Record stores in Stuttgart
Vinyl hunting in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg? There are 16 record shops mapped here. That's 16 record shops mapped around Stuttgart. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Stuttgart (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Rimpo and Cheap Trash Records, plus Second Hand Records. If a record shop's missing from Stuttgart's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Stuttgart record lineup
16 mapped within about 40 km:
Rimpo
Record storeRun by Heinz Bross e.K.
Run by Heinz Bross e.K., Rimpo is Record store, found on 23 Ammergasse in Tübingen. Also worth knowing about Rimpo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Ammergasse, Tübingen, 72070
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +49 7071 23456
Cheap Trash Records
Used record store
Cheap Trash Records is Used record store on 166 Forststraße, Stuttgart. Cheap Trash Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu,Th 18:30-20:30; Sa 13:00-16:00; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
166 Forststraße, Stuttgart, 70193
Hours: Tu,Th 18:30-20:30; Sa 13:00-16:00; PH off
Second Hand Records
Record store
Second Hand Records is Record store on 3 Leuschnerstraße, Stuttgart. Second Hand Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
3 Leuschnerstraße, Stuttgart, 70174
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Elmupro
Record store
Elmupro is Record store. Elmupro also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 14:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 14:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; PH off
Pauls Musique Records
Record store
Pauls Musique Records is Record store on 59 Hauptstätter Straße, Stuttgart. Pauls Musique Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as closed; it has a website with more detail.
59 Hauptstätter Straße, Stuttgart, 70178
Hours: closed
Musik Akademie Staudenmaier
Record store
Musik Akademie Staudenmaier — Record store, found on 69/1 Kleinbottwarer Straße in Großbottwar. Also worth knowing about Musik Akademie Staudenmaier: it has a website with more detail.
69/1 Kleinbottwarer Straße, Großbottwar, 71723
Ratzer Records Plattencafe
Record store
Ratzer Records Plattencafe is Record store on 154 Hauptstätter Straße, Stuttgart. Ratzer Records Plattencafe also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th 16:00-20:00; Fr 11:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
154 Hauptstätter Straße, Stuttgart, 70178
Hours: Th 16:00-20:00; Fr 11:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +49 711 616352
SoundChip - Veranstaltungstechnik
Record store
SoundChip - Veranstaltungstechnik — Record store, found on 23 Hauptstraße in Besigheim. Also worth knowing about SoundChip - Veranstaltungstechnik: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Hauptstraße, Besigheim, 74354
Phone: +49 7143 9691060
Die Schallplatte
Record store
Die Schallplatte is Record store. Die Schallplatte also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-17:00; PH, Su, Mo off.
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-17:00; PH, Su, Mo off
Tommes
Record store
Tommes — Record store, found on 53 Olgastraße in Stuttgart. Also worth knowing about Tommes: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
53 Olgastraße, Stuttgart, 70182
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +49 176 84545173
Plattenlädle
Record store
Plattenlädle is Record store on 7 Eberhardstraße, Reutlingen. Plattenlädle also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-19:00; Sa 10:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Eberhardstraße, Reutlingen, 72764
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-19:00; Sa 10:30-16:00
Phone: +49 7121 311619
Plattenbau
Record store
Plattenbau — Record store, found on 1A Böheimstraße in Stuttgart. Also worth knowing about Plattenbau: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1A Böheimstraße, Stuttgart, 70178
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00
Phone: +49 711 62009345
7US Media Group
Record storeRun by Hans Derer
Run by Hans Derer, 7US Media Group is Record store, found on 10 Alfred-Kärcher-Straße in Winnenden. Also worth knowing about 7US Media Group: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 Alfred-Kärcher-Straße, Winnenden, 71364
Phone: +49 7195 9078078
Orgelstudio Stuttgart
Record store
Orgelstudio Stuttgart is Record store.
Orgelbau Andreas Schmutz
Record storeRun by Andreas Schmutz
Orgelbau Andreas Schmutz is Record store run by Andreas Schmutz on 5 Finkenweg, Römerstein. Orgelbau Andreas Schmutz also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5 Finkenweg, Römerstein, 72587
Phone: +49 7382 936738
Mo’s Plattenkiste
Record store
Mo’s Plattenkiste — Record store on 10 Wagnerstraße. Also worth knowing about Mo’s Plattenkiste: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
10 Wagnerstraße, 73728
Phone: +491733689630
What the map tells us about record stores in Stuttgart
10 of the 16 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.
Most of the record stores in Stuttgart list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.
The Stuttgart record crawl
The efficient Stuttgart record crawl strings these together: Rimpo on 23 Ammergasse, Cheap Trash Records on 166 Forststraße, Second Hand Records on 3 Leuschnerstraße, Elmupro, Pauls Musique Records on 59 Hauptstätter Straße, Musik Akademie Staudenmaier on 69/1 Kleinbottwarer Straße, Ratzer Records Plattencafe on 154 Hauptstätter Straße, and SoundChip - Veranstaltungstechnik on 23 Hauptstraße — 16 stops, one logical order. 8 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Stuttgart
A few things worth knowing before you work through Stuttgart's record stores:
- Check the bargain wall rhythm at Rimpo. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
- Ask to play it at Cheap Trash Records. Good shops have turntables for exactly this. If they won't let you listen, that's information too.
- 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 the turntable section. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Stuttgart — 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 Stuttgart can take a while to appear. The 16 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 16 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 Stuttgart: 16 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.