Best record store in Philadelphia. Only thing better than the new vinyl selection is the used selection. New arrivals bin always full of gems 💯

Best record shop in the city, hands down. Ever rotating just in rack and some real deep cuts in the racks. Great selection of books too. Staff is great and always down to talk music.

Wish I had more time there. I could gave done my wallet some serious damage.

I got at least once a week to buy my music they got pretty good old music its great place to shop the very nice people in their husband wife runs the business the right annoys people

My wife and i went here today. We were here for only the second time. The first time we had a female wait on us and she was very pleasant and helped answer any questions we had. Well, this second time we had some guy who looked like a hipster and not only was he rude and arrogant, but we had already dropped $159 and were still shopping and for no reason he asked us to leave the store. His reason? He said we’re only allowed 10 customers at a time. Point is, he was very rude about it. While at the counter he continued to be rude and arrogant and after i told him we planned to spend more money here he got even more arrogant and kept flapping his tongue. Ive never been kicked out of a record store for spending money before. Ill never step into this place ever again. This guy is ruining this business for this poor lady as i believe its her store. I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone.

Great record store! Check the back wall for the best finds. Underrated gem!!

Very great customer service & Good selection

Amazing new and used selection as well as rare finds displayed as you first walk-in for the collectors. Extremely knowledgeable and helpful staff.

Best record store in Philly!

Excellent selection at more than fair prices, friendly staff, highly recommended

Best shop in Philly. Always end up spending $50 more than I expected.

Awesome spot! They are super organized, and even take care to alphabetize the vinyl! Prices here are incredibly reasonable! Love this store!!!

Without a doubt, this is not only one of the best record stores around, but just one of the best stores period. There is always a friendly face and a knowledgeable source when I go into this store. No matter the genre of music, hip-hop, jazz, classical, you name it, the guys know there stuff. Ive been to several record stores in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area and none compare to Long in the Tooth!!

I am a short fat man. I needed to use one of the many step stools to peruse the record bins. But by golly if I didn’t pick me up some obscure vinyl at VERY reasonable prices! I HIGHLY recommend this juke joint!

Its my favorite record store in the city. Awesome records, good service. Check this place out and tell all your friends.

If i could give this place 6 stars out of 5, i would. They have tons of rare records and unique releases, whole shelves of music-related books and so much more! And the people who work there are so, so amazing to talk to, they know so much and have seen so much! Definitely recommend this place to anyone whos excited about music!

Great place, owner was very nice & knowledgeable about music as well as the city. Great environment, excllecnt musical selections, as well as excellent music being played while you shop. Great prices, wonderful products, while LONG IN THE TOOTH is located in the heart of Rittenhouse Square. A must visit.

Always a great selection of music and books

Very knowledgeable, great selection, get tickets here too whenever concerts are allowed again

My favorite record store in Philly,period.The owner knows his music especially the weird,rare,experimental stuff.The store is hidden nicely in the heart of Center City,and oh yeah the selection is pretty dope.I never walk out that jawn empy handed Ill you what.

One of my favorite record stores. Good conversation and very knowledgeable staff. Music brings us together no matter how long you are in the tooth.

Very unpleasant experience with owner I presume. I’ve never had a record I was carrying pulled out of my hand while browsing before. I won’t go into all the other unpleasant details of this visit but as someone from out of town I will not return nor recommend this store to the scores of other collectors and djs I’m friends with. Kudos sir

Great selection

Not to disparage any other record store in Philly, but Long In the Tooth is the best for my sensibilities. Youve got everything that makes a great record shop. Huge used section? Check. New records across multiple genres? Check. A robust soundtrack section? Check. Drool-worthy wall wax? Check. Extremely fair prices for both trade-in and retail? Check. Super-friendly, knowledgeable and approachable employees? Check. Every single time I go to this spot I end up in a long conversation about music with the owner. Hes a rad guy.TL:DR - I have been digging through crates all over this city for 30 years and I can honestly say that LITT is the best.

I have always had a pleasant and beneficial time in this small independent family owned & operated used rock music (plus) store! Good business skills evidenced by its having consistently been open per the published hours, in business since 2006 – in this same location, and because the owner is occasionally open to negotiating a buy/sell when he is not terribly busy, right at the counter. Or such is my observation. :–)

The store staffs (a man and woman) discriminate Asian customers like us. We have been here few times but always feel unwelcome atmosphere from them. All other stores in this country are great and we always feel warm feelings but only this store makes us feel terrible.

Great selection

Good record store. Lots of new stuff to check out. Organization takes a little to figure out, but the staff is very helpful and I knowledgeable. Feel like they are channelling Championship Vinyl a little bit, including featuring Beta Band Three E.P.s in an end cap. A Top Five desert island record store.

