Record stores in Sydney
Sydney, NSW has 30 record stores on the map. That's 30 record shops mapped around Sydney. 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 Sydney (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Egg Records and Carlingford Music Centre, plus The Vintage Record. If a record shop's missing from Sydney's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Sydney record lineup
30 mapped within about 40 km:
Egg Records
Record store
Egg Records is Record store on 3 Wilson Street. Egg Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-17:00.
3 Wilson Street, 2042
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-17:00
Carlingford Music Centre
Record store
Carlingford Music Centre — Record store on 312 Pennant Hills Road.
312 Pennant Hills Road, 2118
The Vintage Record
Record store
The Vintage Record — Record store on 31а Parramatta Road. Also worth knowing about The Vintage Record: the map lists its hours as Th-Su 11:00-17:00.
31а Parramatta Road, 2038
Hours: Th-Su 11:00-17:00
Mr Piano
Record store
Mr Piano — Record store. Also worth knowing about Mr Piano: the map lists its hours as We 10:00-16:00; Th-Tu 10:00-17:00.
Hours: We 10:00-16:00; Th-Tu 10:00-17:00
Utopia Records
Record store
Utopia Records is Record store. Utopia Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Beatdisc Records
Record store
Beatdisc Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Beatdisc Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 09:30-17:00; Th 09:30-18:30; Fr 09:30-17:00; Sa 10:30-15:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-We 09:30-17:00; Th 09:30-18:30; Fr 09:30-17:00; Sa 10:30-15:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +61 2 9891 9330
Lawsons
Record store
Lawsons is Record store.
Prestige Music
Record store
Prestige Music — Record store.
Castle Hill Music
Record store
Castle Hill Music — Record store.
Sandy's records
Record store
Sandy's records — Record store on Pittwater Road.
Pittwater Road
Saigon Music
Record store
Saigon Music is Record store.
Downtown Music
Record store
Downtown Music is Record store on 141 Parramatta Road. Downtown Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr-Su 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
141 Parramatta Road
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr-Su 10:00-16:00
Phone: +61 2 9569 2744
Anthony's Music
Record store
Anthony's Music is Record store.
Daddy Rich Records
Record store
Daddy Rich Records is Record store. Daddy Rich Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Red Eye Records
Record store
Red Eye Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Red Eye Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-19:30; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-We,Fr,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-19:30; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +61 2 9267 7440
RPM Records
Record store
RPM Records is Record store.
Mint Condition
Record store
Mint Condition is Record store.
Australian Piano Centre
Record store
Australian Piano Centre is Record store.
Australian Piano Warehouse
Record store
Australian Piano Warehouse — Record store. Also worth knowing about Australian Piano Warehouse: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Musicians Avenue
Record store
Musicians Avenue — Record store. Also worth knowing about Musicians Avenue: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 09:30-17:30; Th 09:30-19:00; Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-We 09:30-17:30; Th 09:30-19:00; Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:30-16:00
Phone: +61 2 9755 9999
Sound Devices
Record store
Sound Devices — Record store. Also worth knowing about Sound Devices: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +61 2 9635 5552
Top 10 Sound And Movie
Record store
Top 10 Sound And Movie — Record store on 741 George Street. Also worth knowing about Top 10 Sound And Movie: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa,Su off.
741 George Street
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa,Su off
Impressed Recordings
Record store
Impressed Recordings — Record store. Also worth knowing about Impressed Recordings: it has a website with more detail.
19th Nervous Breakdown
Record store
19th Nervous Breakdown — Record store on 44 Ross Street. Also worth knowing about 19th Nervous Breakdown: the map lists its hours as We-Su 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
44 Ross Street, 2037
Hours: We-Su 10:00-17:00
Phone: +61 432 898 242
1989
Record store
1989 — Record store.
Papa Disquo
Record store
Papa Disquo is Record store on 109 Enmore Road. Papa Disquo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
109 Enmore Road
Hours: Mo-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +61 2 9090 2140
Rocky Road Records
Record store
Rocky Road Records — Record store on 110-114 Hampden Road. Also worth knowing about Rocky Road Records: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Mo off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
110-114 Hampden Road
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Mo off
Phone: +61 405 159 059
Tengu Records
Record store
Tengu Records is Record store on 39 Enmore Road. Tengu Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
39 Enmore Road
Prop Records
Used record store
Prop Records is Used record store on 361 Liverpool Road. Prop Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
361 Liverpool Road, 2131
Record Store
Record store
Record Store — Record store on 277 Crown Street.
277 Crown Street, 2010
What the map tells us about record stores in Sydney
13 of the 30 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
10 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Sydney record crawl
The efficient Sydney record crawl strings these together: Egg Records on 3 Wilson Street, Carlingford Music Centre on 312 Pennant Hills Road, The Vintage Record on 31а Parramatta Road, Mr Piano, Utopia Records, Beatdisc Records, Lawsons, and Prestige Music — 30 stops, one logical order. 22 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Sydney
Digging in Sydney? A few habits pay off:
- Ask to play it at Egg Records. Good shops have turntables for exactly this. If they won't let you listen, that's information too.
- Hit the new-arrivals bin first at Carlingford Music Centre. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.
- Sleeves matter for value. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
- Check for warps in the shop. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Sydney — 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 Sydney can take a while to appear. The 30 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 30 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 Sydney: 30 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.