Record Stores / United Kingdom

Record Stores in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

17 record stores — last verified August 2026.

• Almond River Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Corstorphine second-hand record shop specialising in indie, classic rock, punk, blues and alternative vinyl; started online in Dec 2020 before opening its physical shop a year later.

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• Assai Records

  Open 10am–6pm today

  Sister store to Assai Dundee, selling new vinyl across genres near Usher Hall in Edinburgh's city centre, plus turntables, speakers and band merch.

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• Avalanche Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Edinburgh vinyl institution since 1983 that invested over GBP100k to move into a bigger unit at Waverley Market in Nov 2025 following a record-breaking year; sells vinyl, CDs, posters and merch.

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• Backbeat Records

  Open 10am–5:30pm today

  Newington record shop open since 1981 with a collection of 65,000+ records across nearly every genre except easy listening and country; owner Dougie McShane will source wishlist items.

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• Backtracks Music Film & Games

  Open Hours not listed

  Second-hand media shop in Tollcross trading since 1989 with 20,000+ vinyl LPs, 7-inches and 12-inches across rock, soul and soundtracks, alongside CDs, DVDs and retro games.

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• Elvis Shakespeare

  Open Hours not listed

  Leith Walk shop combining new and used vinyl with second-hand books and comics, a long-running fixture of Edinburgh's independent record scene.

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• Fopp

  Open Hours not listed

  Music/film/book chain store that relocated to a larger two-storey Shandwick Place unit in February 2023 after 20 years on Rose Street; stocks over 6,000 vinyl titles.

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• Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store

  Open 10am–5pm today

  Independently owned Leith records-books-and-objects shop in a renovated Victorian building, home to the Lost Map label and stocking curated new and reissue vinyl across rock, folk, jazz and electronic.

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• Greenhouse Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Independent record shop and radical bookstore on Barclay Terrace specialising in underground dance, leftfield and experimental music from around the world, plus community events.

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• Heliocentric Records

  Open 11am–6pm today

  Independent Newington record shop on Causewayside selling vinyl.

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• HMV

  Open Hours not listed

  Three-storey flagship that returned to Princes Street in March 2022 with a vinyl-forward relaunch stocking around 4,800 different albums on vinyl alongside CDs, film and pop-culture merch.

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• Slow Progress Records & Coffee

  Open Hours not listed

  Old Town vinyl-and-coffee shop opened in 2022 on Blackfriars Street, stocking new indie-rock, alt-rock, punk, emo and hip-hop vinyl alongside coffee and vegan-friendly snacks.

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• Thorne Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Family-run new-vinyl specialist in Bruntsfield opened in 2022 by Mark Thorne, noted for strong jazz, folk and world sections and named among the FT's go-to Edinburgh vinyl spots.

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• Underground Solution

  Open Hours not listed

  Edinburgh's longest-surviving specialist record shop, trading on Cockburn Street since 1996 with a curated selection of house, techno, funk, jazz and reggae vinyl plus DJ and audio gear.

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• Umbrella Vinyl

  Open 10am–5pm today

  Second-hand record shop in Bruntsfield specialising in global sounds - jazz, blues, soul, Latin, Afrobeat, dub and library music - with in-store turntables for previewing records.

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• Vinyl Villains

  Open 10:30am–5:30pm today

  Punk-flavoured collectible-vinyl shop at the top of Leith Walk, trading under the same ownership since 1983 with an eclectic mix of soul imports, punk 7-inches and band merch.

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• VoxBox Music

  Open 10:30am–5:30pm today

  Boutique Stockbridge record shop open since 2011, mostly pre-owned rock, jazz, blues and indie vinyl, plus a bargain back room of records priced at GBP1.50 and a vintage Dansette to try before you buy.

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