Record stores in Aberdeen

Record shops reward the patient digger. Aberdeen, Scotland has 5 mapped right now. That's 5 record shops mapped around Aberdeen. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Check the grading before you pay — a visual grade and a play grade are two different things.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Aberdeen (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include HMV and MAIDINVINYL, plus El. If a record shop's missing from Aberdeen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Aberdeen record lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Aberdeen

4 of the 5 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

3 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

Most of the record stores in Aberdeen list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.

The Aberdeen record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: HMV on 11 Union Bridge, MAIDINVINYL on 7 Rosemount Viaduct, El on 13 Correction Wynd, Goldstar Records, and Assai Records on 12c Back Wynd. That's 5 stops on the Aberdeen record crawl.

Record digging tips for Aberdeen

How the regulars work Aberdeen's bins:

• Check the turntable section at HMV. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
• Check the dead wax at MAIDINVINYL. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.
• Inspect the seams. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.
• Learn to spot reissues. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Aberdeen — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in Aberdeen can take a while to appear. The 5 above are only as current as the community map. A record store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 5 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.