Shopping for Music in the North West of England
80 Bold Street Liverpool L1 4HR “The HQ of Liverpool crate diggers…” Opening Hours:Mon- Sat 10:30 – 17:30 – Sunday 11:00-17:00 Website: http://digