This is my guide to where to buy records in Scotland – with every independent record shop mapped, from Kirkcudbright to Shetland. You also find all of the regular record fairs in Scotland too.
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Where to buy records in Scotland
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Monorail Music
Opened in December 2002 inside Mono, the vegan cafe-bar and gig venue, and co-founded by Stephen McRobbie of The Pastels. Close ties to Chemikal Underground, Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub and Mogwai. Curated rather than comprehensive – what they stock, they stand behind.
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A stone's throw from Queen Street station and open well over twenty years. Rock in all its forms, plenty of second-hand, and a good number of records by Scottish artists you'd struggle to find elsewhere. Billy Connolly and Seasick Steve have both been in.
↑ Back to mapMixed Up Records
Down the quirky Otago Lane in the West End, a stone's throw from Glasgow University. Second-hand and vintage vinyl with bargains starting at a pound, so it caters for students on the tightest budgets. Have a dig through the crates on the floor.
↑ Back to mapRubadub
The go-to for anyone making or playing dance music – records alongside synths, drum machines, mixers, turntables and headphones. Going for 25-plus years, and they make music themselves, which is why the equipment advice is worth having.
↑ Back to mapMissing Records
Independent since 1984 and moved to larger premises on Oswald Street in 2019. Second-hand vinyl, CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray. Has been called Glasgow's best record store more than once.
↑ Back to mapSome Great Reward
A record shop and takeaway cafe in the Cooperage on the Southside. Reward scheme gets you a free LP after every tenth purchase. On Record Store Day the whole Cooperage joins in – DJs from 11am, live music from half three.
↑ Back to mapStrip Joint Records
An actual record shop inside the Strip Joint bar and restaurant on the Finnieston strip. Browse the racks, then stay for dinner. One of the most sociable record-shopping experiences in the city.
↑ Back to mapMusic From Big Blue
The physical shop of Last Night From Glasgow, the fan-funded not-for-profit record label. Buying here puts money straight back into Scottish artists. They brew a birthday IPA, which tells you the spirit of the place.
↑ Back to mapPalais de Danse
Up an arduous climb to a tiny attic space in De Courcy's Arcade, occupied since 2016. Second-hand house, disco, techno, funk and soul, plus the odd in-store performance or party. Richly rewards the stairs.
↑ Back to mapRecord Fayre
Established in 1983 as a stall in the Argyle Street market, and one of the few independents that not only survived the 1980s but prospered. A special affinity for punk and rock.
↑ Back to mapMostly Vinyl Micky
In the East End right beside the Barrowlands, which is exactly where it should be. New sealed vinyl, second-hand albums, and a great run of indie and Madchester memorabilia from tees to framed displays.
↑ Back to mapBlitzkriegshop
Punk, metal and hardcore specialists, and a Record Store Day participant. Vinyl, CDs, books, DVDs, t-shirts, artwork and gigs.
↑ Back to mapSecond Line Records
A dream for jazz, blues, funk, world and hip hop collectors, with a serious run of top-pressing jazz LPs. Lovely wood-fitted shop in Hyndland – small, beautifully laid out, and the owners will order in anything they do not have.
↑ Back to mapOtherside Records
A small Southside shop with a small but well-chosen stock of used vinyl. Worth pairing with Some Great Reward a few doors along.
↑ Back to mapAssai Records Glasgow
The third Assai, after Dundee and Edinburgh. New vinyl, their own-branded turntables, and Assai Recordings behind it promoting new Scottish talent.
↑ Back to mapOxfam Music, Byres Road
One of only five specialist Oxfam music shops in the UK. Vinyl and CDs plus instruments, hi-fi, cassettes, memorabilia and music books. Always a few excellent discoveries among the racks.
↑ Back to mapRecord Market
A Paisley institution selling excellent vinyl at brilliant prices.
↑ Back to mapReverence Music
Inverclyde's record shop and an official Record Store Day stockist – the westernmost shop on the Clyde and the only one for miles.
↑ Back to mapAssai Records Edinburgh
In the theatre district, in the building that once housed the McAlister Matheson classical shop. Spacious and a pleasure to browse, with a points scheme, their own-branded turntables and their own label.
↑ Back to mapVoxBox Music
Bright blue frontage on St Stephen Street, open since May 2011. The back room, Side B, is vintage LPs and singles at a pound fifty with a 1960s record player so you can listen before you buy. Every record machine-cleaned.
