WE ARE BACK FROM A U.S. TOUR WHERE WE  MANAGED TO VISIT QUITE A FEW GOOD RECORD STORES.  THE BEST OF WHICH WERE MISSISSIPPI RECORDS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AND BOP STREET RECORDS IN SEATTLE.    THE TONY KLEIN REMBETIKA COMPILATION RELEASED BY MISSISSIPPI  IS FANTASTIC.  I ALSO FOUND SOME FAIRLY OBSCURE ROMANIAN/MACEDONIAN/SERBIAN/BULGARIAN RECORDS AT BOTH STORES, INCLUDING "RUMANIAN SONGS AND DANCES" RELEASED BY THE ETHNIC FOLKWAYS LIBRARIES WITH NOTES BY A.L. LLOYD. 

THE TOP 10 RECORDS STORES OF THE TOUR WOULD BE

1. MISSISSIPPI (PORTLAND, OR.)

2. BOP STREET (SEATTLE, WASH.)

3. MECCA (ALBQ, NM)

4. ENCORE RECORDS (ANN ARBOR, MICH.)

5. RECKLESS (BROADWAY LOCATION, CHICAGO, ILL.)

6.  JACKPOT RECORDS (PORTLAND, OR.)

6. WUXTRY (ATHENS, GA.)

7. WE BUY MUSIC (ALBQ, NM.)

8. FESTIVAL RECORDS (L.A., CAL.)

9. AMOEBA (SAN FRAN. CAL.)

10. SONIC BOOM (SEATTLE, WASH)