Record Store Day in Leeds, United Kingdom
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Leeds, United Kingdom
Independent record shops open in Leeds, United Kingdom right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- Crash Records
Leeds indie institution since 1985 (opened on Woodhouse Lane, moved to The Headrow in 1987); vinyl, CDs and cassettes across indie, alternative, rock, punk and metal, plus gig tickets and in-store shows. Wall of Sound trades second-hand from its basement.
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- hmv
UK chain music and entertainment store. The Leeds branch relocated from the Headrow Centre (closed January 2020) to St John's Shopping Centre, where it continues to sell new vinyl, CDs and DVDs.
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- Jumbo Records
Leeds' oldest independent record shop, founded by Hunter Smith in 1971. New and used vinyl/CDs across genres, live in-store performances and a small cafe. Has relocated within Leeds several times (Queens Arcade, Merrion Centre, St John's Centre); now back at Merrion Centre.
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- Meanhood
Specialist electronic and dance vinyl dealer in the basement beneath The Vinyl Whistle in Headingley. Started as a lockdown pop-up selling founder Jim Young's own collection and grew into a DJ-rehearsal, tuition and record-shop hub.
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- Noiseisforheroes
Second-hand punk, hardcore and 1960s-80s guitar-music specialist near Leeds General Infirmary, open since March 2017. Strong dub and reggae section.
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- Plant & Deck
Leeds' only houseplant-and-record shop, upstairs at Doghouse Bar & Bagel Shop on Kirkgate. Left-field electronic/dance vinyl; expanded July 2026 with a Peppermint Records collaboration adding listening stations and a dedicated dance-music space.
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- Record Plant
Farsley/Pudsey record shop at Sunny Bank Mills: new releases, reissues and second-hand vinyl plus merch. Opened October 2023; reopened in a larger unit within the mill complex for National Album Day, 19 October 2024. Offers record cleaning and flattening.
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- Released Records (Hyde Park Book Club)
Released Records' Hyde Park concession inside Hyde Park Book Club - the only dedicated record shop in Hyde Park. Local-label-focused new and pre-loved vinyl across genres.
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- Released Records (Outlaws Yacht Club)
Record shop and label concession inside Outlaws Yacht Club bar/cafe in the city centre; new and pre-loved vinyl leaning dance, hip hop, soul, pop and techno. Also runs a concession at Hyde Park Book Club.
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- Relics Records
Two-floor secondhand and vintage vinyl specialist on New Briggate since 1991; original pressings spanning rock, soul, reggae and jazz, plus CDs and memorabilia.
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- Shed Load Of Vinyl
Weekend-only second-hand vinyl shop trading from a converted shed in Guiseley; good-quality used records at fair prices.
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- Stormcrow Records
Independent second-hand record shop in Morley town centre specialising in rare and collectable vinyl including Northern Soul rarities, plus cassettes, memorabilia and vintage hi-fi. Buys, sells and exchanges.
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- The Music Box
Independent record and music shop in Otley selling new and used vinyl, CDs and cassettes.
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- The Vinyl Whistle
Headingley record store, cafe, bar and venue: new and used vinyl alongside coffee and draught beer, with live music and weekly 'Open Decks' nights. Meanhood's specialist electronic/dance record shop trades from the basement below.
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- Too Damn Loud
Long-running record stall in Leeds Kirkgate Market selling new and vintage vinyl, tapes, CDs and DVDs at market prices.
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- Tribe Records
Club-culture specialist founded 1995 in Leeds Corn Exchange, closed 2013, and reopened at Kirkgate in 2017; a community hub for the city's house, techno and dance scene.
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- Vinyl Fixx (Second Hand Records)
Second-hand vinyl specialist in Armley since 2016, focused on hard-to-find rock and indie releases, plus vintage posters and memorabilia.
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- Vinyl Grounds
Coffee-by-day, wine-and-cocktail-bar-by-night on Central Road, opened November 2025; spins jazz and soul vinyl on the house system throughout service, London-inspired listening-bar concept.
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- Wall Of Sound
Second-hand records, CDs, DVDs, books and memorabilia across rock, punk, jazz, soul, reggae and more. Started as a market stall in 1986, became a shop in Halifax's Piece Hall in 1990, and moved into Crash Records' Leeds basement on 4 July 2015.
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See the full record store listing for Leeds, United Kingdom.