Vinyl Stores
A list of the coolest vinyl shops around.
Rasputin Music
Campbell - Campbell, CA United StatesIn lieu of the sanitized, homogenized look of corporate record stores, Rasputin Music prefers something a little more interesting. Posters, stickers and flyers cover the walls. Black shelves house new and used CDs of all genres, along with an ever-growing collection of DVDs. A vinyl section...
Rasputin Music
Telegraph - Berkeley, CA United StatesIn lieu of the sanitized, homogenized look of corporate record stores, Rasputin Music prefers something a little more interesting. Posters, stickers and flyers cover the walls. Black shelves house new and used CDs of all genres, along with an...
Recycled Records
Haight - San Francisco, CA United StatesSomething tells us that long after CDs take their place on the shelves of history, vinyl records will be alive and well. Recycled Records has been selling used vinyl since 1977 and today serves as a fascinating resource to collectors and passersby...
Rotate This
West Queen West - Toronto, ON CanadaRotate this. That's an order. In a politically correct world where critisizing anything is anathema, Rotate This is CD/vinyl shopping with an opinion, an opinion apparent as much in the stock as in the staff. What you'll find is an...
Sonic Boom
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesSonic Boom is the kind of independent record store you would hope to see in Seattle. The cozy (relative to mega-stores) spaces house a little bit of everything. You'll find some pop, but that's among a nice contingent of indie rock and...
The Bookworks
Lakeview/Wrigleyville - Chicago, IL United StatesIn the shadow of historic Wrigley Fields, The Bookwooks offers other forms of history. Foremost are tens of thousands of books of the used and often rare variety with a focus on, what else, sports. Also around are bins of vinyl records, used CDs...
Wax N Facts
Little Five Points - Atlanta, GA United StatesWax N Facts is the hub of the record collecting/making community in Atlanta. Walking into this dusty shot-gun style record store you become aware that the long-haired college age guy behind the counter is most likely in 3 or 4 bands himself and takes his vinyl very seriously. This is not the...