1234

CELEBRATING OVER 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Best of Boulder most of those years!

Formerly Bart’s Records

Gift Cards

7 days a week, 11 am to 7 pm

Come in and browse our collection of new and used records, CDs, cassettes, turntables and accessories, speakers, posters, and more, with our offerings changing each day.

Jazz, soul, reggae, blues, rock, pop, punk, country, folk, bluegrass, hip hop, ambient, and more from around the world…

Our Services

We are always buying used records and can arrange for in-home pickup, and  we are currently buying CDs!

We are able to provide appraisals of record collections for estates.

We’re glad to special order records or CDs for you.

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM

LATEST BLOG POSTS

Unheard Musical Delights Part 2

/
0 Comments
A few years back I wrote about some of the more lesser-known…
Read more

Music is Life: The Time I Got Mugged at a Grateful Dead Show

/
0 Comments
This blog is the first in a series of personal musical memories…
Read more

Insider’s Guide to Vinyl Shopping–Japanese Pressings

/
0 Comments
Welcome to the latest edition of the Paradise Found Records blog.…
Read more

Top 20 Records of 2025

/
0 Comments
Welcome to the year-end edition of the Paradise Found Records…
Read more

In Celebration of Neil’s 80th Birthday: His Ten Best Records

/
1 Comment
No other rock musician has been more prolific over the past sixty years than Neil Young, who turns eighty in November.
Read more

Top Eleven Fictional Music Acts

/
1 Comment
From Spinal Tap to the Commitments, the Soggy Bottom Boys to Llewyn Davis, Bad Blake and Stillwater and more
Read more

Music Memoir Roundup

/
0 Comments
The book section at Paradise Found Records is always well-stocked with new and used titles. Here are five recent releases I’d recommend.
Read more

Grateful Dead Studio Albums From Worst to First

/
0 Comments
2025 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the Grateful Dead, an American musical institution still thriving all these years later... To help newbies navigate a large and intimidating discography, here are their studio albums ranked from worst to first.
Read more

Ten Best Prog-Rock Albums

/
0 Comments
Here is peak prog, presented in chronological order over its less than a decade long heyday. 
Read more

Top Five: Bob Dylan’s Best Records

/
0 Comments
Not counting live and archival releases–of which there are many–Bob Dylan has released forty (!) albums since his 1962 debut. With rare exceptions all have been original material. To help newbies navigate this intimidating discography, here are his five best albums.
Read more

Top 20 Records of 2024

/
0 Comments
There are good years for new music and there are great years for new music, and 2024 definitely fit the latter category. It seemed like high-quality new albums were released every week.
Read more

Top Five: David Bowie’s Best Records

/
0 Comments
2024’s comprehensive Rock ’N’ Roll Star! 5CD box set features a deep dive into David Bowie’s legendary The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars and is a great reason to celebrate a highly influential artist. Nearly eight years after his death, Bowie is still as important as ever and it’s easy to spot devotees across the full spectrum of music.
Read more

Click here to add your own text