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Here's our record shop directory, which now covers about 200 shops in the UK, Canada, and around the world. We've visited most of the shops detailed, but want to build up a world-wide list, so if your favourite shop isn't mentioned, send us an email with a brief description, the address, and as many details as you can muster (phone number, prices, opening hours etc.). These shops are shown in blue- cheers for sending them in. We try to re-visit all the shops we've listed here, updating the descriptions and checking the details, but that isn't always possible, so tell us if we've made any mistakes, you disagree with our personal impressions, or info is out of date. Included in the shop description is the date it was last reviewed. Shops that have closed are shown are in grey, to save visits to boarded-up stores. Where a town only has a few shops, we've included all the stores we know about, but where there's more of a choice we've just covered our favourites and specialist shops. Our faves are in red and asterisked.
Click here for a completely table-free version.
Online mail-order stores are on the links page. Local record shop directories are included under the appropriate town. Motion is another good country-wide (and world-wide) guide, and rotator locator is a collaborative worldwide directory. There's a directory of directories at www.djrhythms.com/sd/.
New this month: shops in toronto.
Last update: 26th November 2007.
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| *Tag Records | 5 Rupert Crt., 0171 4340029
also at 5 The Cobbles, Temple Bar, Dublin, 1 6719455 http://www.tagrecords.co.uk/,tag@tagrecords.co.uk 12-7 Mon-Fri, 12-6 Sat Underground house, breakbeat, techno, clubby house. No jungle. Two or three decks, good on techno, and incredibly helpful, even in response to the most naive of questions. £5.50 for a domestic 12. |
| *Ambient Soho | 4 Berwick St., 0171 4370521
http://www.ambientsoho.com 11-7 Mon-Sat Despite the name, good on drum & bass as well as ambient, weird stuff etc. One deck and they'll also play stuff for you at the desk. |
| *Selectadisc | 34/35 Berwick St., 0171 734 3297
9.30-7 Mon-Sat Stock just about everything: most sorts of indie and dance with a good back catalogue. No listening facilities, but you can often pick up bargains. Last update: 01.10.03 |
| *Sisteray | 94 Berwick St., 0171 287 8385, fax: 0171 287 1087
Open: 10.30-7pm Mon-Sat Sell 'new wave, indie, heavy metal, ambient, trance, techno', also drum & bass. Cramped shop, but surprisingly large range. Renowned for putting the wrong record in the sleeve, so check before leaving. Last update: 29.12.01 |
| *Atlas | 11 Archer St., 0171 4940792, 0171 4940793 (fax)
11-7 Mon-Sat, 11-9 Thur Mainly specialise in techno, but some drum and bass & other bits. Staff seem to know their stuff. 4 decks. |
| Reckless dance | 30 & 26 Berwick St., 0171 4374271
also at 79 Upper St., Islington, 0171 3590501 10-7 Mon-Sun Buy and sell second hand. Good on dance and indie, but so popular and crowded that the stock is quickly well picked over. Also quite expensive. Pop and indie is now in a new shop a couple of doors down (no. 26?). |
| *Choci's Chewns | The Basement, 9/12 St. Ann's Court, off Wardour St. W1, Tel/fax 0171
4343097
12-7 Mon-Sat Basement store, friendly most of the time, lots of imports. Mainly euro/acid trance. Three decks, including a couple which you have to climb under the desk to reach. |
| *Music & Video Exchange | 95 Berwick St., 0171 434 2939
http://www.demon.co.uk/mveshops Excellent 2nd hand. Cover all sorts of music- dance, indie etc. Last update: 29.12.01 |
| *Sounds of the Universe | 12 Ingestre Place
11-7 Mon-Sat Happy to play even 7's for you on a saturday. |
| *I-Q | 47 Lexington St.
www.iqrecord.dircon.co.uk 12-7 Mon, 11.30-7 Tue-Wed, 11-8 Thur-Sat Nothing to do with eye-q, which used to be at this address, but very good on tech house / techno, also quite friendly. Web site doesn't seem to be working though. |
| *HMV | 150 Oxford St., 0171 6313423; also at 363 Oxford St.
9.30-7 Mon-Wed, 9.30-8 Thur, 9.30-7 Fri-Sat, 12-6 Sun Huge store with lots of vinyl Used to let you pick up records from the racks and listen to them on a row of decks, but no more- you have to listen to them over a counter. Last update: 4.12.03 |
| Black market | 25 D'Arblay St. W1, 0171 287 1932
11.45-7 Mon, 11-7 Tue-Sat Jungle downstairs, house etc. upstairs. Surprisingly famous, despite the shop being so crowded (esp. downstairs) that you invariably have a long wait to listen to anything. Last update: 4.9.01 |
| Kokon Tozai | 57 Greek St., 0171 4341316
11-8 Mon-Sat Long, thin trendy shop stocking techno and house. Also clothing etc. and some crowded fish serving as decoration. |
| Mr. Bongo | 44 Poland St., 0171 2871887
11.30-6.30 Mon-Fri, except Thur 11.30-7, Sat 12-6.30 Hip hop and drum and bass, also a bit of techno etc. One deck on the counter, so you can only listen to 2 records at a time. |
| Mr CD | 81 Berwick St.
Cheap cds. |
| Vinyl Junkies | Basement just up from Ambient Soho, Berwick St.
Some techno & other stuff (garage?). |
| Trax | 65 Greek St.
12-7 Mon-Sat, 12-8 Fri Euro dance. |
| Uptown | 3 D'Arblay St., 0171 4343639
10.30-7 Mon-Sat, 10.30-8 Thur Garage, house, hip hop, swing. 9 decks. |
| Wyld Pytch | 51 Lexington St., 0171 4343471
11-7 Mon-Sat Hip hop/ r & b. |
| Koobla | 17 Berwick Street, W1V 3RG, 0207 287 9909
Friendly just-open shop, already well stocked with dance vinyl, that looks like it should be getting even better. 2 or 3 listening posts. Last update: 29.12.01 |
| Xsf | 39 Berwick St., 020 7287 2496, fax: 020 7437 6255, email: info@xsf.co.uk
www.xsf.co.uk 11-7 Mon-Sat Techno, house, 2 decks to listen on. Now takes mail order over the web. Last update: 29.12.01 |
| Kinetec Records | 15a Little Portland Street, London W1W 8BW. Nearest tube : Oxford Circus.
