeba in Hollywood and am overwhelmed every time, but this branch goes far beyond my expecations for a large selection of rare music and $1 vinyl that does not only...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
HUGE SELECTION OF MUSIC AND FILM IN A FORMER BOWLING ALLEYI still make regular visits here to locate hard-to-find CDs and DVDs. I always find something here to buy. It is comforting for me to...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YES YES YES!The first time I stepped into this place, my mouth dropped and I drooled. They had a huge selection and a stage for performers while you shopped. Don't let the crackheads outside scare you...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba Music threw out three stores around 2000 and quickly became a legendary phenomenon as an independent record store. They have the largest selection of music and movies for an independent store....
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The last time I went here, I found a very rare gem. It was a VHS tape for "The Sisters of Mercy". I loved the videos I saw of them on mtv and their music as well. I bought it of course. It had over 12...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
With the rise of digital downloads, it's a wonder how this place is still open. You can pretty much find ANYTHING here, whatever artist you're lookin for. So far it's the only store i've seen with the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
HUGE selection, friendly staff. the listening stations have about 90% of what I've asked them to find, not bad. even if you don't know what to get flip through the thousands of cheap used CDs,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
AmoebaA cool place ,But Oh so dangerous .Why dangerous?Because there is so much good music there.New & Used.I live down the street and I can only go there once a month.Otherwise I would have no...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the greatest places on the planet. Seriously. I am talkin' tunes everywhere.
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've always loved this store - to me this is the epitome of what a record store should be. I bet there are just so many good stories that have taken place behind these walls. I've found lots of good...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ameoba is the only place I really buy music from since they have a ton of hard to find cds and vinyl. It has a great location and I just love the space because you can spend a long time just walking...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i like amoeba,great dvd selection ,music,my only issues is that there's NO listening station for there vinyl,(pref house vinyl) I know there protecting the records from miss use ,but if they are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty common stuff at a high price.I probably expected too much walking in due to the hype.Way more expensive than Rasputin or Streetlight.I saw one cd that I considered getting.It was used and was...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Its hard to not give Amoeba five stars... they are the biggest and when you hear someone say they have EVERYTHING, it's pretty much true. I mean, there are times I havent found something BUT I always...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba... what a treat. Thank you for breaking down music genres beautifully. Thank you for always having great and entertaining recommendations.Thanks for clearance bins, records, posters, and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Alpha and the Omega.
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I've loved Amoeba from my very first visit ...until the last...I regret having to resort to a terrible review, for I have a friend who happens to work there. The selection is impressive, and if one...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is delicious.Location: 4 starsAtmosphere: 3.5 starsSelection: 5 starsService: 3 starsStaff knowledge: 5 starsPrice: 3.5 starsLast impression: 5 stars, easy
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I walked in wide-eyed with a huge smile spread across my face. I've never seen so many records in one place! And everything was so neatly organized! Amazing.They have everything you would ever want to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome selection, great staff, great service. Love shopping here.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This music warehouse is the best place i've ever gone for my music needs. Since I grew up here I assumed all cities had something like this, but when I moved I realized stores like Ameoba give SF its...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're looking for something hard to find this is your best chance to find it. They carry all genres of CD's and Vinyl of both new and used. I can not remember if they carry cassettes but who cares...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The archetype of an AMAZING music store. -- Huge Store with great selection, especially catering to those whom are fans of lesser-known / independent artists.-- Great classical / jazz / electronic...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love love love Amoeba in Hollywood and I had high hopes when I went to this San Francisco location for the first time in 2007- and now I have to say that I slightly prefer this one over the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE Amoeba. I think it's the best place ever to buy music and with all of the record stores closing, no one wants to go to Borders or Target to buy music. If you can't find it anywhere else, its...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They have the best selection of new and used CD's.They have everything that you would/could ever want for your music collection.The store is huge - so it is better if you come prepared! If you have...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am not a music fanatic in the sense that I own a lot of records or albums, but Amoeba has SO much more to offer than their vast collection of amazing albums. Walking in is an experience in itself,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is the closest thing to Empire Records that exists in this age of iTunes and MP3's. The art of searching for a record seems lost these days. Bands are figuring out alternative methods to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
May I suggest on your first trip you skip the medical marijuana offered to your visiting ass by your high school punk tape trading/pen pal/boyfriend/senior prom date whom you've not seen in 14 years?...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
first came here when visiting SF in 95moved to sf in 2008. and i go at least once a month to hang out, browse the isles, listen through a stack of cds...sometimes have mini-sets from bands as...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is actually God's basement. I am convinced. When I walk through that holy threshold, I current of peace runs through my body. (This might just be me adjusting to the contrasting environment of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Even though the jazz section has moved from the street-facing room to a smaller section on the main floor, Amoeba still has a great selection.Most recently, I finally bought Horace Silver: Song For My...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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I am spoiled living in San Francisco with the little shops I tend to take for granted. Last weekend, I finally came across a record store that allowed me to trade in my CDs I'm bored with, and walk out with...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
While I'm not a fan of the general neighborhood (because I can have some surly burn-out in a jester cap aggressively beg me for a dollar back home, THANKS), I would actually donate a kidney to Amoeba...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best record store known to mankind. They have every genre you can imagine... and they carry vinyl!Good live shows here too. For freee
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the places you *have* to stop at if you're doing the touristy part of Haight St. Tons of old vinyl, used and new CDs ranging from popular new releases to oddball out of print hard to find...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The upside: Everything you could ever imagine is here, Pasolini's Arabian Nights which has been out of print for 15 years and when it can be found is a shitty copy? Here, brand new, never opened.The...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Despite the fact that a bunch of full-of-themselves, prickish, wanabee hipster- hippie, douche bag types work at this store, it remains one my go to places for used vhs, dvds, and music. Great...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
All I'm gonna say is thank god for this place. It is the only place I'm willing to spend money on music anymore. The live shows are free and almost always awesome. If it weren't for their vinyl...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hate St. in general was kind of cool (peace to himeka h. for that).. but..anyone who hates Amoeba probably hates god, atheists, agnostics, obama, republicans, native americans, kittens&puppies,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
if you're a big music buff up and coming producer or just looking for some classic lp's like i do, this is the place to get them!!!!! i've been coming to amoeba music since 1997 when i was in 8th...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Living near Stanyan and Frederick was dangerous, simply because of it's proximity to this place, 3 blocks away. Amoeba acquired much of my money.I'm not sure if this place is heaven or hell. Heaven...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What is there left to say about Amoeba Records that hasn't already been said? A trip to AR is dying and going to music heaven.Amoeba is, hands down, my favorite record shop of all time. But...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could never say enough about how great this store is. Right in the heart of one of the greatest places on Earth lurks one of the best and biggest music stores on same. Vinyl, CD's, and DVD's, with...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm happy that independent record stores still exist because even though I like Amazon, there's nothing like a bit of advice from Mike B or one of the many specialists at Amoeba to turn you on to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Never was a huge fan of the neighborhood because it's just a little dirty and filled with stinking hippies. However, there are some great places to do some shopping and Amoeba is awesome for music and...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this is an institution in the Haight. a must-visit when in SF/ Haight
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Heaven on Haight Street. I'll never understand why Amoeba hasn't opened a location in New York, but until then, I will pine for this wonderland of musical delights. It is probably my favorite record...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
music for dirt cheap. used of course. they have everything Ive ever looked for and then some. always playing interesting music. cool listening booths.. interesting people. helpful staff. My only...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is what I imagine Heaven being like (a little dirty yet fabulous).I love you. I love you. I love you.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Why does it feel like somebody's watching me?I sing that in my head as I meander through amoeba. i mean, hell, i'm only taking so long because it's a huge record store and i'm very indecisive. i give...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply put - this place is the mothership! Awesome selection of any possible music you could want. The staff are all very knowledge about music and give great suggestions. The listening stations...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What else is there to say? The place where you restock your CD car collection after you're done grieving about the break-in.And the classical section is fantastic.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's a reason why people all across the country know about Amoeba. Simply the very best music store you could hope for. The first time I went in I was amazed at the sheer amount of stuff packed in...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place was amaaazing!A gargantuan warehouse (former bowling alley!) of music. You could spend both a very long time and a serious amount of coin on CDs, DVDs and vinyl. In most cases, *every*...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a fan of the CD. I hope it never goes away. I appreciate digital music, don't get me wrong but as a collector, nothing is better than a CD. It's compact, its got good sound quality and it has...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You want to talk about a great past time that still influences my future.... its amoeba records. I came here in my youth on trips to the city with friends. Nothing could get better than this place. My...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been visiting this Amoeba on and off for many years now, and have not been disappointed by the incredibly variety and heft of the holdings available in the store. Albeit I am a bit disappointed...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is a high-maintenance friend. Sometimes getting something from Amoeba is more trouble than it's worth. I mean, c'mon, who buys CDs these days. But there's no cutting Amoeba out of your life....
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Preface:Just recently, I came with my friend and we were looking for movies. Another movie night on a raining day....Introduction: Nine Years ago.I remember my first visit here, it was almost 9 years...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One word, my friends: Legit. So many goodies in here just waiting for you to look through. I try coming in here without a set plan, because whenever I come in looking for a certain movie or record I...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Mecca.
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This store is dangerous. I have to leave my debit/credit cards at home and only bring a handful of cash cuz I'll go overboard on records here. They have the best selection of vinyl here in the entire...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can tell you the best reason to come here is that Ameoba has Steve, the guy who used to own Naked Eye in the Lower Haight. This man is a walking encyclopedia of film. I mean yeah they have an...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
while the staff is a bunch of elitist music nerds, the music selection doesn't get any better than amoeba. just have a large chunk of time alloted to look around, as you'll be amazed what they have.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
very cool place to stop by and browse thru tons of music and some hard to find dvds from around the worldif you like music and/or movies, then you should already know about this place.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So, in a toss-up with the Los Angeles Amoeba, this is the finest record store in the world. It's highly recommended that you don't bring a credit card, because you WILL buy more than you intended,...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
ok yes I wish I would have not started here.Man oh man when I go here, I get their free gift for spending over a certain amount. I do not get lost here I am found in music, what can you say about this...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the only place i can stay for hours in the movie section.
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever I'm in San Francisco I'll try to stop by Amoeba to do browsing and shopping. Although this location is bigger than the Berkeley store, for some reason I don't find as many things at this...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It doesn't quite hold the allure it did for me when I started coming here in 2002, but of course there have been significant changes since then. It is the BIGGEST record store in the free world, in...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, basically nothing left to say that the other trillion people who dropped props haven't already mentioned. This was my first time racking up debt at THIS location, as I usually do my "fuck, rent is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I rather enjoy this massive music shop. The selection never disappoints me, probably because their selection is so obnoxiously large. I hate the touristy vibe of the Haight, but I usually leave with a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Me and my husband used to love to go here every Friday afternoon and we live an hour away. If your a die hard movie fan, this is the place to go stock up your DVD collection. Hard to find movies, no...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Overwhelming. It is good to have a clear idea of what you want before stepping through the door,otherwise you feel scattered and distracted by all the choice..at least I do. It seems like no matter...
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I could live here if it weren't so dingy.The first time I came here I saw DJ Shadow promoting his album release. I still remember walking in to aisles of listeners holding CDs and 45s, mesmerized as...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the most badass music and DVD store I have ever encountered. I guess there is not much I can add with over 500 reviews already. just go here, just go!
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty cool, and has a lot of alternative rock CDs. I got a Rosie Thomas CD for $8, Sheryl Crow CD for $2, and a DVD called "Dorian Blues" for $5.
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has a lot of music.I don't think my review is necessary but I just wanted to give it 5 stars.If you are making a special trip to Amoeba and have never been there before I'd recommend...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Heaven for music lovers. I love this place. Plenty of space so you can browse without being on top of one another. Sure, it might not have all the super rare vinyl DJ's are looking for, but its got...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down the best music store I've ever been to. Not to say that there aren't better ones out there, but I've yet to find them. I've been to EarXtcy or whatever in Louisville and that place was...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is definitely not the place to come when you have just one CD in mind, because trust me, you'll walk out with 10 times that. Or more. When you walk in, you'll feel like you've died and gone...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
While parking was a bit of a pain, this was a great store. Much bigger than it looked on the outside. Loads of vinyl and dvd's to scavenge through and decent prices. This was stop one of a "All...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pee before you go. Eat before you go. Then go. And have a meeting point set up for your friends before you walk in, because once you enter you're sucked into the vortex of MAS MUSIC LOUD LOUD LOUD and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was bumming around San Francisco and came across Amoeba Records. I quickly came up with and excuse to go in, I needed the new Ryan Adams.I love this place, what ever you want, they have it New, they...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I walked in overwhelmed and walked out almost broke but happy. I found an extremely EXTREMELY rare Oasis vinyl record. I'm not sure what it was since it was a gift for my obssessed fan of a boyfriend...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've had some of the best movie finds here. If you need something out of print, check this place out. HUGE selection of music and movies. It's hard to leave without getting you came for, or what you...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the best music stores in the Bay Area, if not all of California. In fact, this is one of my top five favorite stores ever! Their selection is tremendous and their prices are...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba makes me happy. There's no really other way to put it coming from someone like me who loves buying the music. Going to Amoeba isn't just going to the store, it's like getting to hop on board a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
man i really miss this place now that i'm in brooklyn. there just really isn't a place that matches up on the east coast. okay maybe the wfmu record and cd fair. you have to pay for that and it's...
