Gem City Records

According to a previous user’s review, Gem City has apparently shut its door as of the time I am posting this. Whether or not this is true, I have no idea, but I am inclined to believe them. Not only was Gem City a dying breed in a dying city, its prices were absolutely insane. How they ever made money is beyond me.
In all fairness, Gem City had a pretty cool setup. It was clean, packed with music, and had a ton of other items one could buy, such as movies and memorabilia. Heck, I even thought the outside of the store looked cool in what was the otherwise drab and dreary death of a city that Dayton is. Unfortunately though as I mentioned there prices just killed anything this store had going for them. I couldn’t even bring myself to buy something to justify my trip up here from Cincinnati.
Nonetheless, I am sad to see another independent music store fade away. RIP Gem City.

Unfortunately Gem City Records will close it’s door December 29, 2009. I spent many an hour browsing this shop.

Culture purveyor, they had 3 1 $ bins when I was there, a rack of new & sealed stuff, and a rack of rock and jazz each. Obviously they make all their money on the dumb tshirts, posters, reissues and crap they stock at insane markup but I did grab a few cheapos that were worth it. I’d never ever go back here though, drove all the way to Used Kids in Columbus to shop after this to clean myself of the pain.

I really enjoy visiting this store whenever I’m in the Oregon district, and the people are great — very little obnoxious record store attitude. Unfortunately, I never, ever find anything here. I keep going back, but every time, no luck. I don’t get it – it looks like a large selection. Still, a decent shop, a pleasant atmosphere, worth a visit. Maybe you’ll have better luck than me.