Record stores in Perth

Record shops reward the patient digger. Perth, WA has 10 mapped right now. That's 10 record shops mapped around Perth. 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 Perth (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Urban Records and Safari‘s Record Shack, plus The Record Finder. If a record shop's missing from Perth's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Perth record lineup

10 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Perth

2 of the 10 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

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

The Perth record crawl

Making a day of it in Perth? Work this order: Urban Records on 117 Oxford Street, Safari‘s Record Shack, The Record Finder on 43 High Street, Concept Musical Instruments, Sound One, Safari's Record Shack, Rhubarb Records, and Dada Records. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 2 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Perth

Digging in Perth? A few habits pay off:

• Learn your labels at Urban Records. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Learn to spot reissues at Safari‘s Record Shack. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.
• Don't skip the 45s. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
• Check the turntable section. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Perth — 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 Perth can take a while to appear. The 10 above are only as current as the community map. A record store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

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 10 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.