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First time in years I have been this happy. Someone sold a great collection.Score Fishbits. Score audience.Score my DJ friends that don't have to listen to the same shit.(all vinyl)Ragga Twins -...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. Vinyl Galore!Not too pricey either, good selection, what more can I say.
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i remember back in the day when the side of the building facing mcdonalds still said it was bowling alley....yup, way back when....i always want to spend way too much money here and often do.
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was a fan of this location and company. Its like the old 'Whearhouse Music' establishment but cohorts with the more, 'Indy' crowd. I love the used CD/DVD selection and i marvel at the amount of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
All the praise has gone to your head, amoeba, if you think that I'm paying $22 for a goddamned reissue. I'll drop some serious cash every now and then, but when I got into collecting (and first...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
More cd's and vinyl than I have ever seen in one place before. Prices are great. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable. Feed your soul - take home some music tonight.
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The best record store in the world. Their bread and butter is the crazy selection of new and vintage vinyls that they have. As soon as i can afford a record player, I am all over this place.
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is the musical shit.GREAT selection of CD's...vinyl...movies...concert posters...it's just great. You could easily spend over an hour just digging through albums. Seriously, the selection is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best music store in the World! Too bad for them, digital music downloads (legal) is the future. I buy most of my music/movies from iTunes now but still have a "soft spot in my heart" for Amoeba....
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE THIS PLACE!! The first time my boyfriend and I went there, we were amazed..we didn't expect that at all. The place is huge, and has rows and rows of..everything! CDs, vinyls, DVDs, posters,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I know that "digging" for music has gone by the way side, since everyone is illegally downloading tracks, but shit, negro - back in the day, this was the spizzy spizzot. You would literally have to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There is nothing, nothing like Amoeba - I could spend hours here. Unfortunately, my bf and I didn't have that kind of time so we spent a mere half an hour perusing the collection... and walked out...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
cliche to say that this is a dj/music lovers heaven, but its the truth. the biggest collection of music i've seen. although i no longer live in the bay area, i plan on making a trip out of it just...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went to Amoeba the other day to cheer myself up, bad day at work and all that. I'm not the type to shop away my blues in the traditional good capitalist way, but music is different. There is a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I die I hope heaven is like Amoeba. I mean it. I have been known to spend an entire day flipping through the racks of used cds here. If you want it, or think you might want it, or heard...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a store that I could (and did) spend hours looking and chilling and people watching. The music is varied and I saw many out-of-print CDs along with LPs, 45s, and (not as many) DVDs. I found...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yeah, yeah, music heaven for us all.but there is more to this san francisco entertainment hub than records, cd's and deep discount music.MOVIES! new and used DVDs, and VHS.But so, so very much more-...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Music is much cheaper here, but take your time. This is not a rush thru place. It's huge.
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best record stores in country, hands down! I love this place. They have a great collection of music and movies both new and used and at good prices. If you love music and movies, you...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is a good place to buy recordings. If you do your homework before you go there, you'll probably get what you want. I always look for this old school record from the 80's that has a call girl...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ameoba is one of the most awesome places to buy records in the country. I absolutely love this store. You can buy CDs from all of your favorite bands in the 90s on the cheap. I find stuff from...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What chu want?
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
a haiku:amoeba musicplease stop taking my moneyit's not freaking fair
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
they rule the planet
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
New all time low. I brought in 8 CD's for trade, two of which I had recently bought there for 18 bucks each, the others were popular and saleable. They offered me $1.50 each cash or $2.00 each trade!...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I dont know about all the haters but this place has some of the most amazing records I have ever found. Rare coltrain cuts, and ever rarer Neil Young. I got spend days on end in here if I was rich
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I only go in to buy movies - used movies. Sometimes I can't believe how many copies of Spiderman there are. Spiderman was really good! How come there are so many copies that people sold off? I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Every time I come here I find myself wanting to rearrange their selections into a better order, or at least make some of genres fit into better categories. But I also come out feeling very satisfied...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I remember coming to this place back when it was a dingy bowling alley. Sometime around middle school, they converted it into this magnificent music museum. Reasonable prices, great selection, and a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came in to sell CDs and the buyer was very friendly and extremely quick. Took about 15 minutes to go through 200 CDs and paid me $80 for about half of them. Since these were the rejects of a huge...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Man I wish I was a hippie.
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
good selection of music and movies
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I never go to Amoeba records because their selection sucks. Especially of electronic music. It's horrible, don't waste your time if you DJ.
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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I don't know if Amoeba is an independent record store, small chain or something else but it feels very non-corporate and has a great election whether it's used out of print Jazz or the most esoteric...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WOW, SERIOUSLY, F*CK THIS PLACE IN THE A****************@*$^I was walking around SF with a backpack because I had no place to sleep the final night I was there, so I figured, hey, go to Amoeba. I also...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you can't find it here, it wasn't recorded - or you are too timid to ask the incredibly unapproachable yet so unattractive dude in the booth who, when you do, makes you feel seriously not cool. As...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
These guys will always have my business!! Great staff and very good selection of films. They are very knowledgeable and willing to help.I love anywhere that supports local musicians as well.
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
you'll find anything you're looking for here. it's huge. and they have performances here too. good stuff.
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place because it's an Amoeba Records, but that's about it. The Hollywood location and the Berkeley location are far superior. One thing I did enjoy, however, is how cheap their...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
FREAKIN HUGE.Designed for the old school, die hard, music collector, there are no computer directories/terminals where you can type in a specific genre and be told where exactly your inquiry is. Nope,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Easily my favorite music store in the world. Great selection, massive low-priced second-hand sections for all genres. I really hope they survive.
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's three reasons why this place is so amazing to me. First reason being that it's a real record store located on a very appropriate block. Second being that I actually work at Vinyl Solution...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I double dog dare you to find a better music shop. This is without a doubt one of the best music stores in the world. I'm not going to go on and on because you won't understand unless you go. Stop...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
All you are missing is a place to play records before you buy them. Can you guys work on that?! Othwerise we didn't even make it to the CD part of the store, I was consumed by the records, which is a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
HOLY FUCK!!! This is without a doubt the most comprehensive, best-ist coolest independent record store I have ever set foot into. I was in a club later that night with an Amoeba bag, and some guy was...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3 stars mainly because they place has been way to picked over for us beat-diggers. Rap/hip-hop section is great (especially the used section) but I think the Soul/R&B section (I'm talking about vinyl...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have dreams about finding amazing albums for cheap in the used bins, here. Then, I realize that I'm not dreaming.Also, the vinyl section is the HOTNESS. Leaving the store with a gnarly stack of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this store! This place is GI-NORMOUS. Local-Celebrity-Sighting: Liam Mayclem from the TV show "Eye on the Bay".
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty much the Mecca of record shops...what is there to say that hasn't already been said?
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love that they have a goth section now! also dark ambient! and i have always loved "unusually experimental" and the vinyl selection, and of course the regular old rock section. they usually buy...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The staff has so much disdain for ordinary mortals and it's so apparent in the way they smugly drift through the store and ignore my pleas for assistance...I'd rather not be judged and criticized for...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The living legend...and for mostly good reason. But it is not the best record store in the country, or even the city. But its worth a visit, no doubt.Its greatest strength is also is greatest...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I go to the LA Amoeba, because driving 8 hours compared to 2 hours isnt that bad. its got a good selection but not as big. Same deals, i got my Tom Waits Orphans for dirt cheap. forever blue by...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
List of things that would make Amoeba cooler:1.2.3.4.Thank you for your time.
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place would be perfect if it sold porn.
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You'll find almost any record here unless it's OOP, but you'll still have a chance to find it.Prices have gone up since I remembered, but it's still THEEE place for music.It's right next to Cha Cha...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have not bought a CD elsewhere in at least a decade.The prices are fair. The selection is massive. Plenty of used bargains. The only negative is that I always go there for something specific and end...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Solid selection of vinyl, as far as shopping in-person (and not by internet) is concerned.I went on a Saturday afternoon. It was busy (to be expected) and there was someone djing the store (random...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is great.... for music, for dvds, for people watching.wait... people watching?So... if you ever read The Hipster Handbook, you'll quickly realize that you can identify, and point out all...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place's reputation precedes it. I really didn't have that much scratch to go hog wild. So we just hit up the world section. Bought a couple of middle eastern and Indian jams. I love the huge...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i have never left empty-handed. one trip to the store is an all-day excursion as there is so much to look at. always some rare gems to be found, unlike many other record stores that just feature a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
NEW, USED, SECOND/THIRD/FORTH HAND-ME-DOWNS.can you hear the muisc, because i sure can?Okay so the rumor is that you can sometimes find the infamous DJ QBERT here. But the only thing close to seeing...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I almost feel like I'm wasting my time writing this review but I really love how you scan almost any CD and listen to it on earphones at a station. I really miss music stores where you can sample...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I dont buy as much music these days, but when i am in need of a fix.... nobody beats the great deals and awesome indie-centric selection that amoeba has. And the USED cd's are seeming...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Lots of music" is an understatement: Amoeba's packed wall-to-wall with music in a place that used to be a bowling alley. If you want vinyl, they've got vinyl. CDs too, of course. And a decent DVD...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
remember that feeling you had as a kid when you got all a's on your report card and so your mom said you could get anything at the toy store?no? shut up. i'm an only child. eff you.amoeba is one of...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you Amoeba for always stocking obscure stuff that I have yet to find at other record/music stores around the Bay. (Sorry Streetlight, you are great but not perfect). I could hang out here for...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say about this place that hasn't already been said? Amazing. Their vinyl selection is unmatched.
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Super-ginormous. I like to wander and pick up something I've never heard of before. Besides, I can always bring it back for trade and get something else... maybe a CD version of that obscure 80s...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good place to find cheap / inexpensive movies and music, though you have to look around for bargains as some movies are in both bargain and less bargain sections. Can definitely pick up some less...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best music store in the whole bay area. It has everything, and has a bunch of used cds too. I love buying used dvds here too, since they're almost as cheap as renting the movie. This is _the_ place...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I know I'm about the millionth and a half person who has reviewed the world famous Amoeba music. I don't have to talk about the HUGE selection of music that would make any DJ wet his pants. I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Why must you suck away all my money? When I enter you I feel like I am the type of guy that dates the type of bitch that demands he go into serious credit card debt to maintain a frivolous...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I always find what I want, the staff isn't too surly, used deals are cheap, and they buy most of what I try to sell to them. Plus, I like their staff-published booklet of recommended music.
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, definitely fell in love with this place. The selection is expansive, the atmosphere kitschy and great, overall just lovely.
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Everyone knows Amoeba is great. Everyone who hasn't been living under a rock over the last ten years, anyway. I'm giving this one four stars out of five simply for location. The crust punks and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In my 2 months I lived in SF, I discovered, fell in love and became broke at Amoeba.What is it? San Diego, lemme inform you. It's a HUGE music store that has practically every kind of music you can...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great new/used vinyl selection. You could spend hours in here. Bring your dog.Too many hobos hanging out outside.
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
when i moved to California i never dreamed that record stores like this could exist! who would have thought someone would convert a bowling alley into a full blown music store!! their selection is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So I guess I should love Amoeba because of its huge selection, but I really don't. They do have a huge selection, and I think I really would have loved this place when I was in high school. But the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ever had that dream where you stumble onto some rare boutique record shop in a cobblestone alley and it's got that out of print import vinyl you've been endlessly searching for and the owner is some...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this store if I am looking for something of this generation and as a cd. If I want something older and on Vinyl or newer and on vinyl I may be shit out of luck and need to refer to ebay for my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba loves music. I love music. Hence I love Amoeba music.Seriously, the only place in the U.S. that carried the Deltron 3030 CD, a CD that has been out of print for at least 6 years. Went to Amoeba...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't go in Amoeba. I drive my husband to Amoeba and he goes in. I sit in the car and watch the people in the neighborhood. Gasp. Whoa. This is weird San Francisco fer sur. On one occasion I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
really, they have everything i need, want, don't need, kinda, sorta, maybe need, want. you get the point. only thing that gets me is that most movies i want end up being organized buy director name....
