Record stores in Sooke

Sooke, BC has 5 record stores on the map. That's 5 record shops mapped around Sooke. 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 Sooke (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Allison Piano and Ditch Records & CD's, plus The Turntable. If a record shop's missing from Sooke's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Sooke record lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Sooke

4 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.

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

Most of the record stores in Sooke list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.

The Sooke record crawl

The efficient Sooke record crawl strings these together: Allison Piano, Ditch Records & CD's on 784 Fort Street, The Turntable on 3 Fan Tan Alley, Supreme Echo on 2504 Government Street, and Sunrise Records — 5 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Sooke

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

• Check for box sets at Allison Piano. Box sets get broken up or sold whole; either way the per-record price is often excellent.
• Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve at Ditch Records & CD's. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.
• Check Discogs before big purchases. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
• Don't skip the 45s. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Sooke — 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 Sooke 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.