Record stores in Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario has 23 record stores on the map. That's 23 record shops mapped around Cambridge. 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 Cambridge (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Classical Guitars and Accessories and The Beat Goes On, plus Sunrise Records. If a record shop's missing from Cambridge's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cambridge record lineup
23 mapped within about 40 km:
Classical Guitars and Accessories
Record store
Classical Guitars and Accessories is Record store on 19 Queen Street East, Cambridge.
19 Queen Street East, Cambridge
The Beat Goes On
Record store
The Beat Goes On — Record store.
Sunrise Records
Record store
Sunrise Records is Record store on 355 Hespeler Road, Cambridge.
355 Hespeler Road, Cambridge, N1R 6B3
The Beckett School
Record store
The Beckett School is Record store.
Music Plus
Record store
Music Plus is Record store. Music Plus also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Rock Universe
Record store
Rock Universe — Record store. Also worth knowing about Rock Universe: it has a website with more detail.
Forch's Record Store
Record store
Forch's Record Store is Record store.
Cheapies
Record store
Cheapies is Record store on 67 King Street East, Hamilton.
67 King Street East, Hamilton
Sunrise Records
Record store
Sunrise Records is Record store.
Sunrise Records
Record store
Sunrise Records is Record store.
The Beat Goes On
Record store
The Beat Goes On — Record store.
The Beat Goes On
Record store
The Beat Goes On — Record store.
Saigon Oriental Music and Video
Record store
Saigon Oriental Music and Video — Record store.
The Beat Goes On
Record store
The Beat Goes On — Record store, found on 23 Wellington Street East in Guelph. Also worth knowing about The Beat Goes On: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Wellington Street East, Guelph, N1H 3R7
Phone: +1-519-823-5341
X-Disc-C Music
Used record storeRun by Kevin Diebolt
Run by Kevin Diebolt, X-Disc-C Music is Used record store, found on 7 Moyer Place in Kitchener. Also worth knowing about X-Disc-C Music: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Moyer Place, Kitchener, N2H 2S6
Phone: +1-519-585-0712
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store.
Royal Cat Records
Record store
Royal Cat Records — Record store, found on 21 Macdonell Street in Guelph. Also worth knowing about Royal Cat Records: it has a website with more detail.
21 Macdonell Street, Guelph
Into The Abyss Records
Record store
Into The Abyss Records — Record store on 179 King Street East. Also worth knowing about Into The Abyss Records: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
179 King Street East, L8N 1B3
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00
The Beat Goes On
Record storeRun by The Beat Goes On
Run by The Beat Goes On, The Beat Goes On is Record store. Also worth knowing about The Beat Goes On: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Rebel Rebel
Record store
Rebel Rebel is Record store.
F Bass
Record store
F Bass is Record store on 16 McKinstry Street, Hamilton. F Bass also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
16 McKinstry Street, Hamilton
Dr. Disc
Record store
Dr. Disc is Record store on 20 Wilson Street, Hamilton. Dr. Disc also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
20 Wilson Street, Hamilton
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 905-523-1010
The Guitar Corner
Record store
The Guitar Corner — Record store.
What the map tells us about record stores in Cambridge
3 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Cambridge record crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Classical Guitars and Accessories on 19 Queen Street East, The Beat Goes On, Sunrise Records on 355 Hespeler Road, The Beckett School, Music Plus, Rock Universe, Forch's Record Store, and Cheapies on 67 King Street East. That's 23 stops on the Cambridge record crawl. 15 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Cambridge
Digging in Cambridge? A few habits pay off:
- Don't skip the 45s at Classical Guitars and Accessories. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
- Buy the weird stuff at The Beat Goes On. Private pressings, local bands, oddball compilations — the strange records are the ones that appreciate.
- The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.
- Check Discogs before big purchases. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Cambridge — 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 Cambridge can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 23 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 23 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 Cambridge: 23 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.