Record Stores
Here are just a few of the record stores I’ve visited around the country and photographed. Will be adding many more so check back often.
// CALIFORNIA — USA //
Los ANgeles
AmoEBa : Los Angeles / Hollywood
Amoeba Records is an indie music lovers’ hangout for free live shows & an eclectic stock of new releases & vintage hits. The World’s Largest Independently Owned Record Store!
>>> AMOEBA RECORDS <<<<
// ILLINOIS — USA //
CHICAGO
DUSTY GROOVE : CHICAGO / WICKER PARK
Dusty Groove is a Chicago-based online and brick-and-mortar record store specializing in new and vintage jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, world, rare, collectible, and vinyl records and CDs.
>>> DUSTY GROOVE <<<
REckless RECORDS : CHICAGO / LOOP
Reckless Records is an independently owned company with three locations : Lakeview, Loop, Wicker Park in Chicago, Illinois. We carry new & used CDs, DVDs games and loads of Vinyl (LPs & 7"s). Originally started in London, our first Chicago location opened in 1989.
>>> RECKLESS RECORDS <<<
REckless RECORDS : CHICAGO / WICKER PARK
Reckless Records is an independently owned company with three locations : Lakeview, Loop, Wicker Park in Chicago, Illinois. We carry new & used CDs, DVDs games and loads of Vinyl (LPs & 7"s). Originally started in London, our first Chicago location opened in 1989.
>>> RECKLESS RECORDS <<<
SHUGA RECORDS : CHICAGO / WICKER PARK
We are Shuga Records, an independent record store and record label with locations in Wicker Park and Logan Square neighborhoods in Chicago. Offers new and used vinyl records across many genres like rock, jazz, and electronic music. CDs, cassettes, and merchandise are also available. It operates as both a record store and a label, supporting artists through vinyl releases. In-store music events and artist signings are hosted.
>>> SHUGA RECORDS <<<
// Indiana — USA //
Indianapolis
Indy Cd & Vinyl : INdianapolis / BROAD RIPPLE
Indy CD & Vinyl is Indiana’s largest independent record store selling both new and used CDs and Vinyl. We are also a proud member of CIMS (Coalition of Independent Music Stores). We are proud to be a locally-owned, female-owned, latin-owned, veteran-owned store that supports local charities, local music, local arts & culture, local families, and we work hard to make our shop a safe place where all are welcome!
>>> INDY CD & VINYL <<<
Luna Music : INdianapolis / SOBRO
LUNA music is a 30-year old, full-service Vinyl LP, CD, Cassette shop, stocking new and pre-loved titles. Voted Best Record Shop eight years in a row by NUVO Newsweekly, Best Record Shop by Indianapolis Monthly, and recently featured in TIME OUT as one of the “24 Best Things To Do in Indianapolis” and The New York Times as an “Essential Spot” for you to check out—when you visit our fine, fine city! LUNA music is the music shop, for music lovers!
>>> LUNA MUSIC <<<
Square Cat Vinyl : INdianapolis / Fountain Square
Square Cat Vinyl is a one-of-a-kind record shop in the Fountain Square Cultural District in Indianapolis. The space is comprised of a record store, performance venue, and a bar serving beer, wine, and coffee drinks. Our mission is to be a music communal space for local and traveling musicians. We serve as a meeting ground for musicians of different types and ages along with music aficionados throughout the region.
>>> SQUARE CAT VINYL <<<
Terre Haute
Headstone Friends
Headstone Friends is a record store, music shop and head shop carrying vinyl records and CDs, as well as posters and incense.
WEST LAFAYETTE
JL Records
JL Records features an extensive selection of new and used CDs, as well as DVDs, Blu Rays, VHS, Vinyl, and Video Games.
>>> @JL_RECORDS_ <<<
// MICHIGAN — USA //
Detroit
People’s Records
People’s Records is a crate-diggers paradise with tons of amazing vinyl, all had on the cheap, with 45s, LPs, soul, funk, electro, disco, hip hop and soul-jazz vinyl.
>>> PEOPLE’S RECORDS <<<
Third Man Records — Detroit
Third Man Records was launched by Jack White in Detroit in 2001 and in 2009 opened its Nashville location home to label offices, distribution center, photo studio and record store. In 2015 its Detroit location was opened housing a record and novelties lounge, mastering studio, and Third Man Pressing manufacturing facility. Third Man is an innovator in the world of vinyl records and a boundary pusher in the world of recorded music, aiming to bring tangibility and spontaneity back into the records business and issue releases that leave no doubt in the minds of listeners that music is indeed sacred.
>>> THIRD MAN RECORDS – DETROIT <<<
_ also was awesome to get interviewed during our visit : CBS NEWS DETROIT — ERIC KASS, VINYL COLLECTOR
// OHIO — USA //
LOVELAND
PLAID Room Records
Plaid Room Records is a Cincinnati-based new and used record store in downtown Loveland, OH! Home to the Colemine Records label, we have been operating our record label since 2007 and we opened up Plaid Room Records in February of 2015. We have 50,000+ LPs in our store with a large amount of it being available online as well.
>>> PLAID ROOM RECORDS <<<
// TENNESSE — USA //
Nashville
Third Man Records — Nashville
Third Man Records was launched by Jack White in Detroit, MI in 2001, and in 2009 opened its current Nashville, TN location, which houses a record store, novelties lounge (featuring the Third Man Record Booth), label offices and distribution center, photo studio, and the world’s only live venue with direct-to-acetate recording capabilities. Third Man is an innovator in the world of vinyl records and a boundary pusher in the world of recorded music, aiming to bring tangibility and spontaneity back into the record business and issue releases that leave no doubt in the minds of listeners that music is indeed sacred.
>>> THIRD MAN RECORDS — NASHVILLE <<<