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
every other record store in the world gets totally 'moted by amoeba s.f. in every possible way.except for that one time i tried to get a dove shack cd & those jerks didn't have it. WHAT!? i bet amoeba...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
what can i say that hasn't been said already? repeatedly. i mean seriously.at any rate, here's my two cents:i *heart*amoeba. i love that they stock used cds right there alongside the new copies. for...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Overwhelming selection... No matter what happens, I hope there is always Ameoba Music on Haight.
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
if record stores were pornography, Amoeba is the BBW. plenty to love, plenty to explore, easily accessible, with the robust back end as the main attraction. dvd section is killer. seriously,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is badass.... best selection of music I've ever seen. They actually have a stage where live bands can play. This was actually what drew me in. I saw in one of the local rags that a group...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
With over 500 reviews what could possibly be said that hasn't already been said. I was just yelping and thought ok BEST music store EVER hmmm and well like most of these 500 reviews AMOEBA came to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The DVD dept has a great staff and everyone specializes in somtehing different. Even if I cant find a movie and no one knows what Im speaking of they will go to their computer and do a search for...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free shows, a ton of shit to get lost into, and if youre lucky, you can get some sweet VHS action. You can also buy robocop on laserdisc, im pretty sure its still there.
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i can spend hours in this store. i have a wide range of taste in music and i love that i can find something of interest from each of my favourite genres. i love walking into the store and they're...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba may be the only reason that I would consider not buying/acquiring music online. It has absolutely everything and anything music related at good prices and rare concert posters that are fun to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have spent more money here over the last few years than I have spent on bills, loans, friends, family, health, food, and sanity, and it's all worth it. Maybe the time I found a copy of Jackie...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's no point in talking shit on it. The one in Berkeley is good too.
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Amoeba. So, I was looking for a random song someone played in my Quinceanera ... and they had it! I had been looking for this song by a 90's latin band, for years (don't judge me it was a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't yet decided which of many things makes this place so fucking awesome. Is it that if I am digging around the used bins and happen across some crapped out copy of something but decide I can't...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Review number 509 for Amoeba on Haight is a warning on the perils of drunk shopping.Somewhere between keychain shopping, shoe gawking and bar perusing I began to think back on my love of drum and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My inner teenager High Fidelity underdog hero rules here!Its a good second date place. Really. Go in, meet back up after 20 minutes. If he sneers at your choices, or you fear his collection of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best record stores I've ever been to. This place should be MANDATORY for anyone visiting frisco. i could easily spend an entire day diggin thru everything in here and the selection is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There is one store and one store alone that I am guaranteed to spend money in. Whether running in for five minutes or having one and a half hours of browsing time, there is 100% probability that there...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the best place to go to buy large amounts of records and cds at a time. pretty much one of the main reasons i haven't moved away from SF, cuz they ain't got nothing close to amoeba in NYC.
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Do I have a problem with this place? No. Do I have a problem with going here with other people? Yes.Why? Because they spend FOREVER in here. I just like to spend an hour max, and get the hell...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's like a good musical warehouse. There are millions of records and music DVDs to choose from and if you are an audiophile you definitely will be happy with this store. The record selection has been...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah, I still love this place. And yeah, they probably will rip you off on some of your CDs...BUT, God their selection is just unbelievable. The place is almost always hopping, and because of that you...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not really my scene, but this place is a throwback for those who are purists about their "record store." This place is more of a throwback than the now defunct Tower Records. It's like the local...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The independent record store is a dying bread, but somehow it seems that Amoeba has had staying power even through the death of Tower Records (RIP). Amoeba has almost anything you're looking for (or...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
CD's are cheapest in this shop. More expansive than Rasputin (and I use to work for them) and more personal than Virgin. Amoeba has whatever your heart desires. They also manage to bring amazing guest...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the prado of record stores, i left overwhelmed and empty-handed. i need to spend a month here.
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Next to Aquarius recs this is one of the best places to go offline for music. Not that I go online at all but it reminds me of a time when you had to network for information with friends by mail or...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They have EVERYTHING. And I mean everything. I love going there. I always end up buying ten more cds than I intended because I always end up finding something awesome for a GREAT price because it's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Eff the Haight-Ashbury location of Amoeba music. You can find practically anything at this store. However, they lose major points due to their severe lack of customer service skills due to the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The absolute best record store ever. San Diego thinks they have it good with Lou's Records, but that place can't even compare. Berkeley does have a Rasputin's and an Amoeba within a couple blocks of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's great, because you can find almost anything you can imagine at Amoeba, and for that I go there when I'd like to buy music. But, their used music is sometimes over-priced, and for the times that...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The info clerk didn't know J Dilla; nevertheless, this is still the best place to spend every one of your birthday dollars, after spending what you can first at Aquarius Records. Because the women of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with all the reviews.If music were a religion this would be its temple.
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hipsters abound, but an undisputably good selection. I found a Max Roach CD I couldn't find anyplace else. PLUS they had Money Jungle and Pet Sounds on vinyl! Hoooooly bawls!
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a chain but does not feel like a chain. I like that.I could wander and browse for hours and not have any marketing shoved down my throat. The product sells itself. I like that.I can replace...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm sitting on my couch, surfing yelp instead of doing more productive things, and Corin Tucker is wailing at me from my beautiful speckled-green colored vinyl copy of "The Woods" that I purchased...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so, you know how i like to bring dates to stores? well, this is one where they don't look at me funny for the first 5 minutes before the awesome sets in. at amoeba, the awesome sets in immediately....
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What, .. can it be? A place that actually lives up to all the hype? No, fool'n folks this place is IT for dvds, videos, rare records, and cds. And their selection on just about everything is insanely...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
love the store. best hip hop vinyl selection in the bay area, hands down. very much worth the drive from san jose. the prices are not the same as at the berkeley store, like a 50 cent difference....
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not quite as big as the LA location nor as small as the Berkeley location. Just right? They have a good selection of some "obscure" genres though you would have to go to the store regularly to find...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So, my sister and I have two different approaches to selecting things. She knows what she wants, goes in, goes out. Me? I linger, I read all the details, I walk around the store a few times to get a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent variety and impressive volume, but by no means the golden standard in essential independent music that it's often reputed to be. As a Seattle native accustomed to the idea of record store...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So many choices. I've bought CDs wrapped in newspaper from some guy's living room here, and I've bought mainstream Charlie Parker discs too. French rap section? Sign me up. Sure, it can be...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have a hard time going here and not spending money. I realize they can't read my mind before I walk in the door, magically knowing all the CDs I've been lusting for. But it's completely...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pick up the Amoeba Music 2008 Calender cause:- It's perfectly sized and reminds ya of ya fav artist's bday- It has pics of rad artists that have played here (Blonde Redhead, Crime, Boris)- It has a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba, before I lived here I thought you were the best thing since bread and butter. But now I know that you don't actually have everything, and I've kinda... its sick to say... it feels pretentious...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best vinyl record shops left in ...the state, probably. Knowledgeable staff, great selection & service, and they just keep on keepin on.
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
probably trhe largest selection of records, cds and videos i've ever seen i mean you can leave an entire paycheck here. name it-they got, if not -they can order it. the staff knows music and they're...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
amoeba was my first love. but why must every record that i would want to buy cost $20-$25?
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Really cool music store! Overwhelming at first. The have at time performers on their stage play, while you are shopping. Bonus, there is a listening station for CD's you want to preview before you...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like flies around a shrine, if you could "assist" the filthy, scrounging young scungebums that surround this place to find employment (Haliburton would be a good choice, or Bechtel), it would be...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Just went to Amoeba recently...I agree with all the reviews on its greatness.If music were a religion (you mean it's not?), this would be its temple.
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Extremely well stocked.Extremely well priced.Extremely well organized.Extremely fucking rad.
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Man I love coming in here and just browsing. I don't actually buy music on a physical medium except for records anymore, and Amoeba has a great selection. Today I discovered the wonderful used...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dog Biscuits! Dog Biscuits!! thanks for all them dog biscuits!B(DON'T tie your pup outside - this is reallly a giant free dog biscuit shop, with lots of good music on the side)
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
To the guy who called my chihuahua in his bag a "hamster": You sir, looked like a fat kid grown up on too much cake and stuffed in ill fitting clothes. You were neither witty nor clever. And my...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to live at Hayes & Divisadero, so I spent a goodly amount of time strolling the racks at Amoeba. I (regrettably) sold my entire CD collection in the last days before my move to the East Coast....
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
trade in old CDs,get some credit, but some CDs, rip em to your computer, return em within a week for 75% credit, just keep the cycle goingi love this place
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Please take a shower not very many hours before shopping here.
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Holy crap this place is awesome! I could spend hours and hours here going back and forth between the bins and the listening stations. I tried to get my friend to buy the Paris Hilton CD sitting in...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Their online customer service BLOWS. I purchased an MP3 a few weeks ago and delayed uploading it. When I went back to my shopping cart to retrieve it, it was gone. I've contacted Amoeba 2x without a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend from Australia was AMAZED when I brought him here. And I don't blame him. Its like being a kid in a candy store for audiophiles like he was, and I think he ended up spending some ludicrous...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is it. The alpha omega. This is the best record store in San Francisco. And I do mean "record " store they have a ton of vinyl. Shuffling through used black/death records theres always the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
yeah, you know what - fuck this place - every mofo that works there is a shmarmy fuckin' loser burnout. From the chick who I sold concert tickets to, who works in their online store to the holier than...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Walking through the doors of Amoeba for the first time is like discovering Christmas and Harry Potter and airplanes on the same day. This is a music store as it could be and ought to be.Genre-wise,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great selection of music and DVD's, you can find pretty much anything here. But it does kinda stink. A lot of nasty smelling and nasty looking people here.
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Place is awesome! Tons of music and they use winamp to let people sample their music, that alone shows they know their stuff. Lot's of cassettes to select from, nothing I wanted but it's nice to see...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
truly one of the better places, if not the best, to find what it is you're looking for... no matter what genre of music it is that tickles your fancy! i don't think i have ever left this place with...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The king of the hill as far as CD/Vinyl/DVD goes in San Francisco. Great deals for common albums at $4.95 or less. Great stock on current releases for Metal, Punk, Goth, Rockabilly, Dance, etc....
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not as good as the Berkeley one. I always feel overwhelmed in Amoeba, if you're really into digging though you can usually come up with some gems
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So much vinyl for the dj boy to fall in love with.The stars are for the hot guy that made my friends and I drool and made me drop my change and stutter when he was helping me buy a t-shirt for the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I owe you an apology, Amoeba. I really do. You see, a few months ago, when the new High Tension Wires record came out, I called 5 or 6 other local record stores before I called you. I now know that...
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If Rapustins doesn't have a dvd or music cd I'm looking for, Amoeba definitely does. Sometimes you might find something rather unique that you can't find anywhere else. It's like a treasure hunt.
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only bad thing about this place is that they won't let me sleep in there.
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When walking down Haight Street it's easy to get sucked into the Amoeba vortex. WOOSH! Before you know it you're rummaging through bins, grabbing music and/or DVD's that you didn't even realize you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba clearly pumps their store with some memory sucking device that causes me to forget what I'm looking for the moment I step on the premises. I even started writing a list of the things I want,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba music is awesome, and the few times I have been in SF I have made a point of making it here. They definitely have a lot of hard to find stuff, and a fantastic selection of everything...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'll cop to it-I HATE Amoeba records. I know it's supposed to be the "go to" spot in the bay area for music, but I can't fucking stand this place.My most recent (and last) trip to Amoeba consisted of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Aside from the giant selection of music and movies, they are dog friendly. Any place with biscuits behind the counter is a place for me (and Casper)
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I realize that there is absolutely *no need* for me to write another review for Amoeba considering the 6,000 million reviews here, but frankly, I dream about this store at night. I make lists of used...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
With regards to vinyl, Amoeba SF is the scrawny little half-brother of Amoeba Berkeley. Outside of that, it looks pretty big, and there are more hipsters than you can shake a stick at.
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What can you say....its a gold mine for any type of music, in many different types of forms. Way better and bigger than the Berkeley site.
