Record stores in Vientiane

Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture has 1 record stores on the map. Just the one mapped record shop in Vientiane — dig deep, and ask the staff what's new in the bins. 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 Vientiane (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Thinnarat. If a record shop's missing from Vientiane's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Vientiane record lineup

1 mapped within about 30 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Vientiane

None of the 1 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.

Record digging tips for Vientiane

How the regulars work Vientiane's bins:

• Inspect the seams at Thinnarat. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.
• Ask about the return policy. Most used vinyl is sold as-is. Know the policy before the stylus hits a skip at home.
• Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
• Don't overlook cassettes and CDs. The tape and CD sections are chronically underpriced. The format revival hasn't hit them the same way.

Good to know

We searched about 30 km around Vientiane — 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 Vientiane can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 1 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 1 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.