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Criminal Records

Rating: 2.5/5 (30 votes)

Posted by Staff / Reviewed on January 21, 2008

Criminal Records
Criminal Records is a music store on Queen West that also sells a huge range of hard to find t-shirts from local and international bands.

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10 Comments

kd / April 9, 2008 at 04:57 pm
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Hey, don't forget about TO-based online indie retailers... My fave store for vintage tees is definitely Defunkd. What I like is that you can check out their goods from the comfort of home, too!
http://defunkd.com/
They've got rock, metal, punk, sports, movies, pop culture, women's and kid's stuff from the '70s, '80s and '90s. Choice selections, for sure.
tre / September 10, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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don't hop on someone else's listing to hawk overpriced shirts on ebay. start your own listing.
AB / May 6, 2009 at 05:31 pm
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Even though this store doesn't make custom shirts, the shirts they do carry are awesome! I love this place for the amount of music they have, on CD and vinyl, the drum kit at the back, and the amazing customer service. They really know their stuff.
Robert Hutton / October 28, 2010 at 07:53 pm
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Criminal is a great store for new release vinyl at generally slightly lower prices than elsewhere. Downside is that they really do not like returns - and there is a lot of badly pressed defective new vinyl. Still, the prices are good and new release selection of mainstream and indie titles is great.
Brandon / December 20, 2010 at 05:09 pm
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Do yourself a favour and go down to Rotate this at 801 Queen Street West. Better staff and honest business men. Here's why.

I bought 2 records from here (Criminal), one of them being The Eternal by Sonic Youth. In the glass case it said 27.99 ON SALE. I come up to the counter and the guy gets the records I buy and rings up my total as he hands me a third record and says "Merry Christmas". It was a live Sonic Youth record that came out at the time of The Eternal's release. I said thank you and hand over my credit card. When the total comes up it says 74 dollars and change. I asked how much the Sonic Youth record was and he replies with, "It's 47.99". I tell him that in the case it says 27.99 ON SALE. The worker grabs his boss and together they realize that the record is actually supposed to be 47 and not 27. The boss gives me the record that was ON SALE for 27.99 instead of 47 and takes the record that was given to me as a gift out of my bag and says to his staff "He's not getting that (Live Sonic Youth) record for that price".


If the owner ever reads this, know how to price your merchandise properly. For you to disrespect someone who spends 50-100 dollars a week on records in Toronto, I will let everyone know, you do not know how to run a business.
al cole / March 1, 2011 at 08:40 am
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You ought to shake it up and come check out the front o' STAR RECORDS in Oshawa. 35 years in the making.
Dubs Banger / March 5, 2011 at 02:16 pm
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Criminal Records Store only carries new and re-issued vinyl. Definetly would not make my top 15. I dont iunderstand how Discovery records didnt make the list...
Kelly / March 15, 2011 at 01:17 pm
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Criminal carries used vinyl as well, not just new/re-issued.

I've been going there since it opened and it's still my first stop when I'm record shopping. Good prices, solid selection and anytime I'm looking for something they don't have, they're more than happy to order it. Staff is just a pleasure to deal with; they know their stuff but aren't pretentious about it.
Alan / September 8, 2011 at 11:51 am
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This site was having a going out of business sale during the summer this year, it should be closed by now.
mackenzie / December 28, 2011 at 12:27 am
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would this record store have albums by Oasis and New Order just curious if not which one would thnks.

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