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The best buys are inevitably music-related in Music City. Hard-to-find CDs can be easier to find here, and some record stores are attractions in their own right. One such is Ernest Tubb's Record Shop No 1, 417 Broadway (tel: (615) 255 7503), founded by the 'Texas Troubador'. It has an excellent stock of country music, with memorabilia as well as vinyl and CDs. Other branches are at 1516 Demonbruen (tel: (615) 244 2845) and 2416 Music Valley Drive (tel: (615) 889 2474). For a wider choice, the biggest record store in Nashville is Tower Records, 2400 West End Blvd (tel: (615) 327 3722). The main musical instrument store - in fact one of the best in the USA - worth visiting just to look at its vintage guitars, is Gruhn Guitars, 400 Broadway (tel: (615) 256 2033).

Clothing goes hand-in-hand with country music and outrageous outfits can be bought at Dangerous Threads, 105 Second Avenue (tel: (615) 256 1033). Other good country clothing stores include Flemings, 2922B West End Avenue (tel: (615) 327 1252) and Manuel Exclusive Clothier, 1922 Broadway (tel: (615) 321 5444).

Unusual and distinctive music souvenirs can be bought at Hatch Show Print Shop, 316 Broadway (tel: (615) 256 2805), a working print shop that has many vintage as well as contemporary show posters for sale, along with postcards and photographs.

The best shopping malls are out of town. The biggest and newest is Opry Mills, 2820 Opryland Drive (tel: (615) 514 1100) with 200 stores, restaurants, cafés and entertainment venues, including an IMAX theatre. Slightly smaller, with 165 stores, and good for clothing in particular, is the CoolSprings Galleria, 1800 Galleria Boulevard, off I-65 (tel: (615) 771 2128).

Opening hours tend to be Monday-Saturday 1000-1800 downtown, and Monday-Saturday 1000-2100 and Sunday 1300-1800 in the suburbs. In Nashville, the sales tax is 8.25%, which is non-refundable.



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