Record stores in Philadelphia
Record shops reward the patient digger. Philadelphia, PA has 39 mapped right now. That's 39 record shops mapped around Philadelphia. 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 Philadelphia (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Shady Dogs Records and George's Music, plus Calliope Music. If a record shop's missing from Philadelphia's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Philadelphia record lineup
39 mapped within about 40 km:
Shady Dogs Records
Record store
Shady Dogs Records is Record store. Shady Dogs Records also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1 610 644 1160
George's Music
Record store
George's Music — Record store, found on 1218 Welsh Road in North Wales. Also worth knowing about George's Music: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:00-15:00; Tu-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1218 Welsh Road, North Wales, 19454
Hours: Mo 10:00-15:00; Tu-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 215-412-4400
Calliope Music
Record store
Calliope Music — Record store, found on 4 East Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore. Also worth knowing about Calliope Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 19003
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +1 610-649-8842
Danny's Guitar Shop
Record store
Danny's Guitar Shop is Record store on 102 Forrest Avenue.
102 Forrest Avenue, 19072
FYE
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FYE — Record store, found on South Broad Street in Philadelphia.
South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19102
Lori's
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Lori's — Record store.
Changaros Record Shop
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Changaros Record Shop — Record store.
Long in the Tooth
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Long in the Tooth is Record store on 2027 Sansom Street.
2027 Sansom Street
Creep Records
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Creep Records is Record store on 1050 #76 North Hancock Street. Creep Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1050 #76 North Hancock Street
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-21:00
Phone: +1 267-239-2037
The Record Shop
Record store
The Record Shop — Record store, found on 110 Bridge Street in Phoenixville. Also worth knowing about The Record Shop: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
110 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 19460
Phone: +1 724-379-3175
Forever Changes
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Forever Changes — Record store, found on 10 South Main Street in Phoenixville. Also worth knowing about Forever Changes: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu-Th 12:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 South Main Street, Phoenixville, 19460
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Th 12:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1 814-732-9907
Vinyl Revival
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Vinyl Revival — Record store, found on 26 North Lansdowne Avenue in Lansdowne. Also worth knowing about Vinyl Revival: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu,Su off; We 14:00-19:00; Th-Fr 11:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
26 North Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 19050
Hours: Mo-Tu,Su off; We 14:00-19:00; Th-Fr 11:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +1 610-284-3537
Memory Lane Records
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Memory Lane Records is Record store on 324 Easton Road, Horsham.
324 Easton Road, Horsham, 19044
West Chester Music
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West Chester Music is Record store on 310 South High Street, West Chester. West Chester Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 12:00-19:00; Tu,Th 12:00-20:00; We,Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:15-17:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
310 South High Street, West Chester, 19382
Hours: Mo 12:00-19:00; Tu,Th 12:00-20:00; We,Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:15-17:00; Su off
Phone: +1 610-436-8641
Taylor’s Music Store & Studios
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Taylor’s Music Store & Studios — Record store, found on 116 West Gay Street in West Chester. Also worth knowing about Taylor’s Music Store & Studios: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
116 West Gay Street, West Chester, 19380
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 800-291-9700
Fay Fay Music
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Fay Fay Music is Record store.
Music & Arts
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Music & Arts is Record store on 1991 Sproul Road, Broomall. Music & Arts also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1991 Sproul Road, Broomall, 19008
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 610-356-4674
FYE
Record store
FYE — Record store, found on 4737 Concord Pike in Wilmington. Also worth knowing about FYE: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00; Su 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4737 Concord Pike, Wilmington
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Phone: +1 302-479-0404
FYE
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FYE — Record store.
FYE
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FYE — Record store.
