Record stores in Brisbane

Vinyl hunting in Brisbane, QLD? There are 11 record shops mapped here. That's 11 record shops mapped around Brisbane. 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 Brisbane (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Guitar Centre at the Gabba and Ellaways Music, plus Ilja Grawert - Violin Maker. If a record shop's missing from Brisbane's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Brisbane record lineup

11 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Brisbane

3 of the 11 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 Brisbane record crawl

Making a day of it in Brisbane? Work this order: The Guitar Centre at the Gabba on 915 Stanley Street East, Ellaways Music, Ilja Grawert - Violin Maker on 20 Logan Road, Rocking Horse Records on 245 Albert Street, Tyms Guitar + Recording Studios on 5E Winn Street, Sanity, Sonic Sherpa on 360 Logan Road, and Stash Records. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 3 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Brisbane

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

• Bring a want-list at The Guitar Centre at the Gabba. Write down what you're hunting. Digging is fun, but a list turns luck into strategy.
• Check the bargain wall rhythm at Ellaways Music. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
• The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.
• Check the dead wax. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Brisbane — 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 Brisbane can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 11, 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 11 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.