Music hunting is an invigorating activity, giving audiophiles an opportunity to expand their musical knowledge, while shrinking their available shelf space as well as their bank accounts. Here are a few places around town for hopeless music junkies to spend their time without having to go out to the maMusique Gourmet, located on 942 Olive St., offers a specialist’s cornucopia of classical music. Containing the largest collections of choral, orchestral and chamber recordings in Eugene, the store also does specialty orders for collectors looking for hard-to-find items.
Face the Music, located on 886 E. 13th Ave., is the closest music retailer to the
University campus. According to single-named manager Sarge, the store carries music for people still willing to go out and pay for it rather than download.
“We don’t carry too much MTV-to-soundtrack garbage,” Sarge said. “There’s no market for it anymore, since that’s the kind of music people will just burn.”
Face the Music specializes in indie rock, underground hip-hop and electronica. It carries both new and used CDs.
CD World, located a few of bus rides away from campus on the corner of 11th
Avenue and Seneca Street, carries 70,000
titles on its racks. Locally owned for 15 years, the store has recently added a performance stage for in-store concerts. Past performers include Guster, Leftover Salmon and Israel Vibration.
Cat’s Meow Jazz & Blues, located at 122 E. Broadway, carries 9,000 jazz and blues titles, as well as reference books.
“We’re service-oriented,” owner Jeffrey
Ogburn said. “We try to match people to the music
they want, and we do specialty order for hard to
find albums.”
House of Records, only six blocks from campus at 258 E. 13th Ave. is Eugene’s oldest record store, having remained open for 35 years. Located in an actual house, the store has a large collection of new and used vinyl records, as well as CDs.
“Our main attraction is our vinyl collection and our low prices,” House of Records buyer Greg Sutherland said. “We price our new CDs one dollar below the list price and we have plenty of low priced used CDs.”
The Museum of Unfine Art and Record Store, located downtown at 537 Willamette St. next to the Smith Family Bookstore, specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The store sells both CDs and vinyl records, as well as a wide range of other material, including clothing, cigarettes, hair dye, record players and theremins.
“I’m carrying the most current, modern music as far as electronic and dance floor goes, as well as a lot of indie and punk,” owner Shawn Mediaclast said. “The store is a great reason to get off of campus and see some of Eugene.”
The CD & Game Exchange, located at 30 E. 11th Ave., stocks both new and used CDs, with an emphasis on the latter. Carrying a wide selection of music, games, videos, DVDs, vinyl records and posters, the store also will accept used music, videos, DVDs and games for cash or store credit. Prices for CDs range from 50 cents to average retail prices.

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