↑ Back to mapUnderground Solu'shn
Cockburn Street was once full of record shops and this one outlasted them all. Selling house, techno, disco, hip hop, funk, soul and jazz since 1996, plus DJ and hi-fi equipment. The sole surviving independent dance specialist in the city.
↑ Back to mapVinyl Villains
Opened in 1983 and still under the same ownership, which makes it probably Edinburgh's longest-running independent record shop. A graffiti-splashed storefront and a dark little box of delights – punk, metal and rare second-hand.
↑ Back to mapBackbeat Records
Open since 1981 with something like 65,000 records across six rooms, catalogued mainly in the owner's head. Bring Douglas your wantlist rather than trying to browse it. Organised chaos and a digger's dream.
↑ Back to mapThorne Records
Bright yellow on Bruntsfield's cafe-lined street. Curated jazz, folk and world music alongside current releases, and the owner is famed for tracking down elusive albums for regulars.
↑ Back to mapUmbrella Vinyl
Second-hand specialists in jazz, soul, funk, blues, reggae and global sounds, plus new records from local artists and labels.
↑ Back to mapGood Vibes Neighbourhood Store
Beautifully curated, and the place to find the entire Lost Map Records catalogue along with their trademark genre caps. Runs DJ nights and outstore parties that spill into the bars round the corner.
↑ Back to mapSlow Progress Records & Coffee
More than a record shop – a genuinely lovely spot for a coffee in the Old Town, with the racks alongside. An official Record Store Day stockist.
↑ Back to mapGreenhouse Records
An independent record shop and radical bookstore, specialising in underground dance, leftfield and experimental sounds from around the world. There's a tailored subscription service too.
↑ Back to mapParadise Palms
A veggie restaurant, a very good bar, a record label and a record shop, all at once. Specialises in indie electronica and experimental dance. Near Potterrow, and unlike anywhere else in the city.
↑ Back to mapBeat Generation Records
One of Edinburgh's newest, selling new and second-hand vinyl and already hosting a full programme of in-store events.
↑ Back to mapAvalanche Records
A stalwart of the Edinburgh indie scene for over twenty years, known for acoustic in-stores and for pointing people at new homegrown talent. New and used vinyl, CDs and a wide selection of t-shirts.
↑ Back to mapBacktracks
Quality second-hand music and games in most formats, with a big selection of rare and hard-to-find classics.
↑ Back to mapOxfam Music, Stockbridge
Edinburgh's only specialist charity music shop, staffed by volunteers with a real passion for it. The largest vinyl selection in the area and the biggest second-hand classical stock in the city, all individually checked and priced by specialists.
↑ Back to mapAlmond River Records
Out west in Corstorphine, away from the usual record-shop trail, which is rather the point.
↑ Back to mapLow Port Music
West Lothian's only independent record store, with several thousand titles listed online and an official Record Store Day stockist. Also runs the Linlithgow record fair at the old library.
↑ Back to mapGreen Cat Record Shop
Second-hand records and CDs on Dunbar High Street – the only record shop in East Lothian, and an easy stop off the A1.
↑ Back to mapFuttle Records
A record shop upstairs in an organic brewery, taproom and coffee shop at Bowhouse in the East Neuk. Eclectic selection with a turntable so you can listen to anything that catches your eye, crayons and paper on the tables for the children, natural wine and their own beer downstairs, and sometimes live music. On the Balcaskie Estate, the same farm Vandyke Brothers now roast coffee on.
↑ Back to mapKCC Vinyl
New and classic albums each month in the Kingdom Centre, aimed at helping you build a collection quickly rather than hunt for one rarity.
↑ Back to mapConcorde Music Shop
The oldest established family-run record shop in Scotland, opened in 1967 and named after the plane – which it has now outlasted. The Smith family bought it from the accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand and his family. Vinyl, CDs, cassettes, turntables, and a whole area given over to stamps, coins and football programmes.
↑ Back to mapEuropa Music
Opened in Alloa in 1976 and moved to Stirling in 1992, where Ewen added a specialist vinyl room just as everyone else was shrinking theirs. In 1995 a suspected arson destroyed that room and £250,000 of uninsured stock. The town rallied, locals donated their own collections – including an original White Album – and it was rebuilt. Now the largest browsable vinyl shop in Scotland.
↑ Back to mapGroucho's
For more than forty years and through several addresses, the number one destination for Dundee music fans. A treasure trove of rare singles and LPs, and the ticket service lets you bypass Ticketmaster for Scottish gigs. Rumours is the perennial best seller – they can't get enough copies.
