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January 2024 by Jess Burda
This bookstore has everything my friends and I are looking for. From books of many categories to Record Albums from any erra. The owner was most helpful with a great personality. I will highly recommend this unique happy Store to all my friends ! A+
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January 2024 by Kevin Jorgensen
Walked in and BT Express was playing on the record player, Nuff said!!New owner was very friendly and they had a range of genres. I found a couple records in great condition for a good price.
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October 2023 by Artari 808
I love going to Still Life, Kirk is an amazing guy. Lots of used and great quality vinyl, cds, and books. He has a huge Hawaiian Book and Vinyl section as well, for affortable prices. He even buys or you can get credit. Tell Kirk , Tiare sent you :)
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August 2023 by Li E.
One of the highlights on my trip to Hawaii! The owner was so nice about his books and he was very passionate about the music he sells as well. Still Life had a great amout of classics (very dark academia) and it was charming to look at. You'll definitely find a few treasures here and there.
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August 2023 by Kristen Roybal
Met the owner, he was a very nice guy. Found a couple little treasures. Very pleasant experience
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February 2023 by Alexandra B.
(note: this review is written by my wife) On the fifth day of our stay in Kona I finally was able to get my party to come with over to the other side of the island over in Hilo,ostensibly to see the famous Pele volcano.While that was in fact rather awesome to behold in person, I personally had a more spiritual time getting to do what I wanted to do on that side of the island: visit the only record store on the Big Island.I'm easily able to stay in a record store till close as I love the thrill of digging through stacks and stacks of old & interesting vinyl in search of musical goodies or oddities. Given this context, it should come as no surprise that Still Life was a complete joy for me. Entering the shop you immediately start hearing the lovely warm sound of a record playing and you then will find that the person playing it is one of the coolest & friendliest people ever, namely the store owner Kirk. Given how well organized and meticulously graded everything in the store is, one might assume that he was a long-time record store owner of sorts, but in actual it turns out he has a background in photography. This is only relevant in as much to praise how well he has kept & run the shop, especially given that the history in that he very sweetly took it over for the store's previous owner Rory, who, unfortunately had health complications. Luckily for Rory and everyone fortunate to be a customer, Kirk's dedication to Still Life continues to make the store one of the true gems of record stores (not to mention all the great collection of books which I didn't even have time to go through)I personally was able to spend almost 5 hours in the shop on my visit and I had a smile on my face the whole time. The collections of older rock, jazz, blues as well as singles are quite extensive given the amount of space the store has. I didn't get to go through the hip-hop records but they looks tantalizing as well. Finally, one of the absolute true gems in the collection is the Hawaiian music section. Lots of mint or very close to pristine records of stuff that is typically not carried in the mainland is on display and going through it is sure to widen the smile on one's face with its very cool variety and if you only take home one record, make sure it's from that collection. (Kirk is also very knowledgeable on that topic and happy to explain some of the history of the music!)Finally,to summarize the entire experience I would just say,come to Hilo for the volcano but stay to visit Kirk and his terrific record shop at Still Life.Mahalo!
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November 2022 by R L
Great owner, wonderful gems to be found.
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February 2022 by Courtney DelaCruz
Super cool place. A small hole in the wall kind of shop. They take card so no need to bring cash. Lots of old used books. I was able to snag my very own Silmarillion for a great price! There’s a selection of other books as well. I wish I had more time.
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November 2021 by Stan Combis playlist
Great little book store and the owner is super ? cool
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September 2021 by Tammy Fujimoto-Young
Alot of older Records, reasonable prices. Got 2 Frank Sinatra, & a Bing Crosby for $10. You got a Record player check this place out!
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September 2021 by Shiva Arari
Great selection of vintage vinyl and books
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February 2021 by Vei Potauaine
Best selection of Vinyl in town and well sorted picks of some out-of-print books, too!
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January 2020 by Tom Hougen
Great selection. Great prices. Will be back.
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December 2019 by Ashley W
Love this place the prices are great and the owner is so super nice
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October 2019 by Courtney Burdell
Best bookstore on the island. Awesome selection of books and records - Great prices
