TOP OF THE HILL 2008
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BEST MUSIC STORE
Weston White/KANSAN
Weston White/KANSAN
3rd — Best Buy 2020 W. 31st St.
Weston White/KANSAN
BY CHRISTY NUTT editor@kansan.com
Love Garden Sounds was voted Lawrence's best music store in this year's Top of the Hill poll.
"They have cats," King said.
Three cats live in the store: Sam, Mickey-Roy and Ernie.
"I'm glad people like our store," Corcoran said. "It's good to have the affirmation that we are doing a good job because we go to great lengths to make it that way."
"It's a cool place with a good vibe," Pat Dobson, Kirkwood, Mo., sophomore, said.
Kelly Corcoran, co-owner of Love Garden Sounds, 936 1/2 Massachusetts St., said he was honored but not surprised by the award.
Alison King, Lawrence junior, said that her first impression of the store was that it was very comfortable and well organized with a wide variety of specialty vinyl and posters.
The wide variety of music and reasonable prices attract University students to Love
"It's good to have the affirmation that we are doing a good job because we go to great lengths to make it that way."
ALISON KING Lawrence Junior
Garden Sounds.
Stuart Reynolds, Lenexa senior, said he enjoyed sorting through the different music and trying to find something he liked.
"It's like finding a diamond in the
rough," Reynolds said.
People are looking for all different types of things when they visit Love Garden Sounds, Corcoran said.
"More and more people are looking for specific records and genre classics but mostly just good music," he said.
Corcoran said his store was better than its competitors because it
offered quick special orders, an informed staff and vinyl records. Unlike many music stores, customers can listen to anything before buying it.
Corcoran said that he wanted Love Garden Sounds to be a place where people could talk about music.
Hastings and Best Buy ranked at second and third in the poll.
— Edited by Jennifer Torline
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