Virgin Megastore (the old Tower Records to the locals) is a great store - with 3 floors of music and excellent live performances in their cafe on the 3rd floor on the weekends from local Berklee students and others in the area. The techno/house section is my favorite on the 2nd floor in the left corner behind the escalators, great assortment and when you catch a sale, the prices are great. I also love the international selection on the 3rd floor, although I wish they stocked more Italian, Turkish and French pop music, I was still happy to see some of my favorites like Thailia, Nek, Laura Pausini, Paris Combo, etc. Virgin has a lot of DVDs, some gifts and a light assortment of books, although their book section isn't arranged or stocked too well. Over all, I'm really happy with the store and love the listening stations - great!
(edited 12/20: this store closed to be replaced by best buy. so sad)
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