↑ Back to mapAssai Records Dundee
Opened in Broughty Ferry in 2015 by Keith Ingram with Andy McLaren, who had spent thirteen years at Groucho's. Deliberately built to complement Groucho's rather than compete – new vinyl where Groucho's does second-hand. Moved to Union Street in 2019 and reckoned one of the most aesthetically pleasing record shops in the UK.
↑ Back to mapThirteen Records
Neighbours with Assai on Union Street, a short walk from the station. Mostly second-hand vinyl, CDs, books and films with a small new selection, and priced accessibly. They sometimes leave a free vinyl box outside for passers-by.
↑ Back to mapLe Freak Records
A record and art shop on Perth Road with a wall made of Lego inside, and a solid run of indie, soul and dance. Runs all-vinyl DJ sets in the shop and an afterparty at CANVAS on Record Store Day.
↑ Back to mapMo' Fidelity Records
A small local independent in Montrose doing second-hand and new-release CDs, vinyl and music books. The only record shop for a long stretch of the Angus coast.
↑ Back to mapChameleon
Long the most unusual record shop in the UK – vinyl alongside designer Scandinavian furniture, contemporary lighting, glassware and art prints, where you could walk out with an £8,000 sofa or the latest indie release. Now co-located inside Holburn HiFi, which suits it. Michael knows his stock and it is a lot of people's go-to in Aberdeen for new records.
↑ Back to mapRed Robin Records Vinyl Cafe
A vinyl cafe just off Union Street that hand-roasts its own single-source coffee – so it belongs in this directory and the coffee one. A quiet spot for a browse, and a short walk from both Aberdeen Vinyl Records and Maidin Vinyl for a full day of it.
↑ Back to mapSpin Records
Upstairs from Spin Bar and Diner. Over 10,000 records in stock and hundreds of thousands more in storage, from Iron Maiden to Sun Ra. Where else can you get a pint, a coffee and some genuinely obscure vinyl in the same building.
↑ Back to mapMaidin Vinyl
Moved here from premises inside a gym, which had brought on endless jokey requests for Pump It Up and Physical. Now near the Central Library, run by Liz and Aileen with the musically-named dogs Mojo and Lemmy. Few people leave without buying something.
↑ Back to mapAberdeen Vinyl Records
Bob is a local musician and author with decades in vinyl, and there are usually 3,000-plus LPs in stock. They also run a monthly podcast recorded in the shop with guests from the music business.
↑ Back to mapGoldstar Records
A Fonthill Road second-hand shop away from the Union Street cluster.
↑ Back to mapElgin Record Fair
Moray has no record shop, but Allander Record Fairs bring one to Bishopmill Hall a couple of times a year. For a region this size that fair is the whole scene, so it is worth the diary note.
↑ Back to mapUnion Vinyl
Started around ten years ago by Nigel Graham out of an obsession with collecting, and the only independent dedicated vinyl shop in Inverness. New and collectable vinyl, and the record store of the Highlands by default.
↑ Back to mapBarney's Spin Vinyl & Retro Games
Vinyl alongside retro games – the second-hand half of the Inverness scene.
↑ Back to mapVinyl Stop
At Strath in Gairloch, on the west coast beyond Loch Maree. The most remote record shop on the Scottish mainland by a long way – the nearest other one is Inverness, roughly two hours east.
↑ Back to mapThurso Record Fair
Caithness has no record shop, but Allander bring a fair to the British Legion in Thurso – the most northerly record fair on the Scottish mainland.
↑ Back to mapInverness Record Fair
An Allander fair at the Beaufort Hotel, and the main event in the Highland record-collecting calendar alongside Union Vinyl.
↑ Back to mapHelensburgh Record Fair
Argyll and Bute has no record shop at all, so Second Sound's fair at the Ardencaple Hotel in Rhu is the only place in the region to dig through crates. Check ahead – dates do get cancelled.
↑ Back to mapBig Sparra Vinyl
Widely reckoned the best music shop in Ayrshire, and one of the best all-round independents in Scotland – punk to reggae to country to every shade of metal. Ian behind the counter is happy to chat about any of it and the recommendations are worth taking. They run regular events and record days too.
↑ Back to mapSaltcoats Record Centre
On the Ayrshire coast at Saltcoats, a proper old-fashioned record centre.
↑ Back to mapAyr Record Fair
Blackbyrd Vinyl's fair in the Grain Exchange on Ayr High Street, a few times a year.