www.kinetec.com Mon to Fri : 11.00 - 20.00
Specialise in Hardhouse, Trance (Hard, Progressive, Euro), Techno (Acid, Minimal, Industrial), Breakbeat, DnB and Hardcore/gabba. Also online mailorder. Nominated in this years Muzik Magazine Awards for 'Best Independent Record Shop In The UK'. Directions: Leave Oxford Street tube station by the Regent Street/Argyle Road exit and follow Regent Street up to the 3rd road on your right which is Little Portland Street. About 30 seconds along Little Portland Street on your right are a set of 3 blue doors, the centre one is open and leads down to Kinetec Records. Last update: 21.11.01 |
| Silverback Records | 40 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1 (between tottenham courth and holborn
tube)
www.silverbackrecords.co.uk info@silverbackrecords.co.uk Friendly dance vinyl stockist. Last update: 10.01.03 |
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| *Vinyl Addiction | 6 Inverness Street, Camden NW1, 0171 482 1114
11-8 Mon-Fri, 11-9 Sat Haven't actually been to this one, but it's supposed to be really good for breakbeat and quite friendly. 3 decks and a good cafe upstairs. £5.50 for a domestic 12. |
| *Dragon Discs | 3 Kentish Town Rd.
www.ambientsoho.com 11 or 12-7 Mon-Sat Techno specialist, also some d'n'b, electronica etc. 2 decks. £5/£6.50 for a 12. |
| Rhythm Records | 281 Camden High St, 0171 2670123
10.30-6.30 Mon-Wed, 10.30-7/7.30 Thur-Sat 2 small floors, but packed with records. Stock techno, house, dnb, indie etc. |
| Music & Video Exchange | 229 Camden High St., 0171 267 1898
10-8 Mon-Sun 2nd hand. Worth checking: good dance sections. |
| Know How Records | 281 Camden High Street, London, NW1 7BX. Tel.: 020 7267 1526, Fax:020
7267 9142
Open: Mon-Thurs 10:30-6:00pm, Fri-Sun 10:30-7:00pm House, Breaks, Progressive House, Electro, Tech House, Techno, Drum N Bass, Leftfield etc. Also back catalogue and classics, merchandise, and worldwide mail order. Last update: 6.12.03
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| Rough Trade | 16 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, 0171 2400105, also 130 Talbot Rd., Notting
Hill Gate, W11, 0171 2298541
www.roughtrade.com, shop@roughtrade.com 10-6.30 Mon-Sat Used to be the indie shop, now very good on electronica. No listening facilities, but will play stuff for you if the shop is quiet. |
| Eukatech | 49 Endell St., WC2, 0171 2408060
11-7 Mon-Sat Techno, house and some dnb. £5.50/£7 for a 12. |
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| *Juno Records Mail Order | 70 Upper St., 0171 704 9595
Check their site at http://www.juno.co.uk. They'll mail you listings of the weeks new releases, and have links to 500 dance sites. Last update: 4.9.01 |
| Haggle Vinyl | 114 Essex Rd, 0171 7043101
http://www.hagglevinyl.com 9-7 Mon-Sat, 10-5 Sun. Sell Vinyl only, all genres, good hardcore, hip-hop, early house, strong rare jazz and rock etc. 2 decks. |
| Disque | 11 Chapel market, Islington, London, N1 9EZ, (+44) 020 7833 1104
http://nt2.disque.co.uk, http://www.disque.co.uk, care@disque.co.uk 9-8 Mon, Sun, 9-9 Tue-Thur, Sat; 9-midnight Fri. 'A wikkid selection, listening posts and friendly staff'. Also an online store, with free UK delivery. |
| Planet phat | 295 Caledonian Road, Islington, London, N1 1EG, Tel 020 7700 5450,
Fax 020 7607 3334.
http://www.planetphat.co.uk, sales@planetphat.co.uk UK Garage, breakbeat, house, trance, progressive, drum & bass. Secure on line ordering massive back catalogue. Worldwide shipping. Last update: 20.9.01 |
| Golden Grooves Records | 193 Whitecross Street, Islington, London, EC1Y 8QP.
Open: 10.30 - 18.00 Mon-Fri Second hand record shop selling all kinds of vinyl and CDs (CDs in a neighbouring store). Nearest tubes: old street / barbican / liverpool street / moorgate - all within 10 min walk. Last update: 6.12.03 |
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| Flying Records | Kensington Market W8, 0171 938 4407 |
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| *Beggars Banquet | 20 Putney High St., 0181 7809119
Really good shop. It's like Rough Trade - lots of indie and new electronic/dance/rap etc. |
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| Dancetrax | 92 Commercial St. London, E1 6LZ, 0207 377 0909, Fax: 0207 426 0480.
www.dancetrax.com 11-8 Mon-Sun Opposite the south exit of Spitalfields Market. New good-looking store (opened august 2000) specialising in hard house, nu-NRG, hard trance, techno, deep, tech & funky house, DnB & an eclectic selection of CD's. 5 technics listening posts & a large well equipped recording studio. Also online ordering. |
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| Scream | 12 Ashfield Parade, Southgate, N14 5AB, 0181 8862317, fax 0181 8824653
11-7 Mon-Sat Drum and bass, garage, house, old skool; plus back catalogue. Friendly and relaxed. Also clothing, record bags, tape packs, rave/club tix etc. |
| Spin-It | 13 High Road, Willesden Green, NW10, 0181 459 0761
10.30-6.30 Mon-Sat Good selection of new dance releases - speed garage and rap a speciality. |
| Ultimate dance music | 30 Southbury Rd, Enfield, EN1 1SA, tel/fax 00 44 (0)208 366 5422
www.ultimatedancemusic.co.uk, sales@ultimatedancemusic.co.uk 12-6.30 pm Mon, 10.30-6.30 Tue-Sat Specialists in uk garage, house, funky house, hardhouse. Dj accessories, tape packs etc. |
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| Warrior CD Store | 12 Westow Hill, SE19 1RX, 020 8670 6400
Cool cheap CD store. Last update: 4.9.01 |
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Try the London Techno Events guide to london shops. Or, try weed's london guide. Time out has reviews of quite a few soul & dance, second-hand and indie stores. |
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| Record Basement | 70-72 Kings Rd., 0118 957 3922
Same address as vinyl distribution, so you'd expect a great shop, but the stock is disappointing and staff unfriendly. |
| Replay | 4, Bristol & West Arcade, Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1JL, 0118
959 9959/ 0776 113 5541
Open 10.30-18.00 Mon-Sat. Opposite the town hall. All kinds of vinyl and CDs, 2nd hand. Last update: 6.12.03 |
| Music Man | 207 Oxford Rd., 01734 588335
2nd hand vinyl and cds; also buy and sell music gear. |
| Green River | 12 The Arcade, 01734 393639
Indie and dance. Formerly staffed by a member of ride, if that excites you. |
| HMV | 138-141 Friar St., 0118 956 0086 |
| Virgin | 1 Oxford Rd., 0118 957 5222 |
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| Slough Record Centre | 241-243 Farnham Rd., 01753 528194
Revamped dance music section with decks. Also ok on indie. Last update: 4.9.02 |
| HMV | Queensmere Centre, 01753 511176
9-6 Mon-Fri, 8.30-6 Sat, Closed Sun The best choice in the town centre. Last update: 29.6.03 |
| Virgin | High Street Slough
9-9 Mon-Fri, 8.30-9 Sat, 12-6 Sun Just opened next to the remodelled cinema. A little vinyl. |
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| *Ruffhouse Records | Arch 55, Railway Arches, 01753 621880
www.menace.co.uk House, drum and bass, techno etc. A ladder leads through a hole in the ceiling to a listening attic, which contains a pair of decks. There also used to be a rentable studio on site. Helpful staff. |
| Revolution Records | 7 St. Leonards Rd, 01753 867221
Indie and dance. |
| Virgin | 116 Peascod St., 01753 851482
Standard store. Last update: 4.9.01 |
| Sam Goody | 35-36 Peascod St., 01753 621668
Cd seller. |
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| *Parrot | 93 King St., 01223 312552
9-6 Mon and Sat, 10.30-6 Tue-Fri. Indie, techno, drum and bass, ambient etc. No listening facilities, but unusually cheap, esp for albums. Vinyl selection used to be good, but is getting smaller and smaller. Last update: 5.01.02 |
| Underground Solution | Was Unit 1, 53 Argyle St., 01223 505540. Was
moving to Mitchams Corner, but instead seems to have closed for good.