Nice place to search for vinyl of all genres. Cozy environment. Nice service!

Great selection of new and used records. Prices are on the fair to pricey side of things. Owner is super knowledgeable!

Amazing selection of vintage books with both novel and mass-appealing titles, and a great selection of vintage records. Staff checked with me if they wanted to hold my books while I kept looking, and later checked with me to ensure I knew the price of the one book I chose as it was more pricey. One of the best record stores Ive seen with a ton of interesting and unique items. One of the best places in Philly!!

Be prepare to spend some time searching. They dont have catalogued their inventory, its just separated by genre. Yet they do have a lot of cool records!

Huge selection with decent pricing.

Love this store; it is one of the best indie record shops in Philly. The store-owner and his staff are really nice guys but maybe a bit rough around the edges for some. Their discussions sometimes remind me of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes and I love coming here to browse for records.

The best record store in Philadelphia barnone! I will go to this place every chance I can. They have such a collection and awesome energy!

An amazing selection of vinyl and CDs, at reasonable prices. I look forward to returning.

The store was nice, but they had most of the used vinyl sitting about an inch too high. I could see them, but it took some effort. The milk crates they had for step ladders didnt work for me. (I recently had surgery. Unsecured steps are my Kryptonite right now.) After a few minutes, and no doubt spurred by repeated collisions with his crates, the owner came over to me. He forced to explain why I didnt want to use a crate, then lectured me about the proper way to flip through a box. He even said that I was damaging the covers and that I could be putting him out of business. Im not coming back.

Good selection and cool shop owner

Great record store that also sells tickets to any show under the Union Transfer umbrella. Lots to choose from, knowledgeable staff that are pretty nice, and they offer new and used records. Good stuff.

Support your local music shop especially one that sells CDs and vinyls. Small place with a diverse selection of music, plus there are shows there sometimes. Plus the shop has a cool name.

Best record store in Philly! I always leave with something Im super excited to have found.

Great selection of new and used arrivals, they have a awesome reggae/dub section. They carry the best selection of art books and classics. The husband/wife duo who run it are super chill.

Great store if you are into vinyl . The owner is a nice guy . It has a great selection of punk and everything else .

My favorite record shoppe in the city. With fair record pricing(typically the average discogs price). Coming from someone whos worked in a record store before the two main people that run the shoppe are always kind and ready to talk about what youre looking for(just KNOW what youre looking for, dont give some vague description). Anyday you go youre bound to find at least one record either on the wall or on in the new arrivals bin youve been looking for. And its a plus the owner is always ready to talk Phillies baseball. Highly recommend.

Awesome selection at fair prices. love this place!

Very cool spot. Well organized and a lot of stuff I didnt expect to find.

Great place to find out of print recordings, varied selection.

Extensive selection of records - I was impressed by some of the artists they had in stock. Small but quality selection of literature. Lots of CDs too.

I was profiled upon entering the store by the owner. He stared at me the entire time I was shopping, complaining whenever I wasn’t shopping the way he wanted me to and did not hesitate to berate me for misplacing a record. I apologized, and he was still not satisfied and continued to berate me, telling me that “he knew something was wrong with me” as soon as I entered. I have been a repeat customer and was shocked that I was still treated like a punk, despite making numerous purchases there. On top of this, I have had records skip that I purchased here. But more importantly, I have never been made to feel more uncomfortable while shopping for records. I would not reccomend supporting this man’s business.

Super rude poor selection and they kicked me out because I wouldn’t leave my laptop bag behind the counter while I shopped, there’s a better place around the corner... urban outfitters?

I dont care how good your pricing is, if your customer service isnt in point then youre not doing it right. Ive had good experiences with the owner and horrible ones with his staff. With the availability of records these days, you need to drop the elitist attitudes and respect your customers. They put money in the till, not snarky remarks or musical geekdom.

Most of the staff is OK, but one guy that works there is very much of an a-hole. He berated me for the way I flipped through the records, one handed at the top center. He told me I had to use both hands, which is slower, and actually is harder on the cardboard jacket because the LP isnt supporting the weight. I ignored this advice and he threatened to call the cops if I did not leave. I think he was trying to show off his powerful authority for some ladies. If he was trying to show off his desperate wankishness, he succeeded.

Everyone here is so nice and helpful and there are tons of records to choose from

One of the best record stores in the city. Friendly staff and great finds.

Decent selection. Average Pricing. Rude staff. I had a handful of records I planned on purchasing and ended up walking out due to being rudely approached. They worry about you flipping through carefully while overfilling their bins by around 15 records per bin. Thankfully Repo Records treated me like a customer and I got my Philadelphia record haul.