↑ Back to mapNew Lanark Record Fair
A record fair inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site – Allander run it at the visitor centre in the restored mill village. Easily the most scenic crate-digging in Scotland.
↑ Back to mapEast Kilbride Record Fair
A three-day Allander fair in the shopping centre, and one of the biggest in the central belt.
↑ Back to mapCumbernauld Record Fair
Allander's fair at the Antonine Centre, running a couple of times a year.
↑ Back to mapDomino Entertainments
A riverside shop on the White Sands stocking vinyl, CDs, cassettes, DVDs and videos, mostly pop and rock with some dance. The only record shop in the whole of Dumfries and Galloway.
↑ Back to mapGrooves Records
Billed as the most northerly and remote independent record shop in the UK, and it has moved seven times in its history. Neil started it because no shop in Kirkwall catered for heavy rock, and ran video hire alongside for years. Now huge inside – records, books, toys, games and a coffee shop.
↑ Back to mapThe Bop Shop
Britain's most northerly record shop – further north than Grooves in Kirkwall, whatever anyone else claims. A not-for-profit record shop and creative space, community based and volunteer led, and it opens one day a month, which is why visitors sometimes report finding the door shut. Check the Facebook page for the next opening before you sail. LPs have gone for two pounds apiece.
↑ Back to mapGlasgow Record Fair, Phillie's of Shawlands
Blackbyrd Vinyl's monthly Sunday fair in a Shawlands bar. Records and a pint, once a month, all year round.
↑ Back to mapGlasgow Record Fair, Redmond's of Dennistoun
The East End counterpart to Shawlands – another monthly Blackbyrd fair in a bar, this one on Duke Street.
↑ Back to mapGlasgow Record Fair, Merchant Square
VIP Record Fairs in the covered courtyard of Merchant Square, several times a year.
↑ Back to mapPaisley Record Fair
Allander's two-day fair in the Piazza Centre.
↑ Back to mapEdinburgh Record Fair, Ocean Terminal
A four-day Allander fair at Ocean Terminal – the longest-running fair of the year in Scotland.
↑ Back to mapEdinburgh Record Fair, Wee Red Bar
In the legendary Wee Red Bar at the art college, which has been putting on club nights since the 1970s. Small, busy and very Edinburgh.
↑ Back to mapLinlithgow Record Fair
Run by Chris from Low Port Music in the old library building, so it comes with proper record-shop stock rather than just traders.
↑ Back to mapDundee Record Fair
In the Caird Hall itself, which is a rather grand setting for flicking through crates.
↑ Back to mapStirling Record Fair
Second Sound's three-day fair in the Thistles centre, a few minutes from Europa Music.
↑ Back to mapFalkirk Record Fair
Falkirk lost its record shops – Sleeves, where Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap worked in the 1990s, closed in the early 2000s. The Allander fair at the Howgate is what's left, and it comes several times a year.
↑ Back to mapDunfermline Record Fair
A three-day Allander fair in the Kingsgate, twice a year.
↑ Back to mapKirkcaldy Record Fair
Second Sound's weekend fair in the Mercat centre.
↑ Back to mapGlenrothes Record Fair
In the Rothes Halls, next door to KCC Vinyl in the same shopping centre – so you can do both in one trip.
↑ Back to mapSt Andrews Record Fair
A small hall fair in St Andrews, and the only vinyl event in the East Neuk apart from Futtle.
↑ Back to mapPerth Record Fair
In the Salutation, which claims to be one of Scotland's oldest hotels – Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed there in 1745. A few minutes' walk from Concorde Music.
↑ Back to mapEast End Records
A record shop and cafe in Parkhead where all the profit goes directly to charity, alongside an art scheme they run. Ploughman's rolls made fresh, homemade ice cream, locally sourced, dog friendly – and some genuinely interesting records. Reckoned by locals to do the best coffee in Parkhead.
↑ Back to mapSell My Records Glasgow
Kyle comes to you. Send photos, get a price, and he collects the collection from your house anywhere around Glasgow – handy if you have inherited a loft full of vinyl and no idea what it is worth. He will ring you if he finds a hidden gem while sorting.
↑ Back to mapVinyl Records Scotland
Tom has been dealing records for thirty years and roams the country in a van buying collections at the door – Girvan, Peebles, Paisley, anywhere. Not a shop you can browse, but the reason a lot of Scottish vinyl ends up back in circulation.
↑ Back to mapLounge 33
A cafe and vinyl store in one, opened in summer, run by Jess and already a Leith fixture. Plants everywhere, DJs, shopping nights and Sunday Sessions that pull in the whole neighbourhood. Very good coffee, and you browse the racks while you drink it.
