Record stores in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina has 5 record stores on the map. That's 5 record shops mapped around Raleigh. 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 Raleigh (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop and Sorry State Records, plus Schoolkids Records. If a record shop's missing from Raleigh's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Raleigh record lineup
5 in Raleigh, plus 7 more around Raleigh below:
The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
Record store0.3 km from Raleigh
The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop is Record store on 224 South Blount Street. The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
224 South Blount Street, 27601
Hours: Tu-Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-919-821-1120
Sorry State Records
Record store0.5 km from Raleigh
Sorry State Records is Record store.
Schoolkids Records
Record store3.4 km from Raleigh
Schoolkids Records — Record store, found on 2237 Avent Ferry Road in Raleigh. Also worth knowing about Schoolkids Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2237 Avent Ferry Road, Raleigh, 27606
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-919-821-7766
Music & Arts
Record store9.1 km from Raleigh
Music & Arts is Record store on 426 Crossroads Boulevard, Cary.
426 Crossroads Boulevard, Cary, 27518
2112 Percussion
Record store10.2 km from Raleigh
2112 Percussion — Record store, found on 5250 Capital Boulevard in Raleigh.
5250 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh, 27616
What the map tells us about record stores in Raleigh
2 of the 5 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 Raleigh list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.
The Raleigh record crawl
The efficient Raleigh record crawl strings these together: The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop on 224 South Blount Street, Sorry State Records, Schoolkids Records on 2237 Avent Ferry Road, Music & Arts on 426 Crossroads Boulevard, and 2112 Percussion on 5250 Capital Boulevard — 5 stops, one logical order.
Record digging tips for Raleigh
Digging in Raleigh? A few habits pay off:
- Don't overlook cassettes and CDs at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop. The tape and CD sections are chronically underpriced. The format revival hasn't hit them the same way.
- The dollar bin is honest work at Sorry State Records. Nobody's getting rich off the dollar bin, but the joy-per-dollar ratio is unbeatable. Flip through all of it.
- Check the bargain wall rhythm. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
- Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Raleigh — 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 Raleigh can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 5, 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 5 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.
Worth the trip: more record stores around Raleigh
7 more within about 40 km of Raleigh, nearest first:
Hunky Dory
Record store12.9 km from Raleigh
Hunky Dory — Record store, found on 121 East Chatham Street in Cary. Also worth knowing about Hunky Dory: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 12:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
121 East Chatham Street, Cary, 27511
Hours: Su-Th 12:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-21:00
Phone: +19192341229
Music Go Round Cary
Record store13.2 km from Raleigh
Music Go Round Cary — Record store, found on 855 Bass Pro Lane in Cary. Also worth knowing about Music Go Round Cary: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00, Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
855 Bass Pro Lane, Cary, 27513
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00, Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +1 919-650-3544
Record Krate
Record store24.9 km from Raleigh
Record Krate — Record store, found on 208 South White Street in Wake Forest. Also worth knowing about Record Krate: the map lists its hours as We,Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; Su "occasionally"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
208 South White Street, Wake Forest, 27587
Hours: We,Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; Su "occasionally"
Phone: +1-919-601-3131
Schoolkids Records
Record store34.7 km from Raleigh
Schoolkids Records — Record store, found on 905 West Main Street in Durham. Also worth knowing about Schoolkids Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
905 West Main Street, Durham, 27701
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-19:00
Phone: +1 919 688 7022
Tuba Exchange
Record store34.8 km from Raleigh
Tuba Exchange — Record store, found on 1825 Chapel Hill Road in Durham.
1825 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, 27707
Hunky Dory
Record store36.1 km from Raleigh
Hunky Dory — Record store, found on 718 9th Street in Durham. Also worth knowing about Hunky Dory: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
718 9th Street, Durham, 27705
Phone: +1-919-286-1916
Godwin Music Co
Record store37.1 km from Raleigh
Godwin Music Co — Record store, found on 6217 NC-39 in Selma. Also worth knowing about Godwin Music Co: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
6217 NC-39, Selma, 27576
Phone: +1-919-965-6167
Record store listings for Raleigh: 5 in Raleigh and 7 more nearby 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.