Record stores in Salvador

Record shops reward the patient digger. Salvador, Bahia has 3 mapped right now. That's 3 record shops mapped around Salvador. 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 Salvador (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bazar Musical and Zambabem Vinil, plus Vendovinil.Ssa. If a record shop's missing from Salvador's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Salvador record lineup

3 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Salvador

None of the 3 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 Salvador record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Bazar Musical, Zambabem Vinil, and Vendovinil.Ssa. That's 3 stops on the Salvador record crawl.

Record digging tips for Salvador

How the regulars work Salvador's bins:

• Bring cash for the small shops at Bazar Musical. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
• Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve at Zambabem Vinil. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.
• Learn your labels. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Visit on restock days. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Salvador — 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 Salvador can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 3 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 3 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.