Record stores in Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama has 1 record stores on the map. Just the one mapped record shop in Birmingham — dig deep, and ask the staff what's new in the bins. Bring a want-list, but leave room for the find you didn't know you needed.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Birmingham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Seasick Records. If a record shop's missing from Birmingham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Birmingham record lineup

1 in Birmingham, plus 1 more around Birmingham below:

What the map tells us about record stores in Birmingham

None of the 1 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 one mapped record store sits on 3131 5th Avenue South — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

Record digging tips for Birmingham

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

• Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve at Seasick Records. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.
• 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.
• Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
• Check the turntable section. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Birmingham — 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 Birmingham can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 1, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

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 1 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.

Worth the trip: more record stores around Birmingham

1 more within about 40 km of Birmingham, nearest first: