If you live in LA, check out these Now Again Records(Egon and Madlib)/Rappcats pop-up events. As I said in the initial post, many of my local stores seem to have "picked over" selections or inventory that is not curated to my liking. Anywho, this seems like a nice alternative and a way to pick up something out of the ordinary. DJ Shadow apparently has hosted annual "storage clean out" sales there. And OGs like Phil Ranelin have made appearances. Apparently, Madlib has shown up before...
Late November pop-up: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpvJbnuHRL6/
DJ Shadow Clean Out Sale: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnB41eoHfap/

Did y'all know Numero Group, the label (or is it an imprint?) that brought us the Purple Snow box set, has a store ("factory outlet") in Chicago?
http://www.numerogroup.com/outlet/