Record stores in Richmond

Record shops reward the patient digger. Richmond, Virginia has 8 mapped right now. That's 8 record shops mapped around Richmond. 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 Richmond (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Vinyl Conflict and Le Cache Dulcet, plus Barky's. If a record shop's missing from Richmond's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Richmond record lineup

8 in Richmond, plus 2 more around Richmond below:

What the map tells us about record stores in Richmond

6 of the 8 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

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

The Richmond record crawl

Making a day of it in Richmond? Work this order: Vinyl Conflict on 300 East Grace Street, Le Cache Dulcet on 109 East Broad Street, Barky's on 18 East Broad Street, Records & Relics RVA on 2704 East Marshall Street, Small Friend Records & Books, Deep Groove Records on 317 North Robinson Street, Plan 9 Music on 3017 West Cary Street, and Wax Moon on 1310 Altamont Avenue. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Record digging tips for Richmond

How the regulars work Richmond's bins:

• Ask the staff what's new at Vinyl Conflict. Shop staff know what's just come in and what's about to. One question can save an hour of digging.
• Check Discogs before big purchases at Le Cache Dulcet. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
• Note the shop's specialties. Every shop leans somewhere — soul, punk, jazz, classical. Find the lean that matches yours, then dig the others anyway.
• Inspect the seams. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Richmond — 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 Richmond can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 8 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 8 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 Richmond

2 more within about 40 km of Richmond, nearest first: