The 10 Best Vinyl Record Stores In Sydney [Video]

Record stores in Sydney are more than just places to acquire vinyl. Yes, it may be easier to buy an album online but as the city becomes increasingly consumed by corporate enterprises and soul-deadening acai chains, someone’s got to keep the older, weirder, underground pockets of the community alive. It’s also just more fun to do things in real life.

In the same way that searching for a movie at Blockbuster was the best, yet selecting one on Netflix is boring and tedious, a Spotify playlist really can’t compare to digging through the crates at a record shop while trying to get the owner to compliment your taste.

But where are the best places to find your new or secondhand wax? Here are our recommendations for record shops in Sydney’s CBD, inner west and beyond.

Repressed Records, Newtown

Repressed is an inner-west Sydney institution that’s been in operation since 2002. After mega-merchandiser JB Hi-Fimoved into the neighbourhood of their old location and …