Record stores in Dallas

Dallas, TX has 14 record stores on the map. That's 14 record shops mapped around Dallas. 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 Dallas (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Murphy's Music and CROSSROADS AUDIO, INC., plus FYE. If a record shop's missing from Dallas's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Dallas record lineup

14 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Dallas

4 of the 14 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

4 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

The Dallas record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Murphy's Music on 940 West Airport Freeway, CROSSROADS AUDIO, INC. on 2623 Myrtle Springs Avenue, FYE, Norris Family Music on 500 North Galloway Avenue, Pro Mix Global on 1500 Crescent Drive, FYE on 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Josey Records on 2821 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, and Dead Wax Records on 1014 South Broadway Street. That's 14 stops on the Dallas record crawl. 6 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Dallas

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

• Go often, dig briefly at Murphy's Music. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
• Bring cash for the small shops at CROSSROADS AUDIO, INC.. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
• Don't clean records with your shirt. A proper brush costs little and saves grooves. Shirt fibres and spit are how records get ruined.
• The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Dallas — 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 Dallas can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 14, 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 14 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.