Drum and bass, plus garage. One deck, which they bring out from behind the counter for you. Small, so you can't look in unnoticed, but quite friendly and helpful. Last update: 14.5.01 |
| Streetwise Music | 76 King St., 01223 300496
www.streetwisemusic.com, info@streetwisemusic 10-6 Mon-Sat, not open Sun Progressive house, tech/tribal house, breakbeat, hard house, drum and bass/jungle. Remodelled a couple of years back (it used to be an indie and 2nd hand store) and became much more dance-orientated, now has 3 decks and specialist staff. Also has an online ordering service. Last update: 5.01.02 |
| Rhythm Syndicate | 5 Cobbles Yard, Napier St., 01223 323264
Well talked about, but a tad intimidating the first time you visit. Several decks. House, dnb, no techno. Last update: 5.01.02 |
| HMV | 12-15 Lion Yard, 01223 319090
www.hmv.co.uk 8.30-6 Mon, 9-6 Tue, 9-7 Wed, 9-6 Thur-Fri, 8.30-6 Sat, 10.30-4.30 Sun. Three crowded decks. Chart-bound new releases often cheap, and will order stuff. Last update: 5.01.02 |
| Jays | 50 Burleigh St., 01223 368089
9-5.30 Mon-Sat, 11-4 Sun Most types of dance music, pop, indie. Will play records for you if you ask, but not ideal for listening to more than a couple. Last update: 5.01.02 |
| Andys | 31 Fitzroy St., 01223 361038/366544
Overpriced 2nd hand and newish vinyl. Cds. |
| Garon Records and Books | 70 King St., 01223 362086
9.30-6 Mon-Sat, 12-5 Sun Classical, jazz etc. |
| Heffers Sound | 19 Trinity St., 01223 568562
Classical. |
| Virgin | 28 Grafton Centre, 01223 360333
Not noteworthy apart from occasionally giving away Junction tickets with albums. |
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| Vinyl 2U | 29 Lincoln Rd., 01733 342636
10.30-6 Mon-Sat, 10.30-8 Thur Hardcore, drum & bass, house, garage, tickets, merchandise, mail order, but no techno. £5 for a domestic 12. Friendly & enthusiastic. |
| HMV | 4 Cathedral Square 01733 347642
9.30-6 Tue, 9-8 Thur , 8.30-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-6 otherwise. Usual HMV. |
| Our Price | 34 Queensgate Centre, 01733 312929
Open: 9.30-5.30 Tue, 9-8 Thur, 9-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-5.30 otherwise. A little bit of vinyl. Quite friendly. |
| Andys | 37 Bridge St., 01733 345252
9-6 Mon-Fri, except 9-8 Thur, 8.30-6 Sat. Disappointing. |
| Virgin | Queensgate Centre
9.30-6 Tue, 9-8 Thur , 8.30-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-6 otherwise. Vinyl, but not a great selection. Also books, games etc. |
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| Sound Clash Records | 28 St. Benedicts St., 01603 761004
10-6 Mon-Sat, 10-9 Thur, open Sun Dnb, techno, house etc. 2 decks. Quite friendly & well staffed. |
| Revolver Records | 81 Ber St., 01603 622326
9.15-5ish 2nd hand vinyl & cds. Like music and video exchange, the prices decrease with every week a record goes unsold. A few bargains, and ok, though small, dance section. Friendly. |
| Fine City Sounds | 21-23 St. Bendicts St. (in a basement just off the street), 01603 630727
10-5.20 Mon-Sat 2nd hand vinyl. Worth checking for indie etc., as often cheaply priced. |
| Circular Sound | 5 St. Benedicts St., 01603 630130
10-5.30 Mon-Fri, 9-5.30 Sat 2nd hand. Good range, but few bargains, and slightly frosty service. One deck on the desk, so at least you can listen to stuff. |
| Play It Buy Ere | The Workshop, Jolly Butcher's Yard (down the street from Richer Sounds),
Ber St., 01603 630223
shop@nbd-recordings.demon.co.uk 10-6 or 7ish The white door at the end of butchers yard with 'open' stuck in the window. Mainly garage and house, but also some drum and bass, and a little techno. A pair of decks, which you have to go behind the counter to get at, linked to the main sound system. Shop doesn't look quite finished- racks need sorting out. Quite intimidating since the entire shop (full of staff and their mates) is forced to listen as you scan through your pile of records. Helpful in a good cop/ bad cop kind of way. Also an internet cafe. |
| HMV | 21 Gentlemans Walk, 01603 622329
9-6 Mon-Sat, 9-9 Thur Less vinyl than most HMVs, and a gap where the decks should be. |
| Virgin | 1 White Lion Gate, 01603 767376
9-6 Mon-Sat, open Sun Some vinyl, good for old chart stuff. |
| Our Price | 28 London St., 01603 765076
No vinyl. |
| Andys Records | 14-16 Lower Goat Lane, 01603 617047
9-6 Mon-Fri, 8.30-6 Sat Standard Andys, with some (mostly old) vinyl in the side room. |
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(The brighton info is pretty vague. We'll try and get back there soon). |
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| *Borderline Records | V. good selection of all sorts, crowded, ok staff. |
| Klik Klik Whirly Beep Beep | 91 Trafalgar Street
www.bangingtunes.com, klikklik@bangingtunes.com Techno/trance/trancecore etc., with decks built into space invader machines. Which is nice. |
| Wax Factor | 24 Trafalgar Street, 673744
2nd hand |
| Covert Records | 39a Sydney Street, Brighton, BN1 4EP. Tel: 01273624774.
