Listening Bars / Shanghai

Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Shanghai, China

2 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.

• BOOCUP 浣熊唱片店 (Raccoon Records)

  Open Hours not listed

  Coffee-and-vinyl shop on Yueyang Road in the former French Concession, part of the Raccoon Records chain (est. 2018). Stocks imported rock and film-soundtrack vinyl, including pre-2000 original pressings, plus a charity merch line by children with intellectual disabilities.

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• Root Down

  Open 3pm–2am today

  Listening bar on Nanchang Road from DJ Gary Wang (ex-The Shelter), spinning funk, soul, jazz and rare groove on vintage speakers alongside a small vinyl retail selection including Mr. Bongo and Now Again label pressings, with cocktails from a Japanese mixologist.

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