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One does not go to Amoeba Music simply to buy the latest Billboard offerings. If that's what you want, use your sorry ass index finger to click over to iTunes.com or amazon.com.Amoeba Music is Mecca!...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm going to put my insider's tip for Amoeba right here, at the top of this review: AMOEBA DOES NOT BUY USED PORN.You can thank me by clicking on Useful (o). Do it! Left click, bitches! I know...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There have been many points at which I could have written a review of Amoeba. Over the four years I have lived in Sucka Free I have bought more than my fair share of CDs, DVDs and LPs there. There...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty obvious that this place needs no introduction or further praise so my review is for the people who work and shop at amoeba. Thank you staff for always having things organized well and for...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Amoeba" has more than 400 reviews. I feel kind of silly writing yet another one.What I really want to say, absolutely aware of the fact that I'm not too original; is that the place is great (this is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
come on, we all know this place is great. yeah there are some snobs but its a big place, they're bound to be somewhere. all i can say is the selection is hooray. yep hooray...however it gets hot in...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My thought as I am flipping through the endless bands under R is, who even buys CD"s anymore? and than I look around, apparently everyone but me. Even though I can't see the value of a gazillion...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you worship at the altar of retail music buying-this is the holy grail. It is nice to know there is somewhere the size of Costco where you can go and actually touch the albums. I have been on three...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Very rare combination of impressive selection and reasonable price. Not much more to say than that.
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is dangerous. I have to limit my visits because a) I suppose I need some money to buy food, and b) all that music just makes the day seem shorter...and somehow, that's not healthy.Still, there...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the perfect music store, so much so that it's overwhelming. Buy, sell or trade DVDs, CDs and even LPs. It's all about the music (and movies) and they don't bother selling random toys or rock...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Incredible store and location to hang out. A lot of treasures are here! Prices are in line with market value of the category. LA LA Land has a nice location too!
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my happy places.It can be one of yours, too.That is, if you haven't been there yet.If you've already been here, its already on your list.
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Amobe even though there location is sitting in the bowling alley of my youth and since the other record stores on haight R long goneLike Jack's music( the former gap location) where the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Holy molly have I hit this joint a tad too much in the last couple months. Big Sloppy and I have been digging up some tasty 12' here. As for selections you can't beat this. Back a couple of years ago...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This has the preppy kid walking hands astray, touching the record ailse on either side. Jesus saves, he spends. He knows all the cool kids with their snazzy snide lyrics; the girl to his left feigns a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fess up: You always come crawling back, don't you? Like an ice addict dribbling desperate praise on their dealer and pimp, you come crawling back -- "Oh please, baby, you know I love you, you're the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I die, I'm going to the great big Amoeba in the sky.And Murio's is still going to be it's next door neighbor. So I can go buy all manner of music that I can't really afford... And waste all kinds...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my home away from home. Everything I could ever want in a record store and then some. I love the fact that I can still walk in here on a regular basis after almost 10 years, and constantly...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place used to be a bowling alley. it still sounds like one. i saw sonic youth there. i will not buy cd's from anyone else. because. 5 stars for amoeba. long live used music.
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have to join the few on here who have had disappointing experiences with selection.Regularly they don't have artists/CDs I am looking for - NOT obscure, we're talking some Bay Area Hip Hop (Lyrics...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Probably the best indie music store in the country if not the world.
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place rocks, awesome selection and a great atmosphere.
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's hard to imagine how one could criticize Amoeba Music (though I suppose I don't have to imagine, I just have to scroll down a little ways). It's pretty much the ideal independent music store. You...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Far too often we've had to say goodbye to friends that left the Bay Area due to the extreme housing costs. You inevitably end up getting into conversations wtih said friends about what they miss most...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This one rocks- the Berkeley store does not . . . You can get a gripload of obscure french pop, psych soundtracks and everything else your little heart desires at the SF store. But you all know this...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The employees here should be dicks of the Jack Black-in-High Fidelity variety. But they're not. They're really really nice, and, I suspect, gave me more money than they should have for some rather...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is... Amoeba. Yes, it has a fab selection (though some things are always missing... common things everwhere else. Do they EVER have Chainsaw Kittens CDs?). No, they don't care if you bring...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They had to tow me out the place. The diversity of music you can find here is...How can I describe it... Obscene.
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
All though i dont really hit this place up anymore, i have to give it a great reviews for all the times i came and blew some money in here.. something about walking in and hearing the clippity clap of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVE this place! I looked through their vinyl section and it was 80's hair metal heaven for me. And most of the albums I like are only $2-$3 (price does not reflect quality of the band, haha). I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I always come to Amoeba with great hope, expecting to find something specific, and invariably wind up disappointed. The merchandise is poorly presented and the volume overwhelming, plus I always feel...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has so much music, I was finding stuff there that I was having a really hard time finding ONLINE... and for a lot cheaper, too. Just today I picked up a few albums from some of my favorite...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great used stuff, hard to find CD's and Vinyl.....Picked up a lot of old Bay Area stuff that I couldnt find anywhere else.....THANKS!
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was looking for my new favorite music store. I found it! an impressive variety and quite a few gems to be found.
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This particular branch of the Amoeba trinity is stellar. Thousands of used titles are dumped into the bins daily and the new releases in all genres are timely and abundant. It is a musical Disneyland...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the fucking business! Shopping here is a always a special experience for me. I have come here looking for one movie or CD (you know, back when I used to by CD's) and leave with...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Where else can you go anymore except to The Virgin Store in Downtown SF? All the other big box places such as Tower Records have closed down because of competition from Amazon, iTunes and other...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I sure miss Amoeba! I remember going to this record store while I was in high school? ..back in the days! They always have the best selection of hip music..and I sure loved all their live performances...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is what it's all about folks: The ultimate Deep Catalogue music store, run by Actual Music Geeks. Nevermind the sometimes snotty/aloof/smelly register jockeys... they are simply...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously, 403 reviews? Well, I'll just add one thing that hasn't been said: when I came here, I had laptop, camera, lots of nice shit in my backpack. So we go in and I give my bag over only to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cool music store. They have tons of good stuff. Very large store. Cool, hip staff. Big selection. Some specials. A lot of musicians have come here to perform. I took photos of DJ Rap at Amoeba....
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
coming from absolutely one of the worst places america has to offer (baton rouge, la) where the best music store there is, is best buy (*wince*)..so when i came to SF for the first time, like 5 years...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have mixed feelings about this place. On one hand, you get a lot of amazingly cheap DVDs. Some that you can't even find anywhere else. But then on the other hand, you get a store mostly full of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I only find myself at Amoeba these days for a live in-store performance and not just a pure shopping trip. After spending many, many hours (and dollars) there over the years, I finally had enough of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is one of those places you dream of record shopping at when you move to California. It rules. I don't even mind the one in Hollywood. Some would argue that the SF or LA store are too big and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I once did all 3 Amoebas in one week--LA, Berkeley and SF--and blew WAY too much money, and had to take on a separate carry on to fly back to Chicago. Yes, I am hopelessly addicted to Amoeba. But,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Harold and Kumar..check.Oh,and that funky Prince too.This place has it all.You can find some old school shit.Damn,John is a cutie.
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One word: HEAVEN!
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After five years of living in the Bay Area, I'm better at discerning what specific chemical cocktail my diverse SF neighbors have applied to themselves by their behavior. The petite blonde teenager...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Can't believe I haven't reviewed this place yet (until now)...anyway, has a wide variety of mucis which is good--very good but can be pricey....Don't get the chance to come here very often but when I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Amoeba. There isn't really another place in the city to find reasonably priced cds. Also, head over to the listening station to bust some moves listening to Digable Planets. You know thats...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I had luke warm feelings about this place for a while and my last visit was definitely the last one! Amoeba is incredibly dusty, cluttered, disorganized, and increasingly expensive. $18.99 for used...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The first time you discover amoeba you are utterly amazed. There is so much music under one roof it is incredible. Even more incredible is the fact that everything is very well organized. You will...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Anybody who gives Amoeba less than 5 stars needs a check up from the neck up. Their selection, customer service, live music and everything else about this former bowling alley far surpass any other...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Gosh darn it to heck! I've had a credit sitting in my drawer since December 2005 for this ginormous music establishment and have yet to use it!!!You know what's crippling me to step foot into this...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Do yourself a favor: Make a list of albums you want.. really, any CD you have been eyeing for a while..After that, Go. To. Amoeba.really, The countless times I was at the place and was overwhelmed on...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I was a teenager, I bought an Amoeba bag from the Haight store and thought I was pretty cool. All the kids that came here were cool because they were all grungy and bought grungy old albums or,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
they say sex sells so...sex sex sex sex sex. boobs.now go feed your ears!
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cds for cheap? what they are used? I dont care! I dont really feel like paying 20 bucks for a cd... Maybe if its from japan hahaha but thats why we have Amoeba. Used cds for cheap cheap!!!
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I have friends visiting- this is a sure bet for one of the destinations to bring them. Yup its up there with the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf and AT & T Ballpark... Music binds people...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can spend hours on end in here browsing and perusing the isles looking at cd covers that is my part-time hobby. I just have a thing for cd cover art, how can the bands/singers choose the art they...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For whatever can be said about the state of the music industry today (Ahem, DRM), Amoeba is like finding Forbes Steakhouse after years of knowing only Sizzler. It makes me love music all over again,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Used to be 5 stars but they reorganized the vinyl a year ago and I find it harder to source hard-to-find soul, jazz or classic hip hop.Still a great place though, like a cathedral to music when you...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty damn cool. Anywhere where I can fill my taste for metal and my taste for Folk is deffinately the place for me!I found the Faun fables album i was looking for.. sweeeeetnesss!!!!:)...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place for the selection of used everything...CD's, LP's DVDs and anything else you can dream of. Only down side are the people standing outside who block the entrance and low lifes who...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh fucking Jesus Christ not only is every dude I'm ever going to want to marry a frequent Amoeba shopper, but Amoeba also has Judy Garland albums that I can't find ANYWHERE and also I can pick up the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I spend more here than I do on food, and that's saying a lot.I like the listening stations, which introduce me to new music more often than it discourages. Also, there's coffee and snackums two...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came in here many years ago and it ruined me. I ended up walking out with hundreds of dollars worth of cds, books, movies, a t shirt and fond memories of browsing through the aisles. I knew it would...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
searching for awesome cd's and movies is one of my stress reducing things-to-do. i spend hours wandering the aisles, from rock to techno to rap to j-pop they have everything! i also love how they...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
what gives? the days of the amoeba buck are gone! it's bad enough they don't honor merchant discounts but now.....no amoeba buck?they are fuckers in my book for that but still get four stars for being...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So big I didn't know what to do with myself. I do enjoy that it's independent and has anything that I'll ever be looking for, but it's almost overwhelming. Needs to carry Michael Henderson's...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You could easily kill a few hours browsing through this warehouse sized store (I have on several occasions). Now that Tower has closed, all eyes will be on Amoeba to see if they can satisfy San...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
On my recent trip to SF with my husband, one of the places we visited was Haight street. As we were having lunch at a pizzeria, 3 guys (all strangers) came in and they were all carrying a package of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
AMAZINGly cool! I love this music store. It is hands down the best I have ever been to. I love my reggae music and I have never seen such a plethora of reggae albums, most of which you can find in...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
awesome! don't let me into this place because i'll walk out with dollars and dollars worth of music. which is not a bad thing, if you can afford it. i can't. see my dilemma.rent or music? food or...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Greatest record store in the world. Amoeba is vast, has a ridiculously gargantuan selection, and on the occasions when I have needed assistance, there were a number of helpful people close at hand....
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh this place is dangerous!
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How can you not love the independent music store that literally has anything, ever!Walking in is a bit overwhelming- but that really good overwhelming where you can't wait to dive in head first. It is...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place! I could spend hours at end roaming through the isles looking for new bands and whatnot. I go to a lot of CD stores and although, Amoeba does not seem that nice, it has it's own...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A great music resource with a lot of everything.Get everything from used to new, imports, DVD's, CDs, vinyls and more. Pitch a tent, as you can spend days there. Amoeba is a DJ's paradise.Recommend...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is my neighborhood record store; I've spent a lot of money here on many lps and love the selection. What I don't love about the place is its horrible customer service. Most customer service...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
gay hippies run this joint. BRING BACK TOWER RECORDS!
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So Amoeba is pretty much heaven for nerds like me. Everytime I go there I spend pretty much all of the financial aid I recieve monthly from my parents, which means I can't eat. I usually tend to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The biggest and best record store ever! They have a nice vinyl selection and used classical records for a dollar! The cds are quite reasonably priced and they have international music and jazz. It...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I am a big fan of supporting local-ish stores, but I won't return here because I feel their customer service is lousy. I purchased a tv series on dvd. Two weeks later, after I finally made may way...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
alright, so i was a little disappointed in this place i think because it was so big I didn't know what to do with myself. also, it was storming outside really bad and i had a long walk ahead of me......