Independent suppliers of technologically advanced underground music, techno, electro, breaks, house, tech-house etc. Also online store. Last update: 6.12.03 |
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| Sound Proof Records | 29 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1SY, tel./fax 44(0)1245 356771
http://www.soundproofrecords.co.uk Underground dance music shop stocking U.K garage, breakbeat, (hard) house, techno and drum & bass. Last update: 12.4.02 |
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| *Heaven Sent Records | 90 Haydon Place, 01483 537078
Small but well stocked cds and vinyl. Has more of an indie feel than some, and sells both the well known and the weirder stuff. No decks but the assistants are friendly and will play you your records, and also pick things out for you. Very good bigbeat / breakbeat section. Cheap too (£4 - £6 for singles). One i'd definitely recommend. |
| Dance 2 Records | 9-10 Woodbridge Rd, 01483 451002
In the style of the london shops, i.e. all the new records are held behind the counter, but you can go through and pick them out. Generally caters for the house / commercial trance end. A bit impersonal and too full, but has the new releases. Expensive: £5 to £8 for simgles. 4 decks to listen on. |
| Sound Barrier | 20-21 The Friary, 01483 300947
Cd only. Generally commercial but has a few interesting ones. |
| HMV | 75-79 The Friary Centre, 01483 565650
One of the better HMVs for dance music, this place has a lot of the new hits and also an interesting techno section if you can be bothered to look through it all. The guys who work there generally help though. Two decks but be prepared to queue. |
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| Massive | Gloucester Green, 01865 250476
Friendly knowledgeable dance music shop. |
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Check the Bristol ravers directory or try metronet |
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| Bangbang | 78 Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5BB. Tel: 0117 922 7377
www.bangbangrecords.com, shop@bangbangrecords.com House & dance music. Mail order vinyl specialist. Promos, white labels, US & euro imports, funky house, hard house, trance, progressive, techno, tech house, breaks, re-issue funk, soul, disco, DJ merchandise. Last update: 1.11.02 |
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| *Replay Records | 27 Broad St., 444577
Also BRISTOL: 9a Haymarket Walk, 265316 & 2 Haymarket Walk, 259840 Searchable stock index and mail order at http://www.replay.co.uk/ |
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| Acorn Records | 108a Kenwyn St, Truro, TR1 3DJ, tel/fax 01872 241368
www.acornrecords.com Buy & sell secondhand CDs & DVDs etc- they list the prices they'll pay on the web. Also secondhand music equipment. |
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| Reform Records | Easton buildings, Little castle st., Exeter, Devon EX4 3PX, 01392 435577.
http://www.reform-records.co.uk 10-6 Mon-Wed, 10-7 Thurs-Sat "Massive selection of trance, hard house, techno, jungle, garage etc, 10 listening posts, massive range of dj equipment as well. And the staff are very, very friendly." Last update: 15th July 2001. |
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| Acorn Records | Small record shop with small vinyl selection, but wide range and good
order service. 3-5 quid for a single.
Last update: 2000 |
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| Way Ahead Records | 47 Sadlergate, 01332 346808, also at 37 Castlefields Main Centre, 01332
361371
9.30-6 Mon-Sat Good on techno and drum & bass, but kind of expensive- £5.50 for a domestic 12. One deck on the counter. |
| BPM | The Strand, 01332 382038
10-6 Mon-Sat Ok dance music shop. |
| LT Music | Balcony, Market Hall, 01332 293600
9-5 Mon-Sat Buy and sell vinyl, cds, tapes. Specialists in rare & deleted items. No dance. |
| HMV | 2 Albion St., 01332 201902
Normal times, plus 10.30-4 Sun One deck at the cash desk. |
| Virgin | 10 Albion St., 01332 297197
9-5.30 Mon-Thur, 9-6 Fri-Sat A little vinyl. |
| Our Price | Eagle Centre, 01322 362916
9-6 Mon-Sat No vinyl. |
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| *The Music Box | 12 Guildhall, 01476 572151, phil@musicbox-g.demon.co.uk,
fax: 01476 401444 9-5.30 Mon-Sat. Closed Aug 25th-Sept 2nd. Fantastic little shop, with cheap cds (£10 for new releases), and reasonable selection of techno, house, drum & bass and trance vinyl. One deck, but someone had stolen the cartridge. |
| The Record Shop | 69 Westgate, 01476 64413
9.10-5.15ish Mon-Sat, 9.10-3.15 Wed. Ok on indie. |
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| *Selectadisc | 3 and 19/21 Market St., 0115 947 5420
9.30-6 Mon-Fri, 9-6 Sat. Singles at 3 Market St.; 'specialist cds' at number 19; albums, 2nd hand etc. at number 21. The singles shop is especially good, but with occasionally surly staff. |
| *Arcade Records | 15 Chapel Bar, 0115 9474932
Cheapest new CDs in town. Downstairs is dedicated to dance - Djs crowding around counter etc. Usually friendly staff |
| Virgin | 6 Wheeler Gate, 0115 947 6126 |
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| *Mike Lloyd Music | 14-20 Brunswick St., Hanley, 01782 269815
9-6 Mon-Sat, 11-4.30 Sun Vinyl is upstairs. New records are behind the counter, and there are v.good techno & drum and bass sections in the racks. Indie looks ok too. Prices reasonable, staff friendly. 2 decks and a cd. Also sell record bags, sleeves etc. |
| Replay Records | 109 High St., Tunstall, 01782 834660
9-5.30 Mon-Sat Cd and cassette vendor. |
| Andys Records | 156 Potteries Shopping Centre, Hanley, 01782 265666
9-6 Mon-Sat, 9-9 Tue & Thur, 11-5 Sun Large store, but no vinyl. |
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| Quadrastate Records | 72 Lower Hillgate, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 3AL, tel. 0161 285 2764,
fax 0161 285 6738
www.quadrastate.co.uk, aldo@quadrastate.co.uk 'Stockports only dance music specialist'. They stock all genres, and are about to add an online ordering service. Last update: 2000 |
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| Kaleidoscope Records | 30 Westfield Street, St Helens, WA10 1QF, tel/fax 01744 454190
http://www.krecords.com, gpduggins@hotmail.com Small, independent, specialist in St Helens selling new and secondhand
vinyl & cds- indie, punk, dub & reggae, krautrock etc.
