Record stores in Rome
Record shops reward the patient digger. Rome, Lazio has 22 mapped right now. That's 22 record shops mapped around Rome. 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 Rome (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include HellNation Store and Vinylstore, plus Camomilla. If a record shop's missing from Rome's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Rome record lineup
22 mapped within about 40 km:
HellNation Store
Record store
HellNation Store — Record store, found on 113 Via Nomentana in Roma. Also worth knowing about HellNation Store: it has a website with more detail.
113 Via Nomentana, Roma, 00161
Vinylstore
Record store
Vinylstore is Record store.
Camomilla
Record store
Camomilla — Record store.
Transmission
Record store
Transmission — Record store, found on 27 Via dei Salentini in Roma. Also worth knowing about Transmission: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-14:00,15:00-20:00; Sa 10:30-20:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27 Via dei Salentini, Roma, 00185
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-14:00,15:00-20:00; Sa 10:30-20:00; PH off
Phone: +39 06 44704370
Radiation Records
Record store
Radiation Records — Record store on 94 Via del Boschetto.
94 Via del Boschetto
BMusic – Tastiere sintetizzatori e pianoforti
Record store
BMusic – Tastiere sintetizzatori e pianoforti — Record store, found on 125 Via Cavour in Roma. Also worth knowing about BMusic – Tastiere sintetizzatori e pianoforti: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 16:00-19:30; Mo 15:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
125 Via Cavour, Roma, 00184
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 16:00-19:30; Mo 15:30-19:30
Phone: +39 064824917
BMusic – Chitarre percussioni e amplificatori
Record store
BMusic – Chitarre percussioni e amplificatori is Record store on 145 Via Cavour, Roma. BMusic – Chitarre percussioni e amplificatori also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 16:00-19:30, 09:00-18:00; Mo 15:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
145 Via Cavour, Roma, 00184
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 16:00-19:30, 09:00-18:00; Mo 15:30-19:30
Phone: +39 064878435
Girodidò
Record store
Girodidò — Record store on 70 via Badia di Cava. Also worth knowing about Girodidò: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 15:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 09:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
70 via Badia di Cava
Hours: Mo-Sa 15:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 09:00-13:00
Phone: +39 393 351 4551
Goody Music
Record store
Goody Music — Record store, found on 27 Via Flaminia in Roma.
27 Via Flaminia, Roma
Elastic Rock
Record storeRun by Simona Burini
Run by Simona Burini, Elastic Rock is Record store, found on 239 Viale dei Quattro Venti in Roma. Also worth knowing about Elastic Rock: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
239 Viale dei Quattro Venti, Roma, 00152
Phone: +39 06 5814243
Ultrasuoni Records
Record store
Ultrasuoni Records — Record store on 24a Via dei Marsi. Also worth knowing about Ultrasuoni Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 14:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
24a Via dei Marsi
Hours: Mo-Sa 14:00-20:00
Discoteca Laziale
Record store
Discoteca Laziale — Record store, found on 263 Via Giovanni Giolitti in Roma. Also worth knowing about Discoteca Laziale: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
263 Via Giovanni Giolitti, Roma, 00185
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00
Phone: +39 06 44714500
Pink Moon Records
Record store
Pink Moon Records — Record store, found on 5 Via Antonio Pacinotti in Roma.
5 Via Antonio Pacinotti, Roma, 00146
Volume 33
Record store
Volume 33 — Record store.
Discoteca Caporilli
Record store
Discoteca Caporilli is Record store on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, Albano Laziale.
Corso Giacomo Matteotti, Albano Laziale, 00041
Magic Sound
Record store
Magic Sound is Record store on 202e Via di Acqua Bullicante, Roma.
202e Via di Acqua Bullicante, Roma, 00177
I Want To Believe Recordshop
Record store
I Want To Believe Recordshop is Record store on 10a Via dei Quattro Cantoni. I Want To Believe Recordshop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-20:00; Mo 10:00-17:00; Sa 15:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10a Via dei Quattro Cantoni, 00184
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-20:00; Mo 10:00-17:00; Sa 15:00-20:00
Phone: +39 06 9558 4096
Millerecords
Record store
Millerecords — Record store on 91 Via Merulana. Also worth knowing about Millerecords: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:30; Mo 16:00-19:30; it has a website with more detail.
91 Via Merulana, 00185
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:30; Mo 16:00-19:30
Discoteca Laziale
Record store
Discoteca Laziale — Record store.
Blutopia
Record store
Blutopia is Record store on 116 Via del Pigneto. Blutopia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 16:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-20:00.
116 Via del Pigneto, 00176
Hours: Mo 16:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-20:00
Radiation Records
Record store
Radiation Records — Record store on 14 Via Romanello da Forlì. Also worth knowing about Radiation Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:30; it has a website with more detail.
14 Via Romanello da Forlì, 00176
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:30
Stereosound
Record store
Stereosound — Record store on 10 Via della Minerva.
10 Via della Minerva
What the map tells us about record stores in Rome
10 of the 22 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
11 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Rome record crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: HellNation Store on 113 Via Nomentana, Vinylstore, Camomilla, Transmission on 27 Via dei Salentini, Radiation Records on 94 Via del Boschetto, BMusic – Tastiere sintetizzatori e pianoforti on 125 Via Cavour, BMusic – Chitarre percussioni e amplificatori on 145 Via Cavour, and Girodidò on 70 via Badia di Cava. That's 22 stops on the Rome record crawl. 14 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Rome
Digging in Rome? A few habits pay off:
- Learn the grading at HellNation Store. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.
- Check Discogs before big purchases at Vinylstore. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
- Sleeves matter for value. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
- Check the dead wax. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Rome — 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 Rome can take a while to appear. The 22 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 22 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 Rome: 22 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.