Record stores in Dunedin

Vinyl hunting in Dunedin, Otago? There are 3 record shops mapped here. That's 3 record shops mapped around Dunedin. 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 Dunedin (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Disk Den and MusicWorks (Begg’s), plus Zodiac Records & Books. If a record shop's missing from Dunedin's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Dunedin record lineup

3 mapped within about 30 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Dunedin

3 of the 3 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

Most of the record stores in Dunedin list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.

The Dunedin record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Disk Den, MusicWorks (Begg’s) on Cnr Moray Place & Lwr Stuart Street, and Zodiac Records & Books on 223 King Edward Street. That's 3 stops on the Dunedin record crawl.

Record digging tips for Dunedin

How the regulars work Dunedin's bins:

• Learn your labels at Disk Den. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Ask the staff what's new at MusicWorks (Begg’s). Shop staff know what's just come in and what's about to. One question can save an hour of digging.
• Check the turntable section. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
• Note the shop's specialties. Every shop leans somewhere — soul, punk, jazz, classical. Find the lean that matches yours, then dig the others anyway.

Good to know

We searched about 30 km around Dunedin — 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 Dunedin can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 3 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 3 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.