Record stores in Abidjan

Vinyl hunting in Abidjan, Abidjan? There are 4 record shops mapped here. That's 4 record shops mapped around Abidjan. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.

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

The Abidjan record lineup

4 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Abidjan

None of the 4 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Record shops keep fairly standard retail hours; daytime visits are a safe bet.

The Abidjan record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Sono location, Location de sono, Location de sono, and Locatio de sono. That's 4 stops on the Abidjan record crawl.

Record digging tips for Abidjan

A few things worth knowing before you work through Abidjan's record stores:

• Check for box sets at Sono location. Box sets get broken up or sold whole; either way the per-record price is often excellent.
• Ask about the return policy at Location de sono. Most used vinyl is sold as-is. Know the policy before the stylus hits a skip at home.
• Ask about want-list services. Good shops will keep an eye out for your grails. It takes patience, but the call when it lands is worth it.
• Note the shop's specialties. Every shop leans somewhere — soul, punk, jazz, classical. Find the lean that matches yours, then dig the others anyway.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Abidjan — 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 Abidjan can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 4 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

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 4 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.