Record stores in Chennai

Record shops reward the patient digger. Chennai, Tamil Nadu has 4 mapped right now. That's 4 record shops mapped around Chennai. 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 Chennai (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Music Shoppe and Niroshan's Home, plus Lakshman Sruthi Musical Complex. If a record shop's missing from Chennai's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Chennai record lineup

4 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Chennai

None of the 4 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 10 Bazullah Road — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Chennai record crawl

The efficient Chennai record crawl strings these together: Music Shoppe on 10 Bazullah Road, Niroshan's Home, Lakshman Sruthi Musical Complex, and DJ Songs — 4 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Chennai

How the regulars work Chennai's bins:

• Check the turntable section at Music Shoppe. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
• Visit on restock days at Niroshan's Home. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.
• Sleeves matter for value. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
• Learn to spot reissues. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Chennai — 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 Chennai can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 4, 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 4 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.