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| Tune Inn Records | 2 Wren Lane, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 4PH, 01757 212592 / 212593
/ 07000 TUNE INN, Fax: 01757 212591
Mail order: PO Box 57 Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 4ZT http://www.tuneinn.com
Vinyl store specialising in underground acid, trance and techno vinyl (the UK's no.1 specialists, they say), with a nice website: searchable database and MP3 clips of every record in stock. Good for mail order too, with orders despatched next day. Last update: 2000 |
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| Record Box | 34 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU, Phone 0113 242 2488, Fax 0113 242
4060.
http://record-box.com, enquiries@record-box.com Mon -Sat 10:30 - 18:00; Sun 12:00 - 17:00. Highstreet / on-line leeds based shop, stocking dance 12" vinyl, new
& used, rare, deleted, promos, bootlegs, in lots of styles
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| Action Records | Preston
http://www.action-records.co.uk Good on indie, and also have a dance department, which apparently supplied Portishead's support on their last tour. CD albums £12-13, CD singles £2-3, also stock a lot of vinyl. 10% discount on orders over £100. Will mail you weekly with new release lists. Last update: 2000 |
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| *Fopp | 55 Cockburn St., 0131 2200133
www.fopp.demon.co.uk/fopp 9.30-7 Mon-Sat, 11-6 Sun Vinyl is downstairs, upstairs are lots of cheap cds. Very helpful and knowledgeable, sell house, techno, drum and bass, funk etc. 2 decks. Last update: 8.99 |
| *Underground Solution | 9 Cockburn St., 0131 2262242
10-6 Mon-Sat, 12-5 Sun House, techno, drum and bass, hip hop etc. 3 decks, and very friendly and helpful. Last update: 8.99 |
| Uber-disko | 36 Cockburn St., 0131 2262134, worldwide mail order 0131 2252232
10-6 Mon-Sat Mainly house and trance, a bit of techno. 5 chrome-plated decks, but service a bit frosty at times. Last update: 8.99 |
| Avalanche | 63 Cockburn St., 0131 2253939
2nd hand and new cds and vinyl. Small dance section, and lots of indie etc. Second hand stuff somewhat overpriced. Last update: 8.99 |
| Virgin | 125 Princes St., 0131 2202230
Reasonably sized dance section, but selection not that impressive. Last update: 8.99 |
| HMV | 129-103 Princes St., 0131 2257008
Huge singles section downstairs, with lots of vinyl you can pick out the racks and take to one of the 3 decks. Last update: 8.99 |
| Coda | Waverly Shopping Centre, Princes St., 0131 5574694
A tiny vinyl section, but choice not bad considering. Last update: 8.99 |
| HMV | 43-44 St. James Centre, 0131 5561236
Quite small store, with a tightly packed vinyl section. Last update: 8.99 |
| Ripping Records | 91 South Bridge, 0131 2267010
Cds only, with some mid-priced at £8.50. Last update: 8.99 |
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| Soundscape | 26 Baker Street
This shop sells mainly house and trance, and a little bit of other stuff. The selection is a bit limited but the guys in there are friendly and knowledgable. There are 2 Technics decks for listening to songs on. Prices are around £5 for a new release and £6-£8 for single promos/imports. Last update: 3.4.02 |
| Virgin | Thistle Marches Centre, 01786 479500
Standard chainstore. Last update: 8.99 |
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| CD Outlet | 81 South St.
Cheap cds (12.99 for new releases). Last update: 8.99 |
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| More Music | www.moremusic.co.uk, email:
sales@moremusic.co.uk
Secondhand record store. Rambling cluttered shop with boxes of vinyl everwhere- there are around 10,000 used dance 12" in the shop and another few thousand on the website. Last update: 2000 |
| NooNoo Records | 16 Clos Ebol, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 6TP
More of a label than a store, and its not clear whether you can just drop by. But they specialise in punk, ska, hardcore, emo and pop punk. Last update: 12.5.02 |
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| Sonic State Records | 8 Russell Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire, N. Wales, LL19 7HE. 01745 355002.
Specialists in Techno, Trance, HardStyle, Hard House, Tech-House, Progressive, House, and Breaks. Also online: 1 min audio clips for all tunes. "Staffed by friendly Dj's". Last update: 6.12.03 |
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| *Techno Import | In the 11th near Rough Trade, on a street parallel to rue Keller, 0148060953
You'll be asked to leave your bag behind the desk, but after that you have free access to boxes and boxes of records and 8 or 9 decks. Laurent Garnier's shop, apparently. |
| *Black Label Records | rue Keller, 75001, Metro Bastille
Stocks what you'd see in England, but do run free parties. |
| *Rough Trade | 30 Rue de Charonne, 11th, 40216162
Like Rough Trade in London. Just like Rough Trade in London, in fact. |
| le Shop | 3 rue d'Argout 75002, Metro Etienne Marcel, 0140289594
Clothes shop with a small, but fashionable, record stall. |
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| Frengo's Music | 65 Via della Lungaretta, 58332402
Mainly cds, but you may find some italian classic in the stacks of old vinyl in the back. Last update: 1998 |
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| Verlaine | Wittevrouwenstraat 4, 3512 CT Utrecht, 030-2317693
www.verlaine.nl 1200-2000 Mon-Fri, 1100-1800 Sat. A well-stocked CD rental store that also sells off its ex-rentals (for around 5 Euro) Last update: 06.12.2003 |
| Midtown | Zadelstr. 36, 030-2317198
Vinyl and CDs, with quite a bit of house. Last update: 01.2003 |
| Rhythm Import | Mariaplaats 5, 030-2315583
2 floor dance vinyl specialist, with the drum and bass downstairs. Upstairs is more housey. Last update: 06.12.2003 |
| White Noise | Choorstr. 6, 030-2318454
CD store, seems to be good on indie etc. Last update: 01.2003 |
| Da Capo | Oudegraacht 10, 3511 AM, 030-2316875
dacapo@wanadoo.nl 11:00-18:00 (to 21:00 thursdays, opens 13:00 monday). Lots of vinyl, second hand and new, focusing on indie, alternative, 60s etc. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Metro Recordstore | Oudegraacht 72b, 030-2232298
In the basement. DJ equipment and dance vinyl - techno, house, 2-step, dnb, electro etc. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Twist and shout | Oudegraacht 70, 3511 AT. 030-2340520.
