Low Yo Yo Stuff Records

Athens' Rare Vinyl Specialist

Low Yo Yo Stuff Records at 285 West Washington Street in downtown Athens, Georgia is the Classic City's rare and out-of-print vinyl destination. The shop curates hard-to-find LPs, out-of-print pressings, rare CDs, cassettes, DVDs, books, and posters alongside all the hottest new releases. For a college town of Athens' size, the curatorial bar at Low Yo Yo is unusually high; the shop treats vinyl the way Athens itself has always treated music, which is to say seriously.

Athens' musical lineage runs through R.E.M., The B-52s, Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Pylon, Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal, and decades of independent music that made the town a global college-rock reference point. The record store that serves this community has to meet the standard, and Low Yo Yo does. Every visit surfaces something unexpected.

The Rare Vinyl Side

Low Yo Yo's rare and out-of-print inventory is the shop's defining feature. Serious collectors visit specifically for the kind of titles that do not appear on Discogs for months at a time. Athens-specific and Southern indie-rock pressings run deep. Punk and hardcore from the 1980s and 1990s. Regional Georgia soul. Obscure college-radio rock. The kind of stock that rewards repeat visits and a targeted wantlist.

For current releases, the shop also stocks all the hottest new releases across major and indie labels. The combination of curated deep catalog plus current inventory makes Low Yo Yo a complete Athens record stop rather than a pure specialist shop.

Athens Music Heritage

Athens' reputation as a music town is one of the most documented in American music history. R.E.M. formed here in 1980. The B-52s came out of the Athens scene in the late 1970s. Widespread Panic, Pylon, Drive-By Truckers, Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, and dozens of other nationally significant bands built careers on the Athens college-town infrastructure of affordable housing, UGA's student audience, and a dense cluster of venues that included the 40 Watt Club and the Georgia Theatre.

Low Yo Yo Stuff sits in that continuity. The shop serves UGA students, longtime Athens residents, and music-pilgrimage visitors who make the trip to Athens specifically to walk the streets where R.E.M. wrote Murmur. Record Store Day at Low Yo Yo is one of the strongest mid-size-city RSD events in the Southeast.

Plan Your Visit

Low Yo Yo Stuff Records

Athens, GA's rare and out-of-print vinyl specialist. Hard-to-find LPs, cassettes, DVDs, books, plus new releases. The Classic City record stop.

Address: 285 W Washington St, Athens, GA 30601
Phone: (706) 227-6199
Hours: Mon-Thu 12pm-7pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-9pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
Web: www.facebook.com/lowyoyostuff
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Low Yo Yo Stuff Records is at 285 West Washington Street in downtown Athens, GA, walking distance from UGA campus and the 40 Watt Club. Metered downtown parking available.

R.E.M., The B-52s, Widespread Panic, and the record store that serves the town they came from. Low Yo Yo earns the Athens pilgrimage.