Main St. Music
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Main St. Music is Record store on 4444 Main Street, Philadelphia. Main St. Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4444 Main Street, Philadelphia, 19127
Hours: We-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-215-487-7732
Hop Fidelity
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Hop Fidelity — Record store, found on 121 West Market Street in West Chester. Also worth knowing about Hop Fidelity: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 12:00-19:00; Th-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
121 West Market Street, West Chester, 19382
Hours: Mo-We 12:00-19:00; Th-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1 484 887 8042
Milkcrate Cafe & Vinyl
Record store
Milkcrate Cafe & Vinyl — Record store, found on 4435 Baltimore Avenue in Philadelphia. Also worth knowing about Milkcrate Cafe & Vinyl: it has a website with more detail.
4435 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, 19104
Common Beat
Record store
Common Beat is Record store on 4916 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia. Common Beat also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-We 12:00-17:00,Th-Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4916 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, 19143
Hours: Su-We 12:00-17:00,Th-Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 215 726-8742
Hideaway Music
Record store
Hideaway Music — Record store, found on 8232 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia. Also worth knowing about Hideaway Music: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00 - 17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8232 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, 19118
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00 - 17:00
Phone: +12154284434
Latchkey
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Latchkey — Record store on 1502 East Passyunk Avenue. Also worth knowing about Latchkey: the map lists its hours as Su 11:00-18:00; Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1502 East Passyunk Avenue, 19147
Hours: Su 11:00-18:00; Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-215-315-8985
Creep Records
Record store
Creep Records is Record store on 606-608 North 2nd Street. Creep Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 11:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-21:00; it has a website with more detail.
606-608 North 2nd Street, 19123
Hours: Su-Th 11:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-21:00
High Leverage
Record store
High Leverage — Record store on 2644-2648 Coral Street. Also worth knowing about High Leverage: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2644-2648 Coral Street, 19125
Phone: +1-215-586-7401
Luis Music
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Luis Music is Record store on 2616 River Avenue, Camden.
2616 River Avenue, Camden, 08105
NJ School of Music
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NJ School of Music — Record store.
Tunes
Record store
Tunes is Record store on 910 Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Voorhees.
910 Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Voorhees, 08043
Jacob's Music
Record store
Jacob's Music is Record store on Marlton Pike East, Cherry Hill.
Marlton Pike East, Cherry Hill, 08034
Solar Myth
Record store
Solar Myth — Record store, found on 1131 South Broad Street in Philadelphia. Also worth knowing about Solar Myth: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:00-26:00; it has a website with more detail.
1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-26:00
Tunes
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Tunes is Record store. Tunes also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Music Training Center
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Music Training Center is Record store on 137 State Route 73, Marlton.
137 State Route 73, Marlton, 08053
DeLuca Music
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DeLuca Music is Record store.
Philadelphia Record Exchange
Record store
Philadelphia Record Exchange is Record store on 1524 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.
1524 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 19125
Matones Music
Record store
Matones Music is Record store on 331 East Main Street, Collegeville. Matones Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
331 East Main Street, Collegeville, 19426
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 484-854-1105
Records Forever
Record store
Records Forever is Record store on 2036 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia. Records Forever also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
2036 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
What the map tells us about record stores in Philadelphia
18 of the 39 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
20 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Philadelphia record crawl
The efficient Philadelphia record crawl strings these together: Shady Dogs Records, George's Music on 1218 Welsh Road, Calliope Music on 4 East Lancaster Avenue, Danny's Guitar Shop on 102 Forrest Avenue, FYE on South Broad Street, Lori's, Changaros Record Shop, and Long in the Tooth on 2027 Sansom Street — 39 stops, one logical order. 31 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Philadelphia
Digging in Philadelphia? A few habits pay off:
- Check the turntable section at Shady Dogs Records. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
- Note the shop's specialties at George's Music. Every shop leans somewhere — soul, punk, jazz, classical. Find the lean that matches yours, then dig the others anyway.
- Learn the grading. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.
- Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Philadelphia — 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 Philadelphia can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 39, 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 39 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.
Record store listings for Philadelphia: 39 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.