↑ Back to mapHeliocentric Records
A small Southside shop named, one assumes, after the Sun Ra Arkestra. Well-chosen vinyl and a good line in stickers.
↑ Back to mapA Love Supreme Records
Named after the Coltrane record, and next door to Hometown Coffee Roasters in the old mart – so you can browse impeccably curated second-hand vinyl while the coffee is roasting through the wall. Jamie, who runs it, will guide you round and gives fair prices if you are selling.
↑ Back to mapGazmo's Records
A Midlothian rummage in a unit off the Old Dalkeith Road. Superb second-hand stock and good prices, but people do report struggling to find it – ring Gaz before you set off.
↑ Back to mapDunbar Vinyl & Retro Games
New and used vinyl alongside retro gaming and DVDs. People drive from Edinburgh for it – one of two record shops on Dunbar High Street, which is remarkable for a town that size.
↑ Back to mapThe Music Box
New and preloved vinyl, CDs, clothing and posters in the middle of Dunfermline, with a welcome that reviewers keep singling out.
↑ Back to mapAssai Records Aberdeen
The fourth Assai, tucked down Back Wynd. New vinyl, t-shirts, books and gifts, and the same house-branded turntables as the Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow shops.
↑ Back to mapSilver Machine Records
Named after the Hawkwind single, and the shop that gave Falkirk its record scene back after Sleeves closed. New and used vinyl with a strong singles section – people turn up rarities in there. Friendly owners who want you to have a good time.
↑ Back to mapThe Record Hide
A pop-up record shop that opens one Saturday a month, run by Norrie and Angie. Norrie remembers what you collect and will tell you when he turns something up on his travels. Nothing in the bargain bins is wrecked, which is rarer than it sounds.
↑ Back to mapMusic Station
The Borders' record shop, and its instrument shop too – new and second-hand vinyl alongside guitars, strings and repairs done while you wait. Rated 4.9 by locals and visitors alike, and the knowledge behind the counter is the reason why.
↑ Back to mapHopper Records
Bright, well curated and mostly used with some new, run by Craig, who hands out recommendations and unasked-for discounts. Strong on electronic, jazz and world music with a big A-Z at the back. Worth a diversion.
↑ Back to mapMagpie Records
Used records at good prices in Castle Douglas, and an owner with enough knowledge to source things he does not have on the shelf.
↑ Back to mapSkye Records
Out at Skinidin near Dunvegan, on the west side of Skye. Small and by arrangement rather than a high-street shop, so call before you go – but Skye is not the record desert it looks.
↑ Back to mapEmpty House Traders
Several floors of clothes, candles, trinkets and art in the middle of Stornoway, with an upstairs room that reviewers describe as an Aladdin's cave of books and vinyl records. The only place to buy records in the Western Isles.
↑ Back to mapFoot of the Mountain Records
Colin's shop in the heart of Highland Perthshire, and worth the small diversion off the A9. Organised properly by genre and style with three full racks of 12-inch singles and a strong blues section. Closed Mondays to Wednesdays. Recommended to us, pleasingly, by the man who runs Vinyl Stop in Gairloch.
↑ Back to mapVinyl2vintage
Nigel and Helen's shop on Nairn High Street – vinyl at the front, vintage clothing alongside, and a loyalty card that regulars swear by. Every record is checked and professionally cleaned before it goes out, which not every shop bothers with. Nigel is a serious Bowie man.
↑ Back to mapThe Peedie Record Shop
A tiny shop on the shore at Cromarty on the Black Isle – peedie being the northern word for small. A unique selection of new records and a cosy atmosphere. The same village where Vandyke Brothers started roasting coffee, so you can make a morning of it.
↑ Back to mapRADIO Charity Music Shop
Argyll and Bute's only record shop, and a charity one – a treasure trove of LPs, 45s and CDs all culled from local charity shops, so the prices are very reasonable indeed. Boxes and boxes to go through, and knowledgeable company behind the counter.
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A small Wishaw shop open Wednesday to Saturday afternoons, with a good selection of new and old records. Lanarkshire's only proper record shop outside the fairs.
↑ Back to mapRed Head Man Records
Small but packed with quality, known and very much lesser known, and reasonably priced throughout. Strong on punk. The Man With The Red Head knows his stuff and will track things down – one customer got a record for thirteen pounds that was going for thirty-seven elsewhere.