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Sooooo Big I could spend all day in there...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have grown to despise this place. The employees are never much help. They, or at least those wandering the salesfloor, seem to have been hired to hang around the store with one another, or in a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Selection, prices, atmosphere, shows = all amazing.I found some out of print rare stuff here for a few bucks, when I couldn't get it anywhere else. I love that I can walk in with twenty bucks and walk...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amazing selection. Although they did not have a vinyl for Connected by The Foreign Exchange, they did have the single. I was damned impressed. DVD selection is stellar too; they had Karate...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the only things that keeps me coming back to Haight st. Amoeba is the best.
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love the selection, love the service, love the prices, what else can I say?!
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dangerous place for music lovers. Luckily I have self control.....well sort of.
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down, the best place in the Bay Area to buy music.Check out their calendar for their free shows.
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love this place!!!
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just had my first adventure here after a year (don't make faces, I finally go ta good paying job!) Anyway, I went here in search of a BBC television show on DVD. They had it of course (it's...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can't argue with the impressive size and selection of this place. Especially if you're looking for vinyl. Still, I had heard so much great stuff about Amoeba that I couldn't help but feel a little...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't see how you can rate Amoeba anything other than 5 stars. Great selection, cool vibe, reasonable prices, generous return policy (not that I ever use it). It's a pleasure to live near here.
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Places like Amoeba are the reasons you should not consider living anywhere else. A Cathedral of music in every form, from every genre.
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The creme de la creme in music. You can find ANYTHING here... obscure bands, rare EPs and many classics. Very very nice.
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Holy shiznit! This store is humongous. I walked in and it felt like a quarter size version of Costco, but with music and music only! Not only do they have albums by the most mainstream "artists" to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the best place, for prices and selection, countless times swooping up stuff i never knew existed!!
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have only been here a handful of times but each time I find something I want (but since I am poor I rarely buy). They have an amazing selection of vinyl both old and new and each section is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands-down - Best record store in the universe.Tip: The jazz section has shorter lines.
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is great, I have spent a lot of money there, learned a lot about music and even sold my music through them. Where they lose me is allowing (maybe requiring?) the used buyers act so high and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free shows. Fun neighborhood. Crazy collection of used & new. My only complaint would be that nasty grimy feeling left on your fingertips after you've sifted through rows and rows of CDs. You know...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's nearly impossible to find a CD shop with an extensive collection of used, affordable classical music CD's but who do? Amoeba do, that's who! I mean, Mozart piano quartets with members of the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If there is that slim chance you have no idea what Amoeba Music is and you are in San Francisco, just do yourself a favor and go.All the music you could want, any kind, pretty darn cheap, PLUS live...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Man it's hard not to empty your wallet at Amoeba. They have an extensive collection that ranges from the ever so trendy to the oh so obscure. if you were looking for a c.d featuring the vocal stylings...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to find that "obscure-hardtofind-imported" CD.
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ah...a kid in a candy store...what a wonderful place to be.
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is a legend. I don't exactly have the coolest and most cutting-edge of musical tastes, but what I do like, I like with a burning passion. Usually the awareness of my utter geekiness prevents...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't walk in this store without spending $100 on cds. That's all you need to know. It's music heaven.
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I go here about twice a year because I really can't afford to any more than that.
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think everythings been covered already. Not much more to add.
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba's not exactly a hidden secret anymore. I'd even heard about Amoeba records as a kid growing up in the suburbs. So, no matter what I write, people KNOW Amoeba, and I'm hardly going to change...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
From the dictionary:"Amoeba-any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Don't get me wrong... I spend a hella lotta money on music in all formats: cds, dvds, digital, analog, vinyl, cassette, 8-track, whatever. Over the years, I've spent thousands. Having said that, I've...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba makes me happy.I will never go back to Borders or Tower Records or any mainstream corporate store to buy music ever again. The selection at those types of stores is usually limited and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Music Stores are on the short list of places* that can make me spontaneously orgasm and faint.Just so you know. TMI? I think of it more as a public service announcement. If you see a woman passed...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I la la la love Amoeba! Not only do they have everything, but their staff is super nice and helpful. If you're ever just wanting to listen to something new. You can stop someone, give them your...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There used to be a number of (lame) independent record stores in the Haight. They all blew. Amoeba drove them out of business, and all I can say is, "They had it comin'." This place is the best.
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like music, but mostly underground hip hop.. and older hip hop like De La Soul.. and this place had it all.. I tried.. I mean I really tried not to spend any money when I went here with a friend who...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best selection hands down of any music store I've ever been to. Probably the best selection for an independent music store in the world. If you want it, they probably have and they probably have it...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great music store,cool posters, ton's of cd's, old records, cassettes, music of all genres here. free saturday afternoon jams. On the outside, it doesnt look like much, but inside the place is huge....
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Four and a half stars, really.This store is it, man. Huge new and used music store with lots of movies, too. If it's in print, they probably have it; if it's out of print, there's still a good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Coming here is like an event. you may not find EVERYTHING you're looking for, but you'll find stuff you haven't seen in years or never thought you'd see again. I've been coming for the used hip hop...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm always up to get lost in this place for a few hours. It makes me feel nostalgic. It's hard to ignore the possibility that the traditional music store is near the end of its life cycle. You walk...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can spend hours in this place. Make sure you bring a list, because the overwhelming amount records, cds, and dvds to look at can make you forget about everything you went there for. You may not find...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I know it probably shows what a dork I am, but Amoeba is one of the reasons I moved to the Haight. Oh, and I take all my out-of-town guests to Amoeba. Fuck Alcatraz, you can't get a place this cool...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
how, i wonder, do they decide who works the info desk? because they don't know shit. the guys that price the vinyl seem to because very little slips through the cracks. which is what a record store is...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to buy records but it surrounded by too many thugs and bums.
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It is WAY cheaper to come get a guaranteed-not-to-skip used disc here, import it to my laptop, then to my iPod, than it is to shop at the iTunes store. Plus, it's a good excuse to go the the Haight.
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So I go and sell some cds and the buyer is great - fair with his pricing and carefull even though he was obviously tired. He gives me a credit slip for the cds he bought so I go and look for some...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank the gods that I no longer pass by Amoeba on my way home from work every night! I finally remember what it is like to have time and money again!
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Reviewing a place with a 4.5 average rating with over 200 reviewers might seem stupid to all you out there in yelp-land, but when a place like this exists, one must talk about it.1 star for the walls...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Boy, how I hates smarmy know-it-all record shop employees but I guess we tolerate 'em as an integral component of most independent record stores. A true shopping experience:...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i would give it 5 stars (like everybody else) but they false advertise that you can bowl there...actually, i do miss that bowling ally
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In this era of internets and blogs, one can get hip to new music very efficiently. By one click of the mouse, a website, or even a social site like myspace, the world of music is on click and download...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's hard to give 5 starts to any business but this place probably gets it, just due to the large amount of stuff you can find here. Anything from some rare groove funky jazz to some real underground...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to comb the isles for hours at Amoeba. They had some great vinyl New imports in the electronica section that were hard to find. Then I would roam over to the used vinyl section to get some...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Greatest Place on Earth!-got stuff amazon dont got-got stuff itunes dont got-got stuff that i want and that i cant find anywhere else!
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pricey at times, but no one has a better range of selection in the city. Thanks to the wide open floor space and efficient organization, I prefer this Amoeba to the Berkeley store by a lonnnng shot.
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Goddamn I love this place!!! I always head straight for the Movie Soundtrack section to see whats in the clearance bin. Although this place is larger, the Berkeley Amoeba location seems to have better...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Historical place! Despite all of its changes this is the best overall music store in SF. Catch free shows of bands in town, used music and movies, classic album art, and very very knowledgable...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I make a pilgrimage to this place every time I'm in SF or LA. Great selection of new/used CDs. So many great CDs I've bought over the years are from this place. Visiting this place makes me realize...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So I had a revelation about myself a couple of months ago. I am not a big time music fan and honestly, my musical tastes have been shaped primarily by the various menz in my life. You like The...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the good- you can find most anything you want here. the bad- price for used = 10 dollars. the ugly- it's a factory...no one that works there talks to you. they all look depressed all the time, maybe...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Holy used CD bins, Batman! 267 reviews?! All I can add is that Eric O is right. Don't venture in their unless you've got a chunk of time and some dependable plastic. It's the Strand Books of music...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So here it is, I have transcended the next step in the media music evolutionary process: all of my music is now completely digital, ipodded, and categorized on my computer. Therefore, I had a box full...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Beware: This place might be on of the most dangerous places in the city - homie ain't playing.This place is huge and has one of the best selections new & used vinyls I know. Everytime I go here I find...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to find a huge selection of used CDs and DVDs. Just watch out for the bums crawling around outside of the place begging for money for (ah, hem) McDonalds.
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Large selection. Good prices paid if you are selling stuff, too.
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Its impossible to say you're a music lover and to never have been here.Amoeba gets all my money, my friend's money, my friend's band's money and whatever else we can throw.Thank You great lord Amoeba,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
yah, i own an ipod. yah, i download music. yah, i hate jewel cases (the shit they're made of is PVC and NOT recyclable - shame on you, record companies). BUT nothing can replace going into a store...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hey, feel like being SUCKED IN to a cavernous, former-bowling-alley, FILLED with collectible vinyl, cd's, dvds and/or posters??? (Some might call it a time-warp---you enter at 1pm to pick up a CD yet...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Best Record Store in the World. I've lived in NYC, & no store in the entire city even comes close to Amoeba. I've lived in Columbia, SC, & while there is a record store there which felt like a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As a jazz and classical music fan who also ventures into world, rock, blues and other genres, this place has it all. Even buying used, however, it can be sooooo easy to quickly spend a bundle (not...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Years ago I would only listen to underground backpacker hip hop. None of that radio rap was good enough for me. I thought the music was total BS and nothing but prepacked formulaic music for the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I know that the store in Berkeley is the OG, but the store in SF dominates. The simple equation to creating the best record store ever is: amazing used collection ( I found Traveling Wilburys), record...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I adore this store. If I had all the money in the world, I think most of it would be poured into Amoeba.I first discovered Amoeba in Berkeley, and once I moved to SF, I was happy to check out the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You know back in the days when I actually used to buy music I loved this place. During times when I was broke I used to "supplement" my financial aid by selling my beloved cds. Whoever bought my Gza...
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Amoeba. For the huge selection of used cds. For their reasonable price. For the listening area (though it doesn't always have previews... annoying but i work through it). I especially love...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go. Dig. Leave happy!
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm moving up to San Francisco sometime in the next couple of months, and one of the things that I'm most looking forward to is being closer to Amoeba Music. I've brought friends from Philadelphia...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Did anyone mention that this place used to be a bowling alley? A bowling alley in the Haight just down the street from GG Park! They had a great "Rock 'n' Bowl" thing on Friday nights, complete with...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place really surprised me. When i first moved here..i happened by this shop one day and was blown away. They have all kinds of music. Im into hard metropolis based or foreign electronic and they...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is the world's greatest record store. I can easily get lost inside for hours at a time sifting through records. Damn, I love Amoeba.
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm always happy when I leave Amoeba. Either if its from watching a free band, or just finding a killer record for 99 cents, either way I'm having a blast in Amoeba. They have almost everything you...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am obsessed with Amoeba. Now that Tower Records is deceased, I will be visiting Amoeba about five times a week as opposed to my average of three times. I don't even realise that I'm driving to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best place to buy music. Period.
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who can *not* give Amoeba five stars? Who?Such an incredible selection, and named after everyone's favorite singular-celled, cytoplasmic, microscopic life form! Microorganisms like rotifers are much...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They have a great selection. They have great bargain bins. I can not go into this part of Haight and resist giving them all my money. They are singlehandedly saving CDs from the electronic revolution...
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba has all my money. I feel like I'm the sole reason they don't have any Ninja Tune records in stock any more. Fair prices, massive selection, worth the trip every time. In a perfect world all...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm like a kid in a candy store at Amoeba and usually spend at LEAST an hour here. This is not shopping. Nooooo....it's an outing. While they don't have some more obscure albums I've looked for, they...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really like Amoeba. I live in the Lake Merced area and will take the two buses needed to get out to the Haight simply to go to Amoeba. Great selection, people will help if you ask, good prices, and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the view of the store when you first walk in. It's just a sea of music medium. Great used selection, new too if you want it. I've never left this store without buying something, even if I...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place to bring out of town guests. I brought a 14 y/o who was bred, born & raised in a mountain community with a population under 300! I am now her favorite person!
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I gotta stay out of this place or work there.. they get all my money!! Love it, could spend hours there!
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can easily spend a whole afternoon here. And that's an afternoon well spent.Amoeba has spoiled me for all other music stores for life.
