Record stores in Memphis

Vinyl hunting in Memphis, Tennessee? There are 3 record shops mapped here. That's 3 record shops mapped around Memphis. 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 Memphis (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Memphis Music and Shangri-la Records, plus Amro Music. If a record shop's missing from Memphis's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Memphis record lineup

3 in Memphis:

What the map tells us about record stores in Memphis

1 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.

The Memphis record crawl

The efficient Memphis record crawl strings these together: Memphis Music, Shangri-la Records on 1916 Madison Avenue, and Amro Music on 2918 Poplar Avenue — 3 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Memphis

Digging in Memphis? A few habits pay off:

• Note the shop's specialties at Memphis Music. Every shop leans somewhere — soul, punk, jazz, classical. Find the lean that matches yours, then dig the others anyway.
• Don't skip the 45s at Shangri-la Records. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
• Check the bargain wall rhythm. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
• Hit the new-arrivals bin first. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Memphis — 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 Memphis 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.