CDs and vinyl, with some dance and hip-hop vinyl. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Ear and eye | Drieharingstr.
Several CD shops joined together. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Grammophoonwinkel | Oudegraacht 26, 3511 AP. 030-2317650.
CDs and CD singles upstairs - many of the singles are on sale. Has a basement full of 2nd hand CDs and vinyl that is open occasionally. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Plato | Steenweg 13, 3511 JK. 030-2310826.
CDs, with a lot on the indie/alternative side of things. Usually a bunch of special offers. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
| Plaatboef | Oudegraacht 306, 3511 PK. 030-2321807.
Mainly indie/alternative - new and 2nd hand CDs. Vinyl is upstairs. Last update: 6.12.2003 |
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| Diki Records | 101 Rue du Christ, 7700 Mouscron, + 32 56 33 33 43, fax: + 32 56 34
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email: DIKI.RECORDS@skynet.be or info@dikirecords.com Specilize in vinyl techno, house & trance. Last update: 2000 |
| Le Bonheur | Rue des éperonniers 59 spoormakersstraat / B-1000 Brussels,
Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 25116414
www.lebonheur.net, lebonheur@easynet.be 12-19 h Wed-Sat, 14-19 h Sun. Experimental/alternative music, plus videos, books and art. Last update: 17.11.2002 |
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| Heavy Soul Records | Neumarkstr. 29, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany, tel.: ++49-202-304302,
fax: ++49-202-304303
www.heavysoul.com, info@heavysoul.com Online store that specializes in drum&bass, jungle, hip hop, house, nu jazz, headz, breakbeat, jazz, funk, soul, reggae and dub. Mainly sell new stuff but also stock some rare 2nd hand hip hop. Last update: 07.2002 |
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| *DNA | 28 des pins east, 514 284-7434
Open at 12, or at 1 on sundays. Dance music store, with a hip hop shop upstairs and an equipment shop (moog audio) in the back. Import 12's range from $12 to $15, and theres a couple of decks to listen on. Staff are helpful, and its generally a cool shop. Website isn't up and running yet. Good on dnb, electro, house & techno. Last update: 26.09.02 |
| Primitive | 3828 St. Denis, 514 845-6017
Opens at 11 in the week. Mostly second hand, with lots of vinyl and also CDs. There is a small section of new techno etc., but the shop specialises in older stuff. Last update: 26.05.02 |
| Musik Hall | 4511 St. Denis, 514 842-7146
Basically a second hand CD shop (CDs around $11 or $12), but with a little bit of trance, goa and 2nd hand on vinyl, and a deck so you can hear the vinyl- though this recently seems to have been moved into a back room. Last update: 2.4.02 |
| Bpm Muzik | 1154 Sainte-Catherine est, 514 527-5912/1932
www.bpmmuzik.com, info@bpmmuzik.com House, trance & dance vinyl and cds, mix tapes and dj equipment. No drum and bass, and rather unfriendly signs informing you that if you open a sealed record 'you've just bought that record'. Good value second hand section, though you're not allowed to listen to the 2nd hand stuff, and you'll have to wade through a bunch of 80s soft rock. 3 or 4 listening posts. Last update: 5.01 |
| *Rotation | 30 Prince Arthur west, corner St. Laurent, 514 848-9562
www.rotationonline.com, rotation3@hotmail.com Techno, house, deep house, drum and bass, breakbeat and a little hip hop, on vinyl and cd. Import 12's are about $14, but they also sell lots of second hand vinyl. Four decks to listen on. As of October 2002, however, it's been closed down and boarded up. Last update: 20.10.02 |
| Underworld | 289 Sainte-Catherine est, 514 284-6418.
In the basement of the skate clothing store upstairs. Predominately hardcore, punk, metal, ska and alternative, on vinyl and cd. Also buy used records. Last update: 2.01 |
| Soundcentral | 182 Sainte-Catherine est
Hard to find- its up from the street, through a black metal door. Mainly hardcore, punk etc. with a bit of alternative thrown in. V inyl and cd. Last update: 2.01 |
| Soukous Plus | 6250 St. Hubert (in the plaza), 514 274-5337
soukousmusic@aol.com African and carribean (soca, dancehall etc.) music specialist- all on Cd, though they may stock vinyl in the future. Friendly and helpful. Last update: 4.01 |
| *Rayon Laser | 3656 St. Laurent, 514 848-6300 (front room), 514 841-3163 (back room-
Tabou DJ club)
CDs in the main room, vinyl in the back room. Reasonable stock of import drum and bass, plus house, trance and a little breakbeat. Import twelves come in at about $15. One deck to listen on, plus they'll play stuff for you. Friendly and helpful. Last update: 14.4.01 |
| Inbeat | 3814 St. Laurent (north of des Pins), 514 499-2063
Almost painfully trendy store on the main. House, tech-house, trance, 2 step and garage on vinyl and cd. Maybe the the spacious atmosphere is misleading, but just doesn't seem to have that many records compared with, say, the packed racks of rayon laser, DNA or rotation. Last update: 4.01 |
| Mojo | 3968 St. Laurent, 514 282-7730
Nice new/second-hand music and book store, tending to specialise in jazz, blues, reggae and world music vinyl. Last update: 4.01 |
| Beatnick Disques | 3770 St. Denis, 514 842-0664
Multi-roomed basement stocking new, import & 2nd hand store with vinyl and cds dating back to the 60s, but with a good selection of current indie and a little second hand dance vinyl. Last update: 4.01 |
| *Cheap Thrills | 2044 Metcalfe, 2nd floor, 514 844-8988
www.cheapthrills.ca, info@cheapthrills.ca Second hand and new CDs, vinyl, and gig tickets. Knowledgeable staff and an indie slant to proceedings. Mail order via the website. Last update: 14.9.02 |
| Noize | 3697 St. Laurent, 514 985-9989
Spacious upstairs shop, stocking drum and bass, breakbeat, house, techno, hip hop, ambient, post-rock and some other stuff on vinyl and cd. 2 decks and 2 sofas. Fair amount of well-used drum and bass. Last update: 4.01 |
| Esoterik | 1841 C St. Catherine Ouest, 514 937-5192
Basement store stocking new and used cds and vinyl, particularly good on the post-rock, ambient and minimal techno side of things. The only way to listen to vinyl is for it to be played for you- they seem happy to play a big stack for you over the shop sound system, but a personal deck would be nice. Last update: 29.10.01 |
| Le Pick-Up | 262 Mont-Royal est, 514 849-9484
Second hand and new vinyl and cds, with big funk and soul selections. Also worth checking in the racks on the floor, which contain a largish alternative selection, for example. Just to keep you on your toes the records are alphabeticised from right to left, which makes a change. Last update: 26.5.02 |
| Tabou DJ Club | 1021 St. Catherine West, 3rd floor. 514 288-5609.
