Rolling Stone Names Two Tampa Bay Record Stores Among Best In US

Vinyl Fever and Bananas Music were recently hailed as two of the best record stores in the country.

Rolling Stone Magazine's picks for the top spots for "unique vinyl and CDs" included the Tampa and St. Petersburg institutions. They join music-lover magnets Waterloo Records in Austin and Amoeba Music in Berkeley, San Francisco and Hollywood on the list of 25 stores around the country.

The magazine praised Vinyl Fever for its extensive collection of used inventory and knowledgeable staff. Bananas was lauded for its 3-million-piece collection of vinyl spanning every genre imaginable.

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