Canary Yellow Canoe Tour
Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto
RECORD STORES
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A Painter Passing Through
Many of you may want to stock up on Gord's CDs while in town. Toronto has some fantastic record stores in the dowtown core. Here are just some:
HMV 333 Yonge Street, Toronto
The British giant is an excellent multilevel store. There are four floors at the Superstore location, which "specializes" in all genres of music!
Sunrise Records 336 Yonge Street - just North of Dundas
An independent retailer with several locations in the Toronto and the surrounding area.
Queen Street West
Take a stroll down to the CHUM/CityTV Building. There are some small and second-hand record stores located along the way where some used treasures might be found. Vinyl of "Sunday Concert" was in the bins not long ago!
Toronto Area Malls
Most malls (including the Eaton Centre) have various record stores, as well.
For online shopping, an interesting site is the Music By Mail Canada website. There you will be able to find much more information about Canadian music, reading material sources, sheet music and a page of links for all interests. The site is run in association with Chapters, Amazon, CD Now, Videoflicks and CD Plus.
Another site with a list of some interesting vintage vinyl sites in Toronto is Plastic High Streets.
Tower Records has closed its store in Toronto, but is still has an online presence.
You can read a bit more in-depth discussion on the demise of the music retailers in Toronto on my Cheers, Jeers, Loves and Hates blog at
- Sam The Record Man To Close Retail Store
- Musical Formats Analogue Hardcopies vs. Digitally Downloaded Files
Suggested sites for additional information
The Tourism Toronto website. Here you will be able to find much more information, including places to stay, places to eat, things to do and what it will all cost you!
The Toronto.com website. Lots of information about Toronto and the surrounding towns. Searchable.
The Toronto Life web site. An online version of the magazine which includes reviews of the hottest spots in town!
The Canadian Resource Page website. An extensive collection of links to all things Canadian, including government, tourism, arts and entertainment.