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The store is generally organized and loaded with little pearls. I love finding the international releases and out of circualtion stuff. The clearance Soundtracks and DVDs are my favorite as they are...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Like letting a crack fiend loose in a crack store. If you ever see some over-excited black woman lying naked and trying to bathe herself in the magnificent used selection that is Amoeba's... don't...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's cool that it's an indie-based store, but i get tired of the clerks rolling their eyes when i buy a mariah carey record....
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could spend hours sifting through the seemingly endless amount of music & movie titles here. House is my personal fav. They play great music while you browse, the staff & shoppers are never boring...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i spend way too much money here ... thanks to their vinyl section. simply put, this is the best damn record store on the planet. i've been to many record stores in many large US cities, and large...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If only there had been a place like this in Jerusalem when I was a teenager... Or, if only I had moved to San Francisco fifteen years sooner... In the age of Amazon and iTunes the magic of Amoeba is...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
a true sf landmark. prefer this one to the telegraph store in berkeley by leaps and bounds -- it's larger and less cramped. amoeba's collection is both impressive and staggering...used music selection...
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
amoeba this, amoeba that. yes, amoeba most certainly deserves all of its accolades. hence you don't need me to write another amoeba love letter. do you? instead i will tell you about my amoeba system:...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this store. I'm guilty of buying too much when I go there. good return policy also. but I love their selection of music.
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Saw a band play here last week and my first time actually going inside the place! (Of course I've seen it many times.) Had no idea how huge it was inside, damn what a variety! Seemed like a classic...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
huge selection of new and used cd's, dvd and vinyl. everytime i'm in the area i have to stop by and check ut the dvd section for those hard to find indie and foreign flix. it's almost like treasure...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2006
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I LOVE THIS RECORD STORE:O) ITS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND ITS TRUELY THE BEST PLACE TO BUY,SELL, OR TRAGE IN OLD CDS. ALSO IT HAS A GREAT VARIETY OF DIIFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC AND THE STAFF IS GREAT PROS:...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/12/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This store has everything but you need to have the time to shift through it all. There was a time when the CD I wanted was selling for almost $20 on ebay and similar websites but I found it at Amoeba...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You have to approach this store with a game plan or else you could spend an entire day here. I usually like to make a list of recent songs that I am interested in exploring. Also, I love the sound...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I wish I could pack up the store and drop it in Chicago. Since I can't, maybe I'll have to pack up and drop into San Francisco.
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i went to amoeba today,and saw some cool displays,i highly recomment it,you wont over spend it,and the neighborhood is hot,what you save will score you some pot.dig.
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tons of stuff, and a pretty large international music/movie section to boot.
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my lordy ... this is like heaven to me .... its got so much music ... from everywhere ..... i probably could've spent a week or so just looking through all the music on offer... i love it .. wish i...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW...I love this place...This is every music's fan dream...more CD's and a larger collection than any other place I have ever seen...And on the seventh day, the music God's said, "may there be...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
While Amoeba may be a music nerd's dream come true, the Amoeba experience is not about the music. In fact, while I can usually find a few decent scores in the dollar record bins, I have never...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A great place to find that one hard to get record or cd that you have been searching for forever. The staff is very knowledgable, and oh yes the prices too are very aggresive. I think this place...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They know their stuff here at Amoeba. The first time I went, I was impressed by the warehouse-ness of this place. Slightly intimidated, but quite impressed. The gentle whirring of the CD cases...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I became a total download whore in recent years. Napster? I had him. Kazaa? Did him, too. Take into account that I could only afford about 500 square feet of space and think about the space 500...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I got chills when I first walked into Amoeba. I didn't know what to buy so I bought a 5 records for a dollar each. I don't even have a record player!
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I liked the "old school" feel of the store; neat layout of old 33's as well as rare/unreleased LP's. I was a little confused as to where to find other stuff besides music
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Man Dj Shadow topped it all... thanks Amoeba!
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My experience with the store was fairly unpleasant. I'd give it fewer stars but I'm afraid some Yelpers might gang up and beat me.
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hey, where did all my money go?
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What does one do with an old, dilapidated bowling alley? Well, they turn it into a CD (& vinyl) lovers dream of course! I was amazed by the transition and have spent many a paycheck at Amoeba....
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wish the Amoeba SF buyers would train the Amoeba Berkeley buyers. The buyers and staff at Amoeba SF are very nice and I have always enjoyed shopping there. I will never go to Amoeba Berkeley again...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
solid store. why are all my old bands in the 50 cent 7" pile. hah!
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best record store I've ever been to.
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK.... so you're looking for 'Ding Dong Your Lipstick is Ugly'.... Amoeba will have it.LONG LIVE AMOEBA!!!
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love. I love. I really really love. Music. Cheap, wonderful, plentiful music. I live around the corner from this place. Love. I love. I really really love. Did I move to where I live now...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Remember when this place was a bowling alley? Umm maybe some don't, but everyone knows Ameoba in SF for great music, vinyls, and being one of the biggest independent record store around. As other...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
IT'S SIMPLE: here there's no need to pay $19.99 for a brand new CD*!* And bring a list of CD's that you want to buy, because as soon as you step in the door, you won't remember jack. (And you will...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this store-- even the mean and median is young young young. i still love going here. you can't listen to everything or most anything but someone just randomly finding something that you have...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could have made a down payment on a Cole Valley condo with the cash I've spent at Amoeba over the years. And curse them for stocking CDs that I want that I can't find anywhere online, for sale or...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's so frustrating when you go to a place and can find EVERY music CD you can think of that you think doesn't exist anymore!!! ARGH!!!
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I listen to a lot of Trance and figured Amoeba would be the place to hit for used trance. Had a decent selection of Trance CDs and a whole aisle of electronica, but I was hoping they'd have more...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I hate when it gets crowded here but I can't really dock them a star for being popular can I? Everyone loves music and saving money on music.
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very cool quality and layout of used records. Crap efficiently relegated to floor-level, and obviously the buyers here have the mad skillz. The in-stores are of amazing quality, and it's a 15-minute...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The ORIGINAL Ameoba Music is right here in the San Francisco Bay Area. People said it used to be an old bowling alley. I believe it because the shelves are well stocked with everything from your...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best record/music shop in San Francisco. Always find something different in the used bins. The variety here is amazing. You can even find the oddball promo radio single if you collect those, or some...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have a love/hate relationship with Amoeba. I trade and buy records with this store regularly. You'd think that the buyers would stop scoffing at me after ten years, but they won't. I love that they...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
i'm probably the only one who's rating this place so low... but for me, i find it rather boring going to music shops to browse for music... yea you might find something that's pretty cheap but in this...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My go to place to trade in embarassing cd's i'd like to be rid of. I have found some great hard to find artists here, and on occasion bought a movie or two. Amoeba just has loads and loads of music,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Today, you don't need to purchase new music. Go to Amoeba, find what you want, go home, and download it.But if you're looking for something that didn't come out fifteen minutes ago, get it here for a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
if I still bought music, this would be where it would go down.entertaining and interesting. sometimes it's just great to buy a handful of the $1 used cds and try something totall un-you.and a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They have pretty much any music or movie you could ever want and they have a huge selection of used stuff for cheap.I've sold some stuff here and they look for quality music and condition, but...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dude, Amoeba in the Haight was kinda my first initiation to the discount, massively diverse music world and i still love it here. my head spins as i walk thru the aisles, cletching my now slightly...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place get's 5 stars alone for there used Hip-hop section. All the goodness of my amoeba in LA still apply here. What more is there to say. If you need music. GO HERE.
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was a buyer at Amoeba for years. If you need your used media stores to be supermarket-sized, as I do, it's for you. All others should continue their illegal downloading.Here then, are the three...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has everything you would need music-wise. You need a vinyl, CD, casette, whatever....Amoeba has it. Prices are reasonable as well, the older the album the cheaper it usually is which is a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is really just a GIANT record lined hole into which we all throw our hard-earned money.
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty much a wet dream of a record/CD store. The inventory turns over enough to make it interesting on a biweekly visit. They give you pretty damn good credit for your used CD's, usually $4-$6 per CD...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place deserves 5 stars. Unfortunately, the lack of parking, the trustfundafarians begging for change, the haight street location, the tourists, and the angry homeless people takes two stars away....
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I stopped going to Amoeba because everytime I go, it is $100 on the Visa.
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everything, everything, everything.
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the illest record shops that I've been to in this country. The best place to get underground hip-hop in this city. Their stock in jazz/soul/hip-hop vinyl is something i sometimes dream about....
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Standing at the top of the steps, right beyond the cashier's line, I have always paused for a milisecond to look out over the vastness that is ameoba. I swear it's as if the clouds have opened up and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Very, very amiable record shop. The best of the best of the best. Before Adam, God gave birth to an Amoeba. Anything you want (in fact, anything you didn't even know you wanted) is here, including...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Coolest place ever. You can find any CD here. I've found sweet old concert posters here. I found some really rare Weezer singles and vinyl's. They've also bailed me out of tight situations by buying...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellente.
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best music store I've ever been to in my entire life.Not only can you preview most albums in the store with the cool MP3 thingamajig, but they carry very underground electronica, ambient,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place has everything u can possibly think of. only downside to this place is you can't preview the records before you buy them. but then theres always listening to the panhandlers outside for...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is very dangerous for me. I never leave the place empty-handed, and I go more often than I should. I can spend hours in there sifting through the used CDs looking for gems. And I love that...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2006
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Amoeba has a large selection and because they get a large traffic they have a large used section. The cataloging is horrible, always has been. You don't know where to find anything.When they were...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The BEST place in SF to find music and videos. I can typically spend a whole afternoon here just going thru the used/new vinyl bins. I'd stay longer, but the dust from sifting through the bins...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
1.Casiotone for the Painfully Alone2. Kent (Swedish Import)3. Broken Social Scene4. Urge Overkill Saturation for $15. The free in store shows (Aqualung, Calexico, Creeper Lagoon, remember them?)6. You...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My Lenten promise this year was to stay away from Amoeba Music. Yeah, that sounds like a stupid, silly and easy promise to keep, but for me it wasn't. I live for this place! I discovered it probably a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
their selection is a dream come true. amoeba is overwhelming but a blast. and i love their guide of music the staff recommends.
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It is a gi-nourmous used & new music store on Haight Street in a building that used to be a bowling alley. What else do you really need to know?I love Amoeba not only for its extensive selection and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only record store that has Britney Spear's album on 8-Track
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
i always go to the info desk and ask for a variety of discs...some old, some new. they never have them in stock. "check the used under VARIOUS and the letter of the group." this is the remedy for...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply, THE best selection of new & used music recordings in the bay area. Take the advice of all the other YELP! reviewers for Amoeba Music. Make a list of what you want before you walk in the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
where else can i find a eva cassidy lp, a tupac hit em up 12'" and a kelly clarkson cd?uummmm, the kelly clarkson is for my cousin, seriously it is, i just happened to have it in my changer.
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Bad ass CD, Vinyl, Cassette, DVD store around and a large selection. Your only problem here is time to find stuff you were looking for and all the neat stuff you will find along the way. I have...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
for all you LA haters, our store is way better and you can still find rare material without having to fight OC hipsters over it. and yes, record stores are still alive and well. Amoeba is strong proof...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Anything and everything that you need is here, at least when it comes to music. It is nice to be able to find a small (non-corporate) place to go to and get music from, instead of a place like Sam...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4 stars for Amoeba because while there is TONS of selection, there are also tons of places to look and sometimes I can't be bothered to look that hard.Thank you to the friendly security guy who...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's beginning to occur to me that I've fallen for yet another commercialist culture trapping with this whole Yelp thinger. And yet it's strangely addictive to catalogue one's life in this sort of...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great store,period. I could spend hours just in the DVD section and even longer looking for music on CD and vinyl...And the staff is very helpful and knowledgeable...It's by far the best...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Indie record stores in NYC have NOTHING on ameoba. College friends come to visit just to go to ameoba, not really to see me.
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Shall I join the adoring masses? The SF store is a trip, the Berkeley store just plain blows. But that said, be careful of the DVD movie box sets - a tad overpriced me-thinks. Plus the buyers are...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is basically the best music store ever. Amazing selection of cds, vinyl, and dvds, used and new. You can easily spend a few hours browsing their collection. They do have quite a few sections,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't write down Amoeba records in the 'Pros' column about moving to san francisco.Make time to see a concert here. There's really nothing cooler than standing in the 'used...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has a lot of shit. Free shows, quick lines, anything you want to find. A lot of used stuff and good selection of dvds.
