The Vinyl Map

Highlights

The oldest record shops

The 100 oldest shops still trading, oldest first. 21 of them were already selling records before the LP was invented in 1948.

Ranked only among the 2,154 shops whose founding year we have an actual source for. A shop we have never dated is missing from this list rather than guessed at — so treat it as the oldest we can prove, not a claim that nothing older exists.

  1. 1850 Rózsavölgyi és Társa Zeneműbolt Budapest, Hungary
  2. 1885 D'Amato Records Valletta, Malta
  3. 1894 Spillers Records Cardiff, United Kingdom
  4. 1905 Bongiovanni Bologna, Italy
  5. 1920 Gabbia Dischi Padua, Italy
  6. 1922 Music House Yoshida Tokyo, Japan
  7. 1924 Balaji's Antiques and Collectibles Bengaluru, India
  8. 1924 SeethaPhone Company Bengaluru, India
  9. 1930 Fuji Records Old Book Center 9th Floor Store Tokyo, Japan
  10. 1930 New Gramophone House Delhi, India
  11. 1934 Music Country Cliffside Park, New Jersey
  12. 1937 Gekkousha Tokyo, Japan
  13. 1937 Rev Charles' Dodds Record Shop Grand Rapids, Michigan
  14. 1939 Casa Piscitelli Buenos Aires, Argentina
  15. 1940 Accord Nørrebro Copenhagen, Denmark
  16. 1940 Riva Musica Catania, Italy
  17. 1946 Dorsey's Record Shop Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  18. 1947 Ernest Tubb Record Shop Nashville, Tennessee
  19. 1947 Lido Music Namur, Belgium
  20. 1947 Sauviat Musique Paris, France
  21. 1947 The Musical Box Liverpool, United Kingdom
  22. 1948 The Record Album Brighton, United Kingdom
  23. 1949 Takara Record Shop, Records Division Naha, Japan
  24. 1950 Discos Opus Buenos Aires, Argentina
  25. 1952 The Diskery Birmingham, United Kingdom
  26. 1954 Charles Muziek Amsterdam, Netherlands
  27. 1954 Cheapo Records Cambridge, Massachusetts
  28. 1954 Elevation Music Movies Comics Dublin, Ireland
  29. 1955 Concerto Amsterdam, Netherlands
  30. 1955 Discópolis Mexico City, Mexico
  31. 1956 Barky's Richmond, Virginia
  32. 1956 Dearborn Music Dearborn, Michigan
  33. 1956 Discostars Amsterdam, Netherlands
  34. 1956 Top Ten Records and Library Dallas, Texas
  35. 1957 Record Town Fort Worth, Texas
  36. 1958 Record Corner Godalming, United Kingdom
  37. 1958 Sono Cairo (Sawt al-Qahira) Cairo, Egypt
  38. 1959 Bar Brunori Caffè e Vinile Rome, Italy
  39. 1959 Claddagh Records Dublin, Ireland
  40. 1959 Schallplatten- u. Cassettencenter Brigitte Komarek Vienna, Austria
  41. 1961 Used Record Tachibana Yokohama, Japan
  42. 1962 Merle's Record Rack Orange, Connecticut
  43. 1962 Occasioni Musicali Florence, Italy
  44. 1962 Skivesset Malmo, Sweden
  45. 1963 Variety Records Columbia, Tennessee
  46. 1964 House of Guitars Irondequoit, New York
  47. 1964 Sounds of Music Los Angeles, California
  48. 1965 Disco Club Genoa, Italy
  49. 1965 Librería La Gloria Asunción, Paraguay
  50. 1965 Museu do Disco São Paulo, Brazil
  51. 1966 Del Bravo Record Shop San Antonio, Texas
  52. 1966 Disquería RGS Buenos Aires, Argentina
  53. 1967 Beverly Records Chicago, Illinois
  54. 1967 Discoteca Laziale Rome, Italy
  55. 1967 Fine Records Brighton, United Kingdom
  56. 1967 Folk Arts Rare Records San Diego, California
  57. 1967 Green Apple Books & Music San Francisco, California
  58. 1967 Records Zaman Agadir, Morocco
  59. 1967 Sound Spectrum Laguna Beach, California
  60. 1968 DJ's Record Shop Jacksonville, Florida
  61. 1968 Electric Fetus Minneapolis, Minnesota
  62. 1968 Fifth Avenue Records & Tapes Brooklyn, New York
  63. 1968 Out of the Past Records Chicago, Illinois
  64. 1968 Von's Records & Posters West Lafayette, Indiana
  65. 1968 Wasa Skivbörs Stockholm, Sweden
  66. 1969 African Record Centre Brooklyn, New York
  67. 1969 Birdland Music Virginia Beach, Virginia
  68. 1969 Casa Amadeo Bronx, New York
  69. 1969 El Agujerito Buenos Aires, Argentina
  70. 1969 Executive Stereo Toronto, Canada
  71. 1969 Gramaphone Records Chicago, Illinois
  72. 1969 Kellys Records Cardiff, United Kingdom
  73. 1969 Mushroom New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
  74. 1969 Music Mania Gent Ghent, Belgium
  75. 1969 Music Millennium Portland, Oregon
  76. 1969 Quonset Hut Canton, Ohio
  77. 1969 Readings Carlton Melbourne, Australia
  78. 1969 Taguchi Shoten KEYAKI Fukuoka, Japan
  79. 1970 Cactus Records & Gifts Bozeman, Montana
  80. 1970 Dada Records Perth, Australia
  81. 1970 Karma Records (East) Indianapolis, Indiana
  82. 1970 Karma Records (West) Indianapolis, Indiana
  83. 1970 Magnolia Thunderpussy Columbus, Ohio
  84. 1970 Mother's Moorhead, Minnesota
  85. 1970 Musik & Konst Malmo, Sweden
  86. 1970 Shinjuku Record Tokyo, Japan
  87. 1971 Cheap Thrills Montreal, Canada
  88. 1971 Cheap Thrills San Luis Obispo, California
  89. 1971 Digelius Music Helsinki, Finland
  90. 1971 Finders Records Bowling Green, Ohio
  91. 1971 Homer's Music Omaha, Nebraska
  92. 1971 House of Records Eugene, Oregon
  93. 1971 Jumbo Records Leeds, United Kingdom
  94. 1971 Licorice Pizza Records Los Angeles, California
  95. 1971 Majors Records & Video Staten Island, New York
  96. 1971 Melodica Music Store Nairobi, Kenya
  97. 1971 Probe Records Liverpool, United Kingdom
  98. 1971 Pyramid Music And More Augusta, Georgia
  99. 1971 Record House Athens, Greece
  100. 1971 Rolling Stones Records Norridge, Illinois