↑ Back to mapVeneno Music Store
Run by a friendly couple who clearly love it, and rated five stars by everyone who has been. Superb on rock and heavy metal but far from only that, second-hand grading described as spot on, and prices that have people calling in almost daily. Antonio behind the counter. This is how record shops used to feel.
↑ Back to mapCosmic Grooves
Ian's shop in Lanark, open Wednesday to Sunday, with a diverse and properly curated selection and a welcoming atmosphere. Customers describe it as a store with a great mission, which is not something you hear about many shops.
↑ Back to mapHigh Level Music
Primarily an instrument shop – guitars, fiddles, strings and books – but it carries a selection of local music by Shetland artists that you will not find anywhere else. The owner will happily let you try anything in the place. Useful on the 30-odd days a month The Bop Shop is shut.
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Opening hours change and some of these are one-room operations, so check before you travel. Record fairs are one-day or weekend events rather than shops — dates move and do occasionally get cancelled, so confirm with the organiser first.
Record stores in Scotland – where to buy vinyl
There are 85 independent record shops still trading in Scotland, and they are in some unlikely places. A brewery in the East Neuk. Two rooms above a bar in Aberdeen with 10,000 records in them.
The oldest record shop in Scotland was bought from an accordionist. Concorde in Perth opened in 1967, named after the plane, and the Smith family bought it from Sir Jimmy Shand and his family. It has now outlasted the aircraft.
I have mapped all 85, along with the 23 regular record fairs that serve the towns that lost their shop. Pick a region to zoom in, or filter by what a shop actually sells.
Opening hours change and a lot of these are one-person operations, so it is worth a call before you drive anywhere. Know one I have missed? Get in touch.
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Record shops in Glasgow city centre
There are ten record shops in Glasgow city centre, all within a few streets of each other, between Queen Street station and the Barrowlands. Monorail is inside a vegan cafe-bar, Rubadub sells the equipment as well as the records, and Record Fayre has been going since 1983.
Monorail Music
Kings Court, Glasgow
Love Music
34 Dundas Street, Glasgow
Rubadub
35 Howard Street, Glasgow
Missing Records
51 Oswald Street, Glasgow
Music From Big Blue
Glasgow & the west
Record Fayre
13-15 Chisholm Street, Glasgow
Blitzkriegshop
Glasgow & the west
Assai Records Glasgow
233 Sauchiehall Street
Vinyl Records Scotland
Mobile – all Scotland
Glasgow Record Fair, Merchant Square
Albion Street, Merchant City
Record shops in Glasgow’s West End
There are five record shops in Glasgow’s west end, all locate around around Byres Road and Hyndland, including an attic up a serious flight of stairs and one of only five specialist Oxfam music shops in the UK.
Mixed Up Records
Otago Lane, Glasgow
Strip Joint Records
Finnieston, Glasgow
Palais de Danse
De Courcy's Arcade, Hillhead
Second Line Records
133 Hyndland Road, Glasgow
Oxfam Music, Byres Road
Byres Road, Glasgow
Record shops on Glasgow’s Southside
There are three record shops in Glasgow’s southside all located around Pollokshaws Road and Shawlands, one of them a record shop and takeaway cafe in a converted cooperage.
Some Great Reward
The Cooperage, Pollokshaws Road
Otherside Records
724 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
Glasgow Record Fair, Phillie's of Shawlands
1179 Pollokshaws Road
Record shops in Glasgow’s East End
There are three record shops in Glasgow’s east end – in Parkhead, Dennistoun and beside the Barrowlands. One is a cafe that gives its profits to charity.
Mostly Vinyl Micky
197 Gallowgate, Glasgow
East End Records
20 Tollcross Road, Parkhead, Glasgow
Glasgow Record Fair, Redmond's of Dennistoun
304 Duke Street
Record shops in Renfrewshire and the Clyde
Paisley, Greenock, Bearsden – and a man who drives a van round the whole country buying collections at the door.
Record Market
3 Broomlands Street, Paisley
Reverence Music
Greenock
Sell My Records Glasgow
Bearsden, Glasgow
Paisley Record Fair
Piazza Centre, Central Way
Record shops in Edinburgh’s Old Town and Southside
There are eleven reord shops in Edinbugrh city centre, the densest cluster in Scotland. The shops are located on Cockburn Street, the Southside, Tollcross and Bruntsfield, including a shop with 65,000 records across six rooms.
