Bleecker Street Records

Though anyone could get turned around below the haphazard Christmas lights and records plastering the basement ceiling, music nerds will be happy to get lost in this bi-level vault of new and used CDs, records, DVDs and posters. The shop is overstuffed with a great selection of rare vinyl, including jazz LPs from the ’50s and ’60s; rock albums from the ’60s; and British, Japanese and German imports. The bands run the gamut from never-heard-of-’em to Top 40—and the prices are just as varied.