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I would rather give it one star and five stars, because I have such a love hate relationship with this place. I love roaming the aisles and doing free association to figure out what CDs to get. I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i love what the boy finds since he loves sifting through the endless bins..i think he gets inspired on how he can further over classify our itunes library. but me-- i just get heart palpatations when...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ameoba is the project that never ends. No matter how exhaustive a list I make something else immediately pops into to my mind and like a kitten who suddenly decides there is something urgent in the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the atmosphere and the listening stations. Good record selection, too. I think I'm a little partial, though because one of the salesmen is from that movie DIG about the Brain Jonestown Massacre...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can't go wrong with Amoeba. They have pretty much everything you would ever want. The San Francisco store now has listening stations where you can listen to just about anything in the store.
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could get lost in here for days. I've also been to the newer Amoeba in Hollywood and love that one equally as much. It's walking distance from me and if I ever need to get lost in a haze of music...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I spent so many afternoons here just browsing their used cds. Fantastic new cd selection as well. I don't think I ever left the store without a record or two.
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to work in a porn shop a long time ago. It was upscale compared to the ones in Tenderloin, but nothing like GoodVibes. We were one of two stores, and my boss was one of the most frightengly big...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ah yes, as I scour the recesses of my cobweb-addled mind, I remember the days when I used to purchase what us geezers called "CDs". What? They still exist? You don't say... I thought everyone was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Take your house music-loving cousin visiting from Germany here. Sure to keep him entertained for hours.
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2006
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Amoeba Music is an absolute must if you are a music junkie. It is a huge store, with an amazing selection. Looking for that obscure ...
gusto.com - user review - 05/16/2006
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Amoeba carries every type of music imaginable. Their prices are excellent and you can find local artists, not available anywhere else. Store is well-organized so it's easy to find what you're looking for and...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite place for music and DVD's. I'm always scared to go though, because I always blow like $100. Great DVD collection and old Vinyl. Also great African and International music selection....
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I only need to say one thing: the Jazz & Blues room.Okay, now to elaborate... they have the biggest selection of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Otis Redding that I have ever found. I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Huge, huge used music section. In fact, I don't think I've ever bought anything new there. If I'm going to spend my money on an actual cd, this is where I go. The selection of used cds is amazing,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The constant clapping of cds being flicked through by 150 other people, echoing throughout the converted bowling alley, can be unnerving. I also find it annoying that the bouncers at the door will not...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is a music lovers paradise. If it weren't for used music shopping on the internet I would go here all the time. Before I discovered internet used music shopping I DID come here all the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2006
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What happens when the local independent record store gets so ginormous that it starts to crush the other smaller, local independent record stores? Damn, being a conscious consumer is so difficult some...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/29/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A good spot, a truly amazing selection of music, you can find almost anything you are looking for. But the place is way too overwhelming. Bring a list and be prepared to put up with attitude from the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the primary reason why I just cannot budget my hard earned money. I love this place..
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty much the only place I'm willing to buy a CD or DVD in person.I miss the girl with blue hair. :(
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For someone who never buys CDs....ever, I give Amoeba mad props for making me want to. They have every type of music you could imagine and their categories aren't annoyingly generic like "Rock/Pop"...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Probably my favorite record store in the city. Too bad the staff are mostly shag-offs. Huge selections, though.
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I find stuff in here I didn't even know i was looking for. certainly the most extensive collection of every physical medium of music out there. my only wish was for vinyl listening stations. i have...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba has all the great music that you need(or sometimes don't need). Definitely the best alternative to the chain/big box stores. New items are fairly priced. My ONLY complaint is the fact that over...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As most everyone in the Bay Area knows Amoeba is not just a single cell organism but rather the best new and used music store for miles around. They have an overwhelming selection of everything you...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The place has a Ginormas selection of music. They have live FREE concerts there of underground artists which is totally awesome. (I would give it 5 stars if only i bought music)I buy dvds. Used...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been in this state for over 5 years and didn't make it to Amoeba until yesterday. What a shame. On my first visit there I stocked up with some Fear Factory and Mazzy Star. I also got myself the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
GREATEST RECORD STORE IN THE WORLD. Beats the 10-floor Tower Records in Shibuya, beats Rough Trade in Notting Hill, beats Everyday in Seattle. It's the store that teaches you how to buy used music....
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
really great selection of new and used CDs. They have a really great return policy too, if ever your used CDs don't play perfectly.better than buying shit on iTunes coz most likely you'll find it...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Quite an experience drifting along the aisles listening to live shows. Saw Smog there a year or two ago. Amazing.
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2006
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This is the largest music store I ever been to in the United States. HMV in Tokyo, Japan is larger than this store. Nonetheless, your music needs can be fulfilled here. They have a wide selection o...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I wonder if its really worth writing a review. The positives have been expounded upon again and again, the greatness of used Cd's, the live bands, the variety, even if it is filed oddly. I jsut have...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What is there to say about Amoeba that hasn't been said? The place is a SF institution, I'd even call it a tourist attraction it's so worth at least one visit. Regular customer (like me) or not,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't think there's been a time that I have been here and they didn't have what I was looking for. The store is suprisingly organized and the staff has always been helpful. They have a GREAT used...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is hands down my favorite music shop in the area if not the world. An old bowling alley turned cd store, this has something for everybody and a large selection of it at that (both new and used)....
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Flat floor deep selection. It's the conveyer belt for human's purchasing CDs.
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A funny thing happens when you live in the Haight for a long time and then move to a different neighborhood: you begin to realize that not everyone in public smells funky all the time. But, it's worth...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is one of the best places in the world. i just get lost in here for a long time. i still like how the sf location is set up better than the berkeley one for some reason.
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For books, I go to Green Apple. For music, I go to Amoeba, 'cause Amoeba's where it's at. It's easy to lose track of time browsing the rows upon rows of CDs, both new and used--though, the new CDs...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If heaven had a record store, it would be Amoeba.
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think of this place more now as a musem - especially given cds are now dying off and being replaced by those ipods. One day our children will look at us in fascination as we tell them about the day...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best metal (black/death/doom/ etc...) in the Bay Area. Look no further.
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My dear Amoeba how I love thee....Ok, if you died and went to music heaven, and say...St. Peter was off for the day and Stevie Wonder took his place, the pearly gates would open up to Amoeba music....
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ameoba gives me wet dreams. I spend way too much money here and I have a crush on every guy who works here.
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to love spending hours in record stores. Partly because I love music but mainly because I used to be a big-time collector nerd. These days you couldn't pay me to spend an afternoon flipping...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What wonderful things can I yelp about Amoeba that haven't been yelped. I love coming here and digging for musical treasures. I especially like the free shows they host. Musicians I've seen here...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing I love more than cruising through Amoeba on a rainy day. This place will keep you entertained for hours. The music selection... need I even talk about it? I really enjoy taking a stack of CDs...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A quirky-but-big music store. I come here on occasion, but only buy when I'm too impatient to order a CD over the internet. The prices on new stuff aren't exactly cheap, but they do have good...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been spoiled by having the ability to preview music before I buy it. I just can not buy any random album if I haven't heard at least a good half of it. So browsing the aisles of Amoeba just...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i have absolutely no doubt that everyone will find something they enjoy in warehouse of amoeba. but often for vinyl buyers amoeba is frustrating. they have a killer selection of music in all genres...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I do love this place, even though I get a headache from all the people and noise. It's just so huge, which is a good thing and bad. It's good because they essentially have everything music related,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down the best overall music/video store in the Bay Area. They have the best selection of anything you could imagine and it's quite easy to spend hours there. If you have the patience, make...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's all been said before, I know. BUT...can I just rant and rave about Amoeba for a minute anyway? Looking for a rare, obscure, out of print cd or record that no one on Earth has ever heard of...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Back in the day, Haight Street had 4 or 5 good music stores; except for Recycled Records, they have all been replaced by trendy clothing shops one-by-one. Now, all your music shopping fun is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only thing that makes me want to be rich more than this store is cocaine. No wait, it's a tie.
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe I hadn't wrote a review already. LOVE THIS PLACE! Its huge! hands down the best place to look for new and used cds, dvds, vinyl, vintage posters, etc. And if you don't want to buy...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
While living between central square and back bay in the cambridge/boston area, I thought I was lucky to have 7 used record stores within a 10-minute walking radius. But who was I kidding? 4 years of...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2005
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This is the absolute best place to go when shopping for music in the Bay Area. They have everything you could even think of, though you may have to dig a little to find what you're looking for. Everything is...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/23/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the best record store ever! how can you ever not find what you are looking for? they will even find the most obscure music or movie you once heard or saw - brilliant! if you havent been there, yet -...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Even off people and those with hideously awful music taste can feel like first pick on the kickball team here--there's new and used music for everyone! The location has lost some of its cool rawness...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best record store in the world. The only cooler record shop is the Amoeba in Hollywood.I give this place 5 stars because of the selection.I give my self -3 stars for will poweer when I am...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I spent hours here. Serious. My favorite place in the Haight. I love diggin in the crates and finding something old I haven't heard in years. In a world full of Ipods, I'm still a fan of Amoeba.
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2005
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Great friendly staff that knows their stuff. I recently got a record player and wanted to check out some vinal. Didn't know anything about it when I went in but came out knowing a lot more. Wide variety to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best record store in the world. Believe me....we all take this place for granted but move away for awhile and you'll realize how nice it is to have it in your city.
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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I love this store because there's tons of stuff you can listen to. They have lots of different types of genre for everybody. I especially love how you can scan a cd and listen to it just like that! I'...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are about 8,000 Amoeba employees that I would like to take out on a date. Once I get a date with one of them, my star rating will increase to 5 stars.
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So many times have I gone into her looking for one CD and have come out with a dozen disc. Some people are turned off by used music but most of the time you would think it was new if it wasn't for the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't take my credit card here. Only a pre-determined amount of cash.It's music nerd-vana.
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definately the best music store in San Francisco. Everytime I go there, I spend hours and wonder where the time has gone!! LoL... The staff is usually pretty helpful but can be a little surly at...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2005
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I've been to Amoeba Records a bunch of times and I always find what I am looking for. The customer service and prices are pretty good. You can also easily find parking.
judysbook.com - user review - 10/21/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So many CDs, so many DVDs, it puts me in a daze. Massive selection, and they have enough people working there that the lines are always tolerable. The staff handles the crowds well and is nice to...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Can't beat the music selection. Great record selection that is consistantly refreshed. The employees think they are hot sh*t, but other than that, this place has everything.
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
what is there to say about this place that hasn't already been said? amazing selection, knowledgeable staff and their picks are always helpful and the free shows really can't be beat. whether you want...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's like the Vatican, except you can wear shorts.
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How can you deny the excellence that is the Amoeba Music monster music store? Independent, fun, huge warehouse of a place with tons upon tons of CDs and DVDs. Over in Berkeley they duke it out with...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place rocks out just like everyone says. Find almost any music that the heart desires. iTunes and KaZaa had been my music store for the last two years when I wasn't in SF, but it's good to be...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2005
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Amoeba Music is a HUGE music store located at the end of Haight Street. It's basically an open-area. warehouse of music (I was told it ...
gusto.com - user review - 09/29/2005
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I've been to Amoeba Records a bunch of times and I always find what I am looking for. The customer service and prices are pretty good. You can also wasily find parking.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/23/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is excellent. Huge. Great music selection - new and used. Great DVD selection - new and used. Doesn't feel like a corporate cave. The return policy is terrible, which is why I didn't...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's a reason that there are nearly 60 reviews as I write mine for Amoeba. It rules. I could write pages on the bliss of this place, but will try to sum it up as succinctly as possible. Anything...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2005
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This store has a large collection of DVD movies, music, tapes, LPs and other stuff. Once you enter Amoeba Records, it is difficult to leave because their prices are decent and that you could find rare DVD's in...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/02/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The store is massive (it used to be a bowling alley). The clerks are expert - their recommendations are cutting edge. Their selection of used CDs is vast - if they don't have it, then no one in SF...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really neat but pretty overwhelming. Picked up a couple of interesting used vinyls for a friend for $1 apiece. Great for finding obscure used stuff.
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Never seen such a great music selection! I could spends ours sifting through through all the CDs! Too bad Chicago doesn't have anything close to Amoeba.
