Welcome to Record Shop City

wilson_quoteThey still do, and 'kids' of all ages should be pleasantly surprised at just how many places in this city they can still buy records from. So this is our one-stop guide to the fantastic record shops of Greater Manchester, from the 'Vinyl Valley' that is Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter, to the windswept streets of Bolton, Lancashire. Browse the menu on the right hand side and go shopping! Contact Us and tell us what you think. Please enjoy the site and Support your local record shops. Or if you haven't got any local record shops, come to Manchester and support ours. Tony Wilson quote & image used with kind permission of the Wilson family. Support Oliver Wilson raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Visit www.justgiving.com/OliverWilson

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Church St Records...Don't go looking for it, it's not there any more

I did a double take walking down Church Street this lunchtime. There now stands a pile of rubble where the bookstall and ramshackle old Church Street Records once ‘stood’ in its own lopsided, weatherbeaten way.

In its place will be some new market stalls which, to be fair,  is infinitely preferable to more flats or an [...]

Back in Bloc

This week our man Carl paid a long overdue visit to Eastern Bloc, up in the Nothern Quarter. The place is a bit of a Manchester institution and amazingly this year sees its 25th Anniversary. We’re pleased to report that Eastern Bloc is still enthusiastically feeding the dancefloors and bedrooms of the North West with [...]

'X' marks the Sale

Happy New Year! What better way to cheer up a miserable winter than with a January Sale, so why not head over to X-Records in Bolton and stock up on some new listening for those dark nights in.  It’s quite simple, £1 off everything, rising to £2 and up to £5 on subsequent purchases. They [...]