-Get
back to Charoen Krung and keep walking. Within a few minutes you will
find about 5 records stores, the first one at the corner is great, a
nice selection of lukthung esan as well as some very good molam, all on
cds. this shop also have a few 33' records of both luk thung and
molam (cds are at marked price 80/120b each) I have no clue abot the
price of vinyls.
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A few meters after you'll see this amazing looking shop full of vintage
7' and a wall of tapes (the tapes are not for sale). Most of the
records are actually luk krung but there'a a bunch of luk tung and a few
luk thung esan from the 70's. don't get too exited if you're looking
for vinyls as the next shop is more interesting.
-In
this shop you will find lot's of vintage records: molam on 7' (starting at 100b)
and 33' (around 500b for some 80's lam phloen). This shop also have a few
tapes and some cds. The owner is a helpfull and seems to speak english quite well. Most of the
Esan 7' of course don't come with picture sleeves and there's a lot of
things. The easiest way is to tell him what you want (lam phloen or lam
toei or luk thung Esan for exemple) and he'll give you some records you can ask to listen
to some (1 or 2) so he can see what you like and give you some more
(just trust him, don't waist his time or you would not get anything interesting I guess).
-At
this point, if you still have some cash and some energy keep walking on
the same way for about 5mn if you keep your eyes open you will see some
traces of dead record shops. once you reach thanon Burapha turn left and enter in
The Old Siam. It's one of the oldest shopping malls in this part of Bangkok.
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