www.tabourecords.com, tabourecords@hotmail.com Haven't visited this one yet, buts stocks house, hip hop, trance, dnb and reggae. 1435 Bleury, Suite #102, 514 288-5609: This branch has moved to the St. Catherine location, there is also a branch in the back room at Rayon Laser. Last update: 26.05.02 |
| Atom Heart | 364b Sherbrooke est, 514 843-8484, Sherbrooke Metro
www.atomheart.ca, info@atomheart.ca 11-18 Mon, Tue; 11-20 Wed, 11-21 Thur, Fri; 11-17 Sat; 12-17 Sun. Indie, experimental and electronica on CD and vinyl. Friendly and knowledgeable. Lots of the CDs are imports, and so often expensive, though you get a voucher worth 10 % of what you've bought with your receipt. Usually two listening posts, but only one works at the moment. Last update: 26.5.01 |
| Homebass | 4742 Notre Dame St. West, Montreal, QC H4C 1S8, (514) 932-5330, fax:
(514) 932-5391
www.homebass.ca, communications@homebass.com Online only- no real world store. Stock dance, techno, d&b, breakbeat, house and trance albums and vinyl. Web site can be a little slow, but they do have MP3 clips of all songs stocked. $12-14 for 12s, with canadian shipping starting around $5 for vinyl. Last update: 18.5.01 |
| *Disquivel | 1587 boul. St.-Laurent, 514 842-1607, St.-Laurent Metro.
Open 7 days. Huge stocks of second hand and new vinyl and cds. They list their specialties as 'bizarro, drum and bass, experimental, hip hop, house, international, rock, jazz, techno, soundtracks and trip hop.' The indie selection is pretty good, and there's one turntable listening post. Last update: 15.9.02 |
| Terminal Records | 2011 St. Denis, H2X 3K8, 514 844-8519.
In the basement of the 'Arithmetik' clothing store. Fairly small, but there's a knowledgeable guy who'll guide you through the stocks of techno, house, and progressive. Two technics listening posts. Last update: 24.7.01 |
| MEM | 1379 Mont-Royal Est, H2J 1YB, 514 524-7397, toll-free 1-800-640-7397,
fax: 514 524-3790.
www.memrecords.com, information@memrecords.com Large CD section out the front, and in the back room there's vinyl: chart 12s, house, r&b, hip hop etc. It was boarded up for a few months in early 2002, but has now reopened. Apart from the new fittings, the main change is that there is a now a bit of soca and dancehall in the racks. Last update: 8.06.02 |
| *L'Oblique | 4333 Rivard, H2J 2M7, 514 499-1323
12-6, 12-9 Thur. About a block south of Mont-Royal, this corner shop mainly stocks cool indie and alternative, with the UK well represented on both vinyl (including 7 inches) and CD. Sells gig tickets. Friendly too. Last update: 8.09.02 |
| Fichtre | 436 de Bienville, 514 844-9550.
Used to stock techno and hip hop, now just stocks comics. Last update: 24.7.01 |
| Synchro | 201 Duluth est, 514 843-6356.
www.disquessynchro.com Newish shop. Small, but well-chosen, stocks of house and drum and bass. Also acid jazz, ambient, breakbeat, cuban, funk etc. Two turntables and a CD for listening on. Last update: 6.10.01 |
| Stomp | 78 Rachel est, 514 842-5887.
Ska, hardcore, punk etc., on vinyl and CD. Last update: 6.10.01 |
| Sonik | 4050 Berri (& Duluth), 514 288-2113.
2nd hand CD and vinyl store, with punk and alternative sections. Friendly. Last update: 29.10.01 |
| Le Subalterne | 3603 St. Denis, 514 841-8019. Metro Sherbrooke.
New shop, in what was Le Marché du Disque. Huge stock of 2nd hand indie and alternative on CD. Last update: 1.2.02 |
| Triple AAA | 6895A Victoria Ave., 514 344-5353. Metro Plamondon.
Reggae, hip hop, soca, r&b etc. Stacks of vinyl. Last update: 1.10.02 |
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| Sam the Record Man | 399 St. Catherine West, 514 281-9877
New CDs: ok stock, ok prices. Now closed. Last update: 1.2.02. |
| HMV | 1020 St. Catherine West, 514 875-0765
Regular HMV, with disappointingly small stock. No vinyl. Last update: 2.01 |
| Le Marché du Disque | 3603 St. Denis (near Sherbrooke Metro), 514 841-8019.
There's another branch at 793 Mont Royal est, 514 526-3575.
New and second-hand vinyl and Cds. Good selection of vinyl, mostly on the rock/indie/alternative side of things, but also some funk and so on. The branch at 3603 St. Denis has become Le Subalterne. Last update: 4.01 |
| Le Tuyau Musical | 781 Mont-Royal est, 514 525-1257
1000-1800 Mon-Wed, Sat, 1000-2100 Thur-Fri, 1100-1800 Sun. One of the strip of second hand CD shops along Mont-Royal that also has some second hand vinyl. Last update: 8.06.02 |
| C Dement | 388 St. Catherine ouest, 514 866-7616
One of the better new and used CD stores, with a tiny bit of vinyl. Last update: 4.01 |
| Le Fox-Troc | 819 Mont-Royal est, 514 521-9856
1000-1800 Mon-Wed, Sat, 1000-2100 Thur-Fri, 1100-1800 Sun. Another in the mont-royal 2nd hand cd strip- just cds, and a smaller selection than some of the others, but also a few real bargains. Last update: 15.12.01 |
| Le Marché du Disque | 793 Mont-Royal est, 514 526-3575
Second hand cd and vinyl. Lots of vinyl, but mainly old pop/rock, with the 'techno' section mostly made up of mid-90s chart dance 12s. Last update: 15.12.01 |
| L'échange | 3694 St. Denis, 514 849-1913
10-22 h Mon-Sun Second hand cd and book shop, cds about $11. Some vinyl, but most of it seems to be classical. Last update: 4.01 |
| L'intermediaire | 3809 St. Denis, 514 844-8590
Second hand cds. Last update: 4.01 |
| Au tourne-livre | 707 Mont-Royal est, 514 598-8580
Yet another second-hand store on Mont-Royal, mostly CDs but some vinyl in boxes under a table at the back. However, the vinyl is hardly worth a glance, containing all the usual suspects from the 80s (Tiffany, anyone?). Last update: 4.01 |
| CD @ neuf | 1233 Mont-Royal est, 514 526-7888
CD shop. Not bad. Last update: 4.01 |
| Mars | 460 St-Catherine West, 514 844-4329 (downstairs, next to Pharmaprix),
Metro McGill
Second hand CD and vinyl. The vinyl is mainly older stuff, with hardly any electronica. Apparently any dance music that comes in goes quickly, though you'd be hard pushed to find it amongst the stacks of vinyl. Last update: 15.7.01 |
| L'Avant-Gardisques | 6405 St. Hubert, H2S 1L9, 514 277-7115, fax: 514 277-7644.