Underground Solu'shn
9 Cockburn Street
Backbeat Records
31 East Crosscauseway
Thorne Records
125 Bruntsfield Place
Umbrella Vinyl
20 Valleyfield Street
Slow Progress Records & Coffee
53 Blackfriars Street
Greenhouse Records
10 Barclay Terrace
Paradise Palms
Lothian Street
Beat Generation Records
5 Lochrin Place, Tollcross
Avalanche Records
Waverley Mall
Backtracks
17 Brougham Street
Heliocentric Records
63 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Record Fair, Wee Red Bar
Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place
Record shops in Edinburgh’s New Town and Stockbridge
There are 3 record shops in Edinburgh’s New Town and Stockbridge, located north of Princes Street, including a blue-fronted shop on St Stephen Street with a pound-fifty back room and a 1960s record player to try things on.
VoxBox Music
21 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge
Vinyl Villains
5 Elm Row, Leith Walk
Oxfam Music, Stockbridge
64 Raeburn Place
Record shops in Leith
There are 3 record shops in Leith – all located along Leith Walk and Constitution Street, including the home of the entire Lost Map Records catalogue.
Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store
151-153 Constitution Street, Leith
Lounge 33
373-375 Leith Walk, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Record Fair, Ocean Terminal
Ocean Drive, Leith
Record shops in west Edinburgh
There is one record shop in Corstorphine, away from the usual record-shop trail.
Almond River Records
253 St John's Road, Corstorphine
Record shops in the Lothians
There are nine record shops in the towns outside of Edinburgh – Linlithgow, Whitburn, Danderhall, East Linton and two on the Dunbar high street.
Assai Records Edinburgh
1 Grindlay Street
Low Port Music
Linlithgow
Green Cat Record Shop
100 High Street, Dunbar
Dunbar Vinyl & Retro Games
159 High Street, Dunbar
A Love Supreme Records
The Mart, East Linton
Gazmo's Records
684 Old Dalkeith Road, Danderhall
Red Head Man Records
4W West Main Street, Whitburn
Linlithgow Record Fair
The Hub, The Vennel
Record shops in Fife
There are eight record shops in Fife, spread out across the Kingdom, including three in Dunfermline and one upstairs in a working brewery in the East Neuk.
Futtle Records
Bowhouse, St Monans
KCC Vinyl
Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes
The Music Box
37 Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline
Veneno Music Store
20 East Port, Dunfermline
Dunfermline Record Fair
Kingsgate Shopping Centre
Kirkcaldy Record Fair
Mercat Shopping Centre, High Street
Glenrothes Record Fair
Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre
St Andrews Record Fair
Boys Brigade Hall, Kinnessburn Road
Record shops in Perthshire and Kinross
The oldest family-run record shop in Scotland, a crate-digger’s shop in Pitlochry, and a fair in a hotel where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed.
Concorde Music Shop
15 Scott Street, Perth
Foot of the Mountain Records
3 Atholl Road, Pitlochry
Perth Record Fair
Salutation Hotel, South Street
Record shops in Stirling and Falkirk
There are five recors shops in Stirling and Falkirk, including the largest browsable vinyl room in Scotland and a pop-up that opens one Saturday a month.
Europa Music
10 Friars Street, Stirling
Silver Machine Records
165 The Avenue, High Street, Falkirk
The Record Hide
2 Union Street, Bridge of Allan
Stirling Record Fair
Thistles Shopping Centre
Falkirk Record Fair
Howgate Shopping Centre, High Street
Record shops in Dundee
There are five reord stores in Dundee all located within a few hundred metres, including two on Union Street that deliberately do not compete with each other.
Groucho's
Dundee
Assai Records Dundee
33 Union Street
Thirteen Records
13 Union Street, Dundee
Le Freak Records
159 Perth Road, Dundee
Dundee Record Fair
Caird Hall, City Square
Record shops in Angus
There is one reord shop in Angus, located in Montrose, and the only record shop for a long stretch of the Angus coast.
Mo' Fidelity Records
118-120 Murray Street, Montrose
Record shops in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
There are now seven reord shops in Aberdeen, which is a remarkable turnaround for a city that had no independent record shop at all after One Up closed in 2015. One of them hand-roasts its own coffee.
Chameleon
441 Holburn Street, Aberdeen
Red Robin Records Vinyl Cafe
13 Correction Wynd, Aberdeen
Spin Records
101-103 Union Street, Aberdeen
Maidin Vinyl
7 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Vinyl Records
101-103 Union Street
Goldstar Records
88 Fonthill Road, Aberdeen
Assai Records Aberdeen
12C Back Wynd, Aberdeen
Record shops in Moray
No shop, but a fair that comes to Elgin twice a year. If you know of one I have missed here, get in touch – it is the last blank on the map.
