CD WAREHOUSE RECORDS & TAPES

This is my favorite record store in the DFW. It’s small, but don’t let that fool you- they have great selection, stocked often, and have friendly staff. Been going here for several years, and will continue to be a regular. Everyone is welcome.

I just got record player and wanted to add to my collection. This place had everything I was looking for and then some. I even got some records for my friend for when she get her record player. I would recommend this place to anyone and they almost do special orders as well!!!

I've only been here once BUT the experience was amazing, there is such a wide selection of vinyl's, tape's, & cd's! From pop to oldies to metal, all genres. It was such a great experience, the staff were so kind and even gave me a punch card for my other visits! I took a good hour just browsing & picking up the items I wanted, I felt very safe there and just in general, such a great place to shop! I highly recommend to go there if you want to go and hang out w a friend or two to shop or want to start collecting! Not to mention the great prices!? I got two cd's for 20$, usually it is two cd's that are 20$ a piece!!

Update: I've been coming here for over 6 years. My main listening is country/bluegrass/Americana, metal, (especially extreme like grindcore, thrash, some Scandinavian black metal some more traditional black metal, powerviolence, death metal) and rock of many types. I've been to many CD stores in DFW and this one is BY FAR the best. No disrespect to other stores but I've been to some where it's just rehashes of the same sound or just the most well known stuff. Best selection in both CD and vinyl format for both the casual listener and the one more into niche. I'll admit I only buy vinyl if I like the album art and just want the details on display I'm not really a collector because I prefer CD. They also have local bands among their selection which is BIG because you get exposed to bands that are currently building their discography. I'm not a new listener by any means and I have found a couple of bands here that I found out just by visiting and seeing names that intrigued me. They sell band merch too that isn't just metalcore, they sell death metal merch. As far as selection you get more known bands like Discharge, QOTSA, Fu Manchu, Death, Darkthrone, Deicide, classics like Rory Gallagher, Marshall Tucker band, Gorguts, etc. BUT you also occasionally get less known bands like Discordance Axis, Beherit, Dystopia, Wormrot, Coroner, Drawn and Quartered, and local bands like Cognizant and Power Trip. You have the standard listens for people getting into metal from movies/social media too like Deftones, Pantera, and Korn. A lot of people complain that there isn't any good music anymore, well you're doing it wrong. Sometimes you gotta go to a good CD store and go to the section with music you like look for that and if you see a title/art that sticks out to you play it on Spotify and YouTube. Something I will say is if you're looking for patches for a battle jacket there's mostly just logos. Forever Young is great too, but something about THIS place with the selection/organization it makes it easier to find good stuff in metal. Frankly this place has wayyyyyyy better metal like it isn't EVEN close. Rare prints? I've found an Ancient svartalheim limited original but that's really mostly it. Ambient: sometimes they play screamo like metalcore, sometimes jazz sometimes Alice in chains and the like, sometimes they play rap/hop, etc. I can't say anything about staff recommendations but I've asked a couple of times about bands like Fu Manchu and they chit chat a bit so that goes to show that they at least have a variety of tastes. Country, Americana, and bluegrass? Decent selection but Forever Young has wayyyy more. Newer albums from bands like the Turnpike Troubadours, Sturgill Simpson, classics like Merle/George Strait/Waylon you'll find here. Pros: -good new listener bands and good selection of lesser known bands -support local bands -friendly staff -they sell metal shirts (official by the looks of it no bootlegs) I've seen Death (Human/Scream Bloody Gore) and Suffocation (Human Waste). When I've looked I haven't seen any tour shirts but I guess you just gotta be there ;) Cons: if you come here once every month or two you're gonna spend guaranteed 😂 Old review: Good place, they recognize me as I'm a regular visitor and always greet me. Lately I haven't been buying, but always the same warm reception. If I have questions about inventory they are always open to look for whatever it is or order it if it's not available.

If you’re in Dallas, heading out to see these guys in Arlington a must. Such a cool record store with plenty of hard to find albums & people who really know their stuff. The metal section is awesome. Great to know they’re on Discogs too. Wish there were some like this in Australia 🤘🏽💿