Open 7 days, 12-5 Sun. New and second hand CDs, marginally cheaper than other similar shops. Last update: 24.7.01 |
| Freeson Rock | 1477 Mont-Royal Est, H2J 1Z1, 514 521-5159, fax: 514 521-3551.
www.freesonrock.com, freeson@zorglobe.com CD shop which specialises in progressive (rock, not house) and metal. Last update: 24.7.01 |
| Audiorama | 5851 St. Hubert
Classical. |
| Archambault | 175 St. Catherine St. West (Place des Arts), 514 281-0367 and 500 St.
Catherine St. East (nearish Berri), 514 849-6202
Electronica section isn't bad. CDs. Last update: 1.10.02 |
| L'échange | 713 Mont-Royal est, 514 523-6389
Second-hand CDs and books. Last update: 8.06.02 |
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| *Play de Record | 357a Yonge Street (north of Dundas), Toronto, Tel. 416 586-0380
www.playderecord.com, info@playderecord.com The racks are stuffed with vinyl, covering dnb, techno, house, trance, soca, hip hop etc. Exceptionally friendly, also good on old school stuff - they have stacks of it out the back, which they'll happily dig through for you. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Eastern Bloc | 336 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor (inside Sunrise records), Toronto, Tel.
416 593-4355
Opens around 11 in the week. Usually open on Sunday afternoons, though closed up when we passed by mid-afternoon so we were unable to give the place a look over. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Sunrise Records | 336 Yonge Street, Toronto
CD store. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Sam the Record Man | 347 Yonge Street, Toronto.
Easily spotted by the massive neon rotating CDs. Well stocked with CDs- the electronica section (upstairs) is pretty strong. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Rotate This | 620 Queen Street West (north side of the street, west of Bathurst),
Toronto, Tel. 416 504-8447
Frequently-recommended store stocking CD and vinyl. Indie/alternative, drum and bass, techno etc. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Metropolis | 162 Spadina Avenue (northwest of corner with Queen), Toronto, Tel.
416 364-0230
Drum and bass, techno, minimal, ambient, trip hop etc. on vinyl and CD. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Kops | 229 Queen Street West (east of John), Toronto, Tel. 416 593-8523
Indie, dnb, techno; new and used vinyl and CDs. Last update: 21.10.02 |
| Soundscapes | 572 College Street (Little Italy), Toronto, Tel. 416 537-1620.
Cool-looking store stocking jazz, roots, reggae, electronica etc. Last update: 21.10.02 |
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| Walkabout | 93 King Street, Brockville, Tel. 613345-0127
Second hand book and CD store. Cheapish. Last update: 21.10.02 |
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(In Port of Spain there's an internet cafe at Level 1 Town Center Mall, 19-21 Frederick Street, 868-624-4202 (phone & fax). 3 computers, charges 15TT/hour, open 8-5 Mon-Thur, 8-6 Fri. Also places at UWI (The Place, Watt St., 662 8504) and in San Fernando (Libary Court, 653 4663, open 7-7 Mon-Sat)). |
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| Rhyner's | 54 Prince St., 6252476/6235673
rhyner@fml.wow.net Helpful, and will play stuff to you (and the street), but vinyl stock somewhat limited. Another branch at the airport sells at duty free prices. Also sells tickets etc. Last update: 3.99 |
| Crosby's | 54 Western Main Road, St. James, 6227622
crosby@carib-link.net Didn't actually review this one, but its supposed to be one of the best in Port of Spain. Soca specialist. Last update: 3.99 |
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| *Rhythm Nation | Kantac Plaza, 131 Eastern Main Road, Arouca, 642 8989
One wall of dancehall plates, another of calypso and soca 12s and albums. Very helpful; will spend a good hour picking out and playing tracks for you, including things from their record bags which they aren't actually selling but think you might like. Also stock cds, music equipment etc. Last update: 3.99 |
| Ear Traffic Control | 138 Eastern Main Road, Tunapuna, 645 1011 (phone & fax)
Stock vinyl, cds, tapes and dj equipment. Often have boxes of 7s and 12s on sale. Will play stuff for you, but not always tremendously helpful. Last update: 3.99 |
| Disco Trax | Eastern Main Rd. & Frederick St., Curepe, 663 1449
Mostly cds, but some calypso vinyl. Also music equipment etc. Last update: 3.99 |
| Sanch Electronics | Riverside Rd., Curepe.
Audiophile hi-fi and jazz specialist. Rather frosty. Last update: 3.99 |
| First Priority Music | Eastern Main Road & Curepe Junction, Curepe, 645 9895
Stock cds. Last update: 3.99 |
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| No. 1 Record Shop | Independence Square, 4265831.
Cds and soca vinyl. Helpful, but no listening facilities for vinyl, so be prepared to sing what you want. Last update: 3.02 |
| Dance World Dub Country | Corner Dottinís Alley and Marhill St., 4363696, fax: 4363766
danceworld@sunbeach.net Dub and hip hop vinyl. Pair of decks behind the counter, and they'll usually spend the time to pick out and play stuff for you. Recently has moved a few metres, now is next door to a bar - may be worth asking in there if its closed up. Last update: 3.02 |
| Power Station | Ground floor, Cave Shepherd, Broad St., 4312125/4312121.
Cds on the ground floor of the big department store. Last update: 3.02 |
| Platinum Sounds | 6 Roebuck Street, Bridgetown, 4267323.
Upstairs from the street. CDs and tapes. Small, but specialize on the rap side of things. Last update: 9.00 |
| Sound Factory | City Centre Mall, Chapel St., Bridgetown, 4310860.
Another cd-only shop. Last update: 9.00 |
| The Bookden | Top 5th Avenue, Belleville, Bridgetown, 4269124.
10-4.30 Secondhand book store with a back room full of secondhand vinyl- mostly dating from the 70s and earlier. Usually charges around $5 an album, $2 for 7"s. Last update: 9.00 |
| O-tees Music Palace | Just south of Broad Street.
Friendly store with two walls covered in racks of vinyl- dub, hip hop etc. Last update: 3.02 |
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