Record stores in Reno

Reno, Nevada has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Reno. 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 Reno (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Spectre Records and Absolute Music. If a record shop's missing from Reno's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Reno record lineup

2 in Reno:

What the map tells us about record stores in Reno

None of the 2 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Record shops keep fairly standard retail hours; daytime visits are a safe bet.

The one mapped record store sits on 601 South Center Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Reno record crawl

Making a day of it in Reno? Work this order: Spectre Records on 601 South Center Street and Absolute Music. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Record digging tips for Reno

A few things worth knowing before you work through Reno's record stores:

• Learn your labels at Spectre Records. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Hit the new-arrivals bin first at Absolute Music. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.
• Don't overlook cassettes and CDs. The tape and CD sections are chronically underpriced. The format revival hasn't hit them the same way.
• Check Discogs before big purchases. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.

Good to know

We searched about 25 km around Reno — 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 Reno can take a while to appear. The 2 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 2 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.