Record stores in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, CABA has 46 record stores on the map. That's 46 record shops mapped around Buenos Aires. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. 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 Buenos Aires (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Famusic and Musimundo, plus Grey Music. If a record shop's missing from Buenos Aires's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Buenos Aires record lineup
46 mapped within about 40 km:
Famusic
Record store
Famusic is Record store on 2899 Avenida Santa Fe, Martinez. Famusic also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2899 Avenida Santa Fe, Martinez, 1640
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Phone: +54 11 4512-2860
Musimundo
Record store
Musimundo is Record store.
Grey Music
Record store
Grey Music — Record store.
Bernal Music Store
Record store
Bernal Music Store — Record store.
Nicola B. Bernardelli
Record store
Nicola B. Bernardelli is Record store. Nicola B. Bernardelli also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Tus Sonidos Disquería
Record store
Tus Sonidos Disquería — Record store on Avenida Presidente Juan Domingo Perón.
Avenida Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Musimundo
Record store
Musimundo is Record store.
BM Music
Record store
BM Music is Record store on Avenida Avelino Rolón.
Avenida Avelino Rolón
Vosotros
Record store
Vosotros — Record store.
Casa de Música Messidoro
Record store
Casa de Música Messidoro is Record store on Juncal, Buenos Aires.
Juncal, Buenos Aires
Muzik Instrumentos
Record store
Muzik Instrumentos is Record store.
La Rockola
Record store
La Rockola is Record store.
Cier Music Club
Record store
Cier Music Club — Record store, found on Avenida Álvarez Thomas in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Avenida Álvarez Thomas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
CD Market
Record store
CD Market — Record store on 9 de Julio.
9 de Julio
Argent Music
Record store
Argent Music is Record store on Ercilla, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Ercilla, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
BM Music
Record store
BM Music is Record store on Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen.
Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen
Pacheco Rock
Record store
Pacheco Rock — Record store on Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen.
Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen
Vosotros
Record store
Vosotros — Record store on Avenida Nicolás Avellaneda.
Avenida Nicolás Avellaneda
La Cueva Musical
Record store
La Cueva Musical — Record store, found on Esmeralda in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Esmeralda, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Pop Music
Record store
Pop Music — Record store on Avenida Rivadavia.
Avenida Rivadavia
Naturaleza Música
Record store
Naturaleza Música — Record store, found on 5930 Nicaragua in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Also worth knowing about Naturaleza Música: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5930 Nicaragua, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1414
Phone: +54 11 2091-1776
Oui Oui Records
Record store
Oui Oui Records — Record store, found on 6090 Soler in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Also worth knowing about Oui Oui Records: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6090 Soler, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1425
Phone: +54 11 4773-5875
LEF
Record store
LEF — Record store, found on 4673 Avenida Triunvirato in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Also worth knowing about LEF: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4673 Avenida Triunvirato, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1431
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +54 11 4522-1852
Estudio de musica Margarita Doldan
Record storeRun by Margarita Doldan
Estudio de musica Margarita Doldan is Record store run by Margarita Doldan on 4186 Murguiondo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Estudio de musica Margarita Doldan also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4186 Murguiondo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Phone: +54 11 4638-2223
Jorge Algorta
Record store
Jorge Algorta — Record store. Also worth knowing about Jorge Algorta: it has a website with more detail.
Arpegio
Record store
Arpegio — Record store on Avenida 14 - Gastón F. Rigolleau.
Avenida 14 - Gastón F. Rigolleau
Grey Music
Record store
Grey Music — Record store on Garibaldi.
Garibaldi
Magical Mystery Records
Record store
Magical Mystery Records — Record store, found on 2370 Blanco Encalada in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
2370 Blanco Encalada, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
BVM Records
Record store
BVM Records — Record store.
Liverpool Discos
Record store
Liverpool Discos is Record store.
Guía Musical
Record store
Guía Musical — Record store, found on 7059 Coronel Ramón Lorenzo Falcón in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
7059 Coronel Ramón Lorenzo Falcón, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Kimba
Record store
Kimba is Record store.
Exile records
Record store
Exile records — Record store, found on 5270 Honduras in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
5270 Honduras, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Dassel Music
Record store
Dassel Music — Record store.
Smile
Record store
Smile is Record store on 1837 Jerónimo Salguero, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
1837 Jerónimo Salguero, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Sonido
Record store
Sonido — Record store.
Audio + Música
Record store
Audio + Música — Record store, found on 1581 Almirante Brown in Don Torcuato.
1581 Almirante Brown, Don Torcuato, 1611
Musicomio
Record store
Musicomio is Record store.
Musimundo
Record store
Musimundo is Record store on Avenida Presidente Néstor Carlos Kirchner.
Avenida Presidente Néstor Carlos Kirchner
Music Box
Record store
Music Box — Record store.
Tecno Mix
Record store
Tecno Mix — Record store on Avenida del Libertador.
Avenida del Libertador
Zivals
Record store
Zivals — Record store, found on 395 Avenida Callao in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Also worth knowing about Zivals: it has a website with more detail.
395 Avenida Callao, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Free Time
Record store
Free Time — Record store, found on Avenida Nazca in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Avenida Nazca, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
St. Pauli Music
Record store
St. Pauli Music is Record store on 3978 Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. St. Pauli Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
3978 Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1208
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00
club Pampero
Record store
club Pampero — Record store on General Miguel de Azcuénaga.
General Miguel de Azcuénaga
El Anzuelo
Record store
El Anzuelo — Record store on Diputado Raúl Pedrera.
Diputado Raúl Pedrera
What the map tells us about record stores in Buenos Aires
3 of the 46 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
9 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Buenos Aires record crawl
The efficient Buenos Aires record crawl strings these together: Famusic on 2899 Avenida Santa Fe, Musimundo, Grey Music, Bernal Music Store, Nicola B. Bernardelli, Tus Sonidos Disquería on Avenida Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Musimundo, and BM Music on Avenida Avelino Rolón — 46 stops, one logical order. 38 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Buenos Aires
How the regulars work Buenos Aires's bins:
- Go often, dig briefly at Famusic. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
- Don't clean records with your shirt at Musimundo. A proper brush costs little and saves grooves. Shirt fibres and spit are how records get ruined.
- Learn the grading. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.
- Ask to play it. Good shops have turntables for exactly this. If they won't let you listen, that's information too.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Buenos Aires — 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 Buenos Aires can take a while to appear. The 46 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 46 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 Buenos Aires: 46 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.