I have spent many hours going through the bins here. I find everything from Punk to jazz to folk.

Great selection of all genre vinyl..especially the stuff I like. Very knowledgeable staff.

Great place For vinyl...

This is the place you go to buy records. Most fair pricing in the city, categorized well. Staff can be slightly off putting but they know what theyre talking about. I go here before I go anywhere else.

Been collecting for decades, so ive been to a lot of stores. This place was absolutely dead when i came in, and i quickly found out why. The selection is poorly organized and the prices are a joke.But the major problem is the staff here is absolutely terrible, like other reviews have mentioned. Just asked a simple question and I received a very rude and snobby attitude. The people working here seem to just have no understanding how to run a shop or even have any communication skills. Overall theres just a very negative vibe which i understand because this store is failing badly and will be out of business soon. Absolute trash.

I’m only reviewing them for purchasing tickets for shows for the Transfer Union Music vendor. Easy, cash only, and fee-free.

I feel they are a bit overpriced. Eclectic mix of new used vinyl.

Great record shop! Also can buy concert tickets here for 13$ most the time.

Great shop! Best selection in the city.

Great staff. Great records. Great shop!

This record store is likely the most dangerous record store for maintaining a financial budget to anyone interested in... obscure punk, metal, electronic, experimental, jazz, industrial, noise, hip-hop, etc... in all of Philadelphia!! Any time I set foot in Long In the Tooth, I leave with classic gems and modern/contemporary greatness!!Items (vinyl) that I have purchased from Long In the Tooth include but are not limited to...Bites - Skinny PuppyRemission - Skinny PuppyDaily Operation - GangStarrMadvillian - MF Doom/MadLibOh Crikey Its... - Lawnmower Deth (CD)Time Machines - CoilTransilvanian Hunger - DarkthronePlagueweilder - DarkthronePhuck Me Jesus - MardukDiabolical Fullmoon Mysticism - ImmortalThe Mind is a Terrible Thing... - MinistrySeriously... Kudos and Mad-Props go out to those who do the ordering. For a person such as myself, it seems that this store was created for me.Their is no time that I will walk through the door, and not spend $150-$200 USD because there are so many great offerings available... and I am weak.

Great selection and prices.

Awesome shop great selection.

Great place to find all different types of music.

Great selection of LPs and other media. I could spend a few days just looking. A little bit of everything too.

Went here in March of 09 and picked up some UFO, Celtic Frost and Captain Beyond. All good stuff at fair prices and I will gladly go there again.

Good selection, high prices, sterotypical staff.

The only place to buy tickets for R5 Productions shows.

Great store with a large selection of vintage Blues/Jazz. Highly recommended!

I love these guys and not just because theyre right around the corner from my job, they have an incredible selection of records and are super helpful and friendly. My favorite shop in philly for sure!

In my experience, Long in the Tooth has a way better selection of metal than other record shops. I havent done much browsing in the vinyl section yet since I just recently started collecting those, but their CD selection in terms of the grindcore, stoner metal, etc subgenres was pretty great. I had a long list of artists to look for and I found about 80% of them.And ignore the crybabies being upset about being asked to hold records properly. The folks who work there are really nice people.

Best record store in the city ❤️

Very down-to-earth place

Just learn to handle the records properly and you wont have to be scolded. stop crying. Chuds.

Dope store. Wish I had more time to browse. Back to Cali I go!

Im a vinyl geek. Ive been to countless record stores in the Philly area (and other areas and states). Ive been to this shop twice. While the selection is decent, especially their new vinyl, the people who work there are not friendly or helpful IMO.

The best

Interesting. music store didnt get a chance to ask about thier selection.

Knowledgeable and friendly owner.

If you are looking for obscure vinyl, this is your place.

Really cool place and bought and sold a lot there

Good store will a large selection and some fantastic finds. Priced about 20-30% higher than it should on a lot of the collection, but a few deals squeak in.

Came from out of town. Pretty okay selection.

Lots of vinyl. Great used CD collection, knowledgeable staff.

Lots of vinyls to chose from, just not a lot of rock

First visit, look forward to spending hours there in the future

The woman was super rude and most of the records are in poor condition

Dense new indie and rock collection and a massive selection of everything else .... give yourself an afternoon to explore

Great experience the salesman was nice and knowledgeable

Nice hip hop vinyls ...!

Great selection, awesome conversation with the owner.

The albums are not organized, you just have to dig, this business cannot get another dollar from me.

Nice place, prices a bit high

Best record store in the city

Leave your bag in the corner and get ready to dive in.