Record stores in Auckland

Vinyl hunting in Auckland, Auckland? There are 5 record shops mapped here. That's 5 record shops mapped around Auckland. 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 Auckland (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Southbound Record Shop and Sly's Pianos, plus Music Planet. If a record shop's missing from Auckland's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Auckland record lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Auckland

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.

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

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

The Auckland record crawl

Making a day of it in Auckland? Work this order: Southbound Record Shop on 132 Symonds Street, Sly's Pianos, Music Planet, Flying Nun Records, and Real Groovy on L 1 / 19. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Record digging tips for Auckland

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

• Don't skip the 45s at Southbound Record Shop. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
• Bring cash for the small shops at Sly's Pianos. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
• Don't overlook cassettes and CDs. The tape and CD sections are chronically underpriced. The format revival hasn't hit them the same way.
• 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.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Auckland — 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 Auckland 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.