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2005
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This store has a great selection of music at great prices, but I found them lacing in the trance department. They need more trance and techno music. I was looking for a particular cd, and I was ar...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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Me and my friend come here all the time in our free time and check out alll and I mean all of the music that they have there. I think this would be one of the best music stores around. They do not o...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/22/2005
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Amoeba is a great music store located in the height area in San Francisco. They have really wide selection of music. The great thing about this store is that you get to return the music you buy ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/20/2005
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For selection, location and prices, nothing beats Amoeba records. Bring your CD player, buy a CD, then take a stroll in Golden Gate Park and listen to your new tunes. I have never seen a larger sele...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/19/2005
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Amoeba is located in the heart of Haight street so you can enjoy the great benefit of visiting this hippie neighborhood and find the best cds in town. This place is huge and have the best internationa...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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Amoeba Music is a Bay Area institution and one of those places that you have to visit at least once. And if you're looking for music (or movies) you will definitely find something you like. Amoeba sel...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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They've recently scaled down their Electronic vinyl sections, too bad, or I'd go with five stars! The Amoeba in SF was always better, in that respect. However, it's still the very best shop for record...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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Amoeba Music has a lot to offer for music fans. They sell tons and tons of new and used CDs and things related to music. The selection is huge here. You could spend hours just searching through all th...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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I love this store! Even the name is cool! Amoeba carries a huge selection of new and used CDs and DVDs, and you're bound to find something you like here. Can't find it at Tower or some other big st...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You need a bit of patience to shop this place, but you're pretty much guaranteed to find a deal on a cd that you've been wanting to add to your collection. They have a great selection of used CDs and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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Anyone living in San Francisco knows that Amoeba is the best record store on the planet. Any type of music in the world is here and you can easily find it all with the help of their help desk. They have...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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Located at the end of San Francisco's hip Haight Street, this place has a ton of music CDs. In fact, the selection can be rather mind-boggling. They sell both new and used CDs so the prices are pretty...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/12/2005
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This is one of the best music stores in my opinion. They have a lot of collections and albums that you can't find in any other store. They also sell used CD's and videos. The CD's are pretty cheap als...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
amoeba is the best place to buy cds in all of sf. it's huge, fun and full of great used cds. their new listening stations let you check out the discs before you buy. plus their newsletters called...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2005
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amoeba is the king of all record stores. they have the largest selection of used, new, rare, anything you could ever want of music. they have cds, records, tapes, watever you could imagine, they have....
judysbook.com - user review - 08/09/2005
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Most folks go for the music, I go for the videos. I can rarely leave without dropping about a hundred bucks on DVDs, and yes, the occasional CD. The music sorting is a little eclectic, but there's alw...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There really isnt much left to say about Amoeba. It is pretty much the perfect record store. Even if you are looking for something obscure, Amoeba is you best bet in SF
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simplyt put, If you don't know already, this is the best record store in the world. There is no better place to buy jazz, hip hop, alt rock, whatever rock or soul or whatever you want. If you...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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Amoeba is the best music store in America. That's pretty much all that needs to be said.
judysbook.com - user review - 08/04/2005
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Listen up you music Junkies. Amoeba is possibly the largest music store I have ever been to. In my entire measly human life.It's seriously got every CD you can possibly want. And an entire wall of...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/04/2005
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Whenever I need a music CD I can't find anywhere, all my friends recommend Amoeba. It's pretty far away from where I live so I don't get the chance to go often, but when I do, I always manage to have fun...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/03/2005
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I went to Amoeba Records a few times with friends. They have a great selection of used and new Cds to chose from, and I even sold back some of my CDS to raise money for my prom. I know that the store has to...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Before I moved to the Bay Area, I used to visit SF quite a bit and while the record stores in SF were pretty good, I'd always BART over to Berkeley just so I could go to Amoeba. I actually went...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is accessible and the variety is wide. Everything that is good that has been said below, and everything that is bad. And if you're a BJM fan, you'll see what's his face who plays the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2005
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Whenever I need a music CD I can't find anywhere, all my friends recommend Amoeba. It's pretty far away from where I live so I don't get the chance to go often, but when I do, I always manage to have ...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/16/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're cleaning house or prepping for a move, this is a great place to get rid of your old LPs and used CDs, especially those you played once and then wondered why you ever bought them in the first...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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I like this record store a lot. This is probably one of the best music stores in the Bay Area. There are tons of nice finds and great prices. Their records range from anything to everything! You can f...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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If you're into music that's hard to find, this is the perfect store for you. They have music I couldn't even find online. The staff isn't very helpful sometimes, but its not really a big problem sin...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only bad thing I could possibly say about this place is that I can't seem to get out of there without spending WAY too much money (not because it's expensive - there's just so much great stuff to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Show me a better record store. Im waiting?! If you truly love music, this is your place. A lot less stuck up than Rasputin and Streetlight too. Dont worry if Britney Spears is what you seek...youll...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I am so in the minority but Ameoba really stresses me out.Too many choices and too many people. I prefer being anti-social and using bitTorrent & limewire.
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What can you say about Amoeba, really? They've got the largest selection of used industrial CDs of any place I've been to, and a huge used DVD department. (I don't buy new CDs or DVDs because I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2005
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There are a few locations of Amoeba Records in the Bay Area, but I like the San Francisco location the best. There's nearly every CD in existence, both new and used, somewhere in the cavernous store. Unlike...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/29/2005
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This store is amazing for the dedicated music lover. Thousands of cds line the huge warehouse-feel of this store. Every genre can be found here, from soul to electronica to soundtracks. Amoeba has a...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/29/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place by itself is a good reason to live in SF. It's like they stick a vacuum cleaner into my pockets every time I go in for "just a look" and suck out a ton of $$$.
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2005
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Amoeba Records, a huge used music store in the Haight district of San Francisco, is worth the visit. It is the Costco of music stores, a veritable warehouse of CD's with the possibility of finding a treasure....
citysearch.com - user review - 06/21/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW this place is heaven. #1 Every CD imaginable.. from the weirdest Scandinavian delight to that weird thing you heard on Soundcheck Live 105. The other shoppers are really fun to look at.. so many...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2005
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Everything you could possibly want or dream up in the way of music can be found at Amoeba Records on San Franciscos Haight Street. The building strikes me as being a warehouse which is packed full with CDs,...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Be careful ... you might lose yourself in here. One thing always leads to another. You walk in, find the disc you like, and then all-of-a-sudden a great song comes on, and you're into it. Of course...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My chruch is in a huge, former bowling alley. I can never live more than 10 blocks from this place. Ever. You either know or you don't. FYI - all new releases are out on Tuesdays.
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Once you get past the people smoking cigarettes, asking you for money, or offering you "bud" and other miscellaneous narcotics, you will step into a music warehouse. They have an excellent selection...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Quite simply the greatest record store on the planet.
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The clanging of the cases...mmmm....this place is my haven away from reality. Bring a list, but then again, getting side-tracked works too. Trade your used to get some cash or store credit. Go for...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba fills the void once vacant by Tower Records in the 70's/80's. Absolutely anything you would want, they either have it or they will hunt it down for ya. I recently found a "Rick Nelson Live in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is everything I look for in a music store. Not only is their library incredibly deep (I've even found a disk there that I couldn't find anywhere on the internet), but also their prices are...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I left Portland, I didn't think anything could replace the hole in my heart left from Powell's City of Books until I discovered Amoeba. It is a City of Music. Warning: enter knowing exactly what...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best selection of mainstream, independent and local talent. Their vinyl section is to die for, although it does get really noisy in there sometimes...not music noise, people noise. But the layout...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome independent music store. They also have an extensive film collection.
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In the haunting words of Stephen Page, of BNL: Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a tuesday night, Just to check out the late-night record shop. Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2005
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Amoeba records in San Fransisco is the best record store in Northern California. The second best store is the Amoeba Records in Berkeley. You can literally find every CD you ever wanted here, both rarities and...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/19/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
They do have it all. But I can't stand the constant clack-clack-clack of all those cd cases being flipped through. I'd rather buy from Amazon or 'borrow' from P2P networks. There is actually *too*...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Perusing the isles of plastic and vinyl may be going the way of the dinosaurs so eat it up at Amoeba. One day your kids will ask you how you bought music and you can say, "well, back in the old days,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What can one say that hasn't been said about this great record store? Whenever the high cost of living in the Bay Area makes me think I should move elsewhere, it is the thought of finding another...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Holy crap this place is huge!! If they don't have it here, then it probably doesn't exist. If I had the time to make a complete sweep through the entire store, I think I'd go broke buying so many...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It doesn't get better than this. Those plastic bags just don't hold enough stuff to make it back to the car, though.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2005
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There's nothing you won't find in this warehouse of music. But you may have to do a little dance to get someone to pay attention to you and, god forbid, smile. They also don't have anywhere to listen to the...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/07/2005
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Amoeba deserves its reputation for a reason. It's stocked with more records, CDs, used tapes, and obscure vintage finds than most places in the Western Hemisphere. Although sometimes its selection of recent or...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can dig for days here and always find good bargains under the racks in clearance.Staff is helpful because they are all musicians and/or djs themselves.Set a limit for yourself before entering this...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2005
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this place is the same thing as rasputins. not very classy. they play a lot of rock songs. i'm not into this whole scene. this place is for teenagers mostly.
citysearch.com - user review - 04/30/2005
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amoeba has all of the cds that you're looking for. it's a very nice store and you can find all of the rarities that they usually do not have at regular music stores such as tower records or virgin megastore.
citysearch.com - user review - 04/23/2005
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I like this record store a lot. There are tons of nice finds and great prices. Their records range from anything to everything! The employees are very good at finding stuff for you. I just hate that a lot of...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everyone who has even a casual interest in music knows that Amoeba is the best music store on the planet, but what you may not know is that you can bring your dog in the store to shop with you. Being...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say... they have an awesome selection of music, and you're not going to pay at leats $20 for every CD. Plan to spend some time when you go, it's incredibly easy to be sucked into their...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My wallet leaps out of my pocket when I go in here. New, used, it doesn't matter, put on my card. I go in with one CD in mind and come out with 50. And if I worked here I'd be an indie snob too. 'Look...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of SF's best shopping experiences. Great vinyl selection, lots of 'new' used discs, and concert poster selection. Always a must stop when guests are in town... lots of cool 'in-store' events. I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2005
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this place is so far from everything. i'd like it more if it was more near haight-ashbury near all of the other stores. it takes forever to get to this place by feet. i like this place because they have good...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/12/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is great for cheap used CDs and vinyl. My only complaint is that everytime I go to there with a specific title/artist in mind I can never find it. I've gone in looking for some hard to find...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So cool that they don't even smirk when you buy something embarassing, like when I pick up a Barbra Streisand disc for the BF, which in any other record store I can think of would be worse than buying...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amoeba is a dangerous dangerous place for the pocketbook. I often walk out with two bags of music when I only intended to run in for one cd. The selection is outstanding and the staff is very...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm an even bigger music geek than food freak, so this place is Heaven on Earth to me. Look, if they don't have it here, you'd better hit EBay and say a prayer or two. Yeah, the staff are on the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i try to buy all of my music here. unfortunately, it's pricier than places like circuit city and best buy for new music, but it's nice to support a local establishment. and they have almost anything...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite music store! I always find what I am looking for and then some as the hours tick by. Staff has always been friendly and helpful.
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to find new/used CDs, DVDs, records, etc. Love the listening stations where you can scan a bar code to sample tracks from a CD. Also a great place for people watching...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yup. They've got most of what you're looking for. The relatively new listening booths are also quite handy for deciding how to lose your money, though the UI is a little weird. Their used prices...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
An independent music stor...great place to find all kind of cds, videos, posters, records. You name it. New and used. You can spend hours in there looking. May never know what you might find.
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2004
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you buy music, this is the place to go. They consistently have lots of good used stuff for cheap. Pretty good return policy.
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2004
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What do you mean you're looking for a music store? Are you retarded? This is the obvious choice.
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2004
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I came to this record store after hearing much hype and going to the Hollywood location. It did indeed live up to the hype as I found a rare cd that is almost impossible to find (even on the internet). The...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/20/2004
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Amoeba is the best music store I have ever seen. They have the greatest selection of used CDs anywhere. You can find almost anything here. And if you can't, come back in a week and it will be there. The only...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/26/2004
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I have shopped for records on four continents and have never NEVER found a better selection or value than at Amoeba.
citysearch.com - user review - 04/01/2004
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if it's rare, out-of-print or too indie to imagine, then it'll be at amoeba. while theirelectronicasection and staff seem bewildered and are not well-versed in that genre, this is more than made up for when...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/05/2003
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THE BEST CD DEALS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO, I'LL SHOP FOR CD'S NO WHERE ELSE. THERE THE BEST
citysearch.com - user review - 11/20/2002
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Amoeba is absolutely the best place to whet your musical appetite. From the latest in music to golden oldies, if you can't find it here, chances are, you can't find it anywhere!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/25/2002
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My husband and I recently bought 28 cd's there, about 18 of them were used. I was a skeptical about the quality and was pleasantly surprised to find the cd's were in mint condition. Seriously, it looked like...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/28/2002
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