Record stores in Bedford
Record shops reward the patient digger. Bedford, Bedfordshire has 19 mapped right now. That's 19 record shops mapped around Bedford. 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 Bedford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Richard Reason Pianos and Vinyl Revelations, plus HMV. If a record shop's missing from Bedford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bedford record lineup
19 mapped within about 40 km:
Richard Reason Pianos
Record store
Richard Reason Pianos is Record store on 94 Tilehouse Street, Hitchin. Richard Reason Pianos also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
94 Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, SG5 2DW
Vinyl Revelations
Record store
Vinyl Revelations — Record store, found on 1B Cardigan Street in Luton. Also worth knowing about Vinyl Revelations: the map lists its hours as 10:30-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1B Cardigan Street, Luton, LU1 1RP
Hours: 10:30-18:00
Phone: +44 1582 876391
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on Feast Street, Luton. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Feast Street, Luton, LU1 2LJ
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 843 221 0261
Buster's Records
Record store
Buster's Records is Record store on 2 Lower Street, Kettering. Buster's Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 10:00-16:00; Th,Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-17:00.
2 Lower Street, Kettering, NN16 8DH
Hours: Mo-We 10:00-16:00; Th,Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Bulldog Music
Record store
Bulldog Music is Record store.
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 4 Princes Walk, Northampton. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30; it has a website with more detail.
4 Princes Walk, Northampton, NN1 2EL
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30
Bop Shop
Record store
Bop Shop — Record store.
Newport Music
Record store
Newport Music — Record store.
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 21-25 Acorn Walk, Milton Keynes.
21-25 Acorn Walk, Milton Keynes, MK9 3AD
Thirsty Records
Record store
Thirsty Records is Record store.
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 10:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 10:00-16:00
Priory Records Ltd
Record store
Priory Records Ltd — Record store, found on Eden Way in Leighton Buzzard.
Eden Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4FY
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store.
Off The Record
Record store
Off The Record — Record store.
Fabtronic Group
Record store
Fabtronic Group — Record store, found on Summerhouse Road in Northampton. Also worth knowing about Fabtronic Group: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Summerhouse Road, Northampton, NN3 6GL
Phone: +44 1604 638100
Revolution Records
Record store
Revolution Records — Record store, found on 7 Melbourn Street in Royston.
7 Melbourn Street, Royston
David's Music
Record store
David's Music — Record store on 12 Eastcheap. Also worth knowing about David's Music: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Eastcheap
Phone: +44 1462 475900
Black Circle Records
Record store
Black Circle Records — Record store on 2 Roebuck Mews. Also worth knowing about Black Circle Records: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2 Roebuck Mews
Phone: +44 1525 839917
Slide Records
Record store
Slide Records — Record store, found on 9 The Arcade in Bedford. Also worth knowing about Slide Records: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
9 The Arcade, Bedford, MK40 1NS
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
What the map tells us about record stores in Bedford
6 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
7 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Bedford record crawl
Making a day of it in Bedford? Work this order: Richard Reason Pianos on 94 Tilehouse Street, Vinyl Revelations on 1B Cardigan Street, HMV on Feast Street, Buster's Records on 2 Lower Street, Bulldog Music, HMV on 4 Princes Walk, Bop Shop, and Newport Music. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 11 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Bedford
Digging in Bedford? A few habits pay off:
- Bring cash for the small shops at Richard Reason Pianos. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
- Visit on restock days at Vinyl Revelations. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.
- Check the dead wax. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.
- Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bedford — 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 Bedford can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 19 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 19 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.
Record store listings for Bedford: 19 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.