Shopping for Music in the North West of England
Just around the corner from Oldham Street you’ll find Vinyl Revival. They’ve been here since 1997 and sell a mixture of new and secondhand records on CD and Vinyl, plus DVDs. They sell all sorts of stuff but they also specialise in Manchester music from the 1960s to present day – so you’ll find plenty […]
Soda deal in collectable things, including trading cards, comics, merchandise and obscure American sweets. It’s a total treasure trove for collectors as you can imagine, and the back half of the shop is devoted to Vinyl. Boxes and boxes of the stuff. They’ve got most genres covered Rock, Pop, Soul, Funk, Prog, Indie, Punk, […]
This shop, of course, takes it’s name of course from and old Smiths tune. Mozzer grew up within a short cycle ride of Stretford Mall where this shop is located, and apparently the song references a fountain – stocked with live fish – that once graced the mall in the 1970s. Stretford Mall (formely Stretford […]
If you’re on a Northern Quarter Vinyl pilgramage you’ll doubtless pass the iconic Afflecks Palace, epicentre of Manchester alternative culture. This was a former department store repurposed in the early 80s as an indoor marketplace of vintage clothes, head shops, skateboards and places to get yourself tatooed, pierced, hair-extended or whatever else floats your boat. […]
A bit futher afield, but well worth a visit is X-Records of Bolton, Lancashire. You can get to Bolton by train in about 15-20 minutes so you could easily do a quick detour during your Manchester record-shopping frenzy. The USP of this shop is its massive stock of back catalogue. There is a database on […]
Nah can’t shift ’em mate”…”I’ll give you 15 quid for that lot”….”got any New Wave of British Heavy Metal?”….aha we must be in Vinyl Exchange, right there in the glittering Northern Quarter and probably the biggest second hand record shop in the North West. Open since 1988 Vinyl Exchange has a massive stock of pretty […]
A bit controversial this one. We’re essentially about supporting Independent shops on this site, but we feature this one for completeness and I know for a fact that Fopp is a real draw with people from far afield making a special trip to pick up some bargains. The history of Fopp is well known, they […]
Like those mid period albums of the Beach Boys, Deco is a little gem that you really should go and discover. Set just off the main drag in Withington, a sign on the corner of Wimslow Road will direct you just in case you lose the scent. The Shop is packed full of 2nd Hand […]
Eastern Bloc is a bit of a legendary name for most Mancunian music fans of a certain age. Established in 1985 the shop was once partly presided over by Martin Price of 808 State, and was right at the heart of the Madchester/Acid House scene in the late 80s and early 90s. The original shop […]
Opened in 2015 Vinyl Planet is located just off the main drag of Macclesfield, handily next door to a guitar shop. The town itself is steeped in pop mythology itself being the one time home of Ian Curtis and other members of Joy Division & New Order, bluesman John Mayall, the semi-legendary britpoppers Marion and…er…The […]
