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Baltimore, MD

A small shop, run by the knowledgeable Jason Willett and Stewart Mostofsky, with big inventory — and the most constant turnover in town. Onetime Baltimore City Paper music editor Jess Harvell refers to True Vine's "ginormous, catholic vinyl selection — they buy whole collections," containing everything from rare ethnographic 78s to Baltimore club 12-inches, and sell them just as fast to a discerning clientele. Expertly chosen indie and experimental titles with special emphasis on local labels make True Vine a Baltimore institution.

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