Elgin Record Fair
Bishopmill Hall, Grove Place
Record shops in Inverness and the Highlands
There are seven reord shops in Inverness and across the Highlands including one on the west coast with nothing else for two hours in any direction.
Union Vinyl
Market Brae, Inverness
Barney's Spin Vinyl & Retro Games
Inverness
Vinyl Stop
Strath, Gairloch
Vinyl2vintage
107A High Street, Nairn
The Peedie Record Shop
48a Shore Street, Cromarty
Thurso Record Fair
British Legion, Riverside Road
Inverness Record Fair
Beaufort Hotel, Culduthel Road
Record shops in Argyll and Bute
A charity record shop in Dunoon and a fair at Rhu.
RADIO Charity Music Shop
229 Argyll Street, Dunoon
Helensburgh Record Fair
Ardencaple Hotel, Rhu
Record shops in Ayrshire
Two shops and a fair. Big Sparra in Ayr gets called the best music shop in Scotland by people who have been to a great many.
Big Sparra Vinyl
7 New Bridge Street, Ayr
Saltcoats Record Centre
7 Countess Street, Saltcoats
Ayr Record Fair
The Grain Exchange, High Street
Record shops in Lanarkshire
Two shops and three fairs, including one inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Listen
37 Kirk Road, Wishaw
Cosmic Grooves
42 South Vennel, Lanark
New Lanark Record Fair
New Lanark Visitor Centre
East Kilbride Record Fair
Shopping Centre West
Cumbernauld Record Fair
Antonine Shopping Centre
Record shops in the Scottish Borders
One. Music Station in Galashiels sells records alongside guitars and repairs, and it is the only record shop in the whole of the Borders. If you know of another, please get in touch.
Music Station
71 Bank Street, Galashiels
Record shops in Dumfries and Galloway
Two in Dumfries and one out in Castle Douglas.
Domino Entertainments
52 White Sands, Dumfries
Hopper Records
127 Queensberry Street, Dumfries
Magpie Records
141 King Street, Castle Douglas
Record shops in the Scottish islands
Five island shops, from Skye and Lewis to Orkney and Shetland – including the most northerly in Britain, which opens one day a month.
Grooves Records
6 Bridge Street, Kirkwall
The Bop Shop
9 Harbour Street, Lerwick
Skye Records
Skinidin, Isle of Skye
Empty House Traders
45 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
High Level Music
62-64 Commercial Street, Lerwick
Buying records in Scotland: common questions
How many independent record shops are there in Scotland?
85, spread across every region except Moray. Glasgow has the most with 21 including Paisley and Greenock, followed by Edinburgh with 17 across four districts. Moray and the Borders have one apiece. A further 23 regular record fairs cover towns without a shop of their own.
What is the oldest record shop in Scotland?
Concorde Music in Perth, open since 1967 and still run by the same family. They bought it from the accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand. Vinyl Villains in Edinburgh, open since 1983 under the same ownership, is probably the oldest in the capital.
Where is the most remote record shop in Scotland?
Vinyl Stop at Strath near Gairloch, on the west coast of Wester Ross. The nearest other record shop is Inverness, roughly two hours east. The most northerly is The Bop Shop in Lerwick, which is volunteer-run and opens one day a month.
Are there record fairs in Scotland?
Yes, and they matter more than you would expect. Allander, Blackbyrd Vinyl, Second Sound and VIP Record Fairs between them run events in about twenty towns. In Moray and half of Lanarkshire a fair is the only way to buy a record without ordering it.
Which Scottish record shops have a cafe or bar?
Twelve. Monorail sits inside Mono in Glasgow, Spin is upstairs from a bar in Aberdeen, Strip Joint has racks inside a Finnieston restaurant, and Futtle is above a working brewery in Fife. Use the Cafe or bar filter on the map to see them all.
Do any Scottish record shops run their own label?
Eight. Monorail has deep ties to Chemikal Underground, Music From Big Blue is the shop of the fan-funded Last Night From Glasgow, Good Vibes carries the whole Lost Map catalogue, and Assai has its own recordings label alongside four shops.
Before you go
Hours change with the season and several of these are run by one person, so check before you travel. Record fairs are single days or weekends rather than shops, dates move, and they do occasionally get cancelled – confirm with the organiser first.
Kate – Love from Scotland x
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