What good online sites/stores are there to find rarer vinyl at decent prices. There are a lot of albums I doubt I will find in a local record store any time soon (The Fall, Zombies, Velvet Underground, etc.), and I want to know where all the vinyl lovers on the board go to get their harder-to-find albums.

we dig in real life.

i find that half of the thrill with vinyl is in the pursuit. i've been looking for odessey & oracle and the black saint and the sinner lady on LP for years. and when i hopefully do find them, it'll be really gratifying because i'll know that i didn't leave one record unturned. online record shopping is almost like cheating. you might as well get the CD.

That's true, and don't worry, I've been searching every record shop I can get to. But I may be tempted to cheat once or twice

Edit: Secondary question: What are the best record stores in LA? Amoeba, obviously, and I've been meaning to make it down to Fingerprints in Long Beach. I also frequent Benway, Soundsations, and The Record Surplus (Venice, LAX area, and West LA respectively). Any good stores I'm missing?

i've cheated with a re-issue a few times. and, of course, eight months later, i saw two copies of one of those in a used bin.

Can get kind of pricy depending on what you're looking for, but a couple I've ordered from are:
http://www.acousticsounds.com/ and
http://www.redtrumpet.com/

Gemm
Records By Mail

There's so much used vinyl in Las Vegas, I've never looked to on-line sources. I don't buy much new vinyl, but if there's something I really want, redtrumpet or even insound usually cures it.

Thanks!

Any LA Obnerites have good stores?