She Said Boom! College

The College Street She Said Boom is candid about its music selection: mostly vinyl, with a smaller number of CDs. That is a useful expectation to bring to a shop where literature, philosophy and poetry are also central to the browse. Records cover a broad range, including rock, jazz, soul, funk, classical, reggae and hip-hop, but the shop does not present itself as a warehouse for any single genre. Its scale suits a visit that moves between records and books, rather than a hunt for a complete discography. College and Bathurst makes a convenient starting point for that kind of afternoon, with Neurotica farther west along College and the Annex shops to the north.

Used LPs, a smaller CD selection, and books across literature, poetry, philosophy, art, film and other subjects. The emphasis is secondhand browsing.

The College shop pays cash for gently used records, CDs and books. It also buys selected DVDs, with a narrower interest in labels and film categories listed on its official site. Contact the shop about a large collection.

378 College Street, east of Bathurst. This is the College shop; the Roncesvalles store has a separate website and contact address.

Browse the books as well as the records, and keep the smaller CD selection in perspective. For a longer College Street route, continue west to Neurotica at College and Manning.