Plan 9 Music. 188 Zan Road. Rated 4.7 on Google. The website, until now, was a blank page.
188 Zan Rd · Charlottesville, VA 22901
Plan 9 Music sits at 188 Zan Road in Charlottesville, Virginia — a college town with enough ears to keep a record store honest. The name comes from somewhere between cult cinema and genuine nerve. The stock, by all accounts, is the kind that rewards a slow browse.
Its 4.7 Google rating is not a promotional claim. It is a matter of record, assembled without any help from a website, because Plan 9 did not have one. Not a real one. The domain existed in the way an empty sleeve exists — the promise of something without the thing itself.
This page is what should have been there.
“A 4.7 rating built entirely on word of mouth and the quality of what’s in the bins.”
Current titles across rock, soul, jazz, folk, and beyond — restocked to keep pace with what’s worth owning this week.
Secondhand LPs priced to move. The kind of section where something you’ve been hunting turns up next to something you didn’t know you needed.
New and pre-owned. The formats are not dead — they are just more selective about where they live.
Charlottesville and the surrounding valley produce music. Plan 9 stocks it. The shelf is a document of what’s happening nearby.
Needles, sleeves, cleaning kits — the practical side of keeping a collection in order.
A 4.7 rating does not happen without people who know the stock. Ask about something. They will have a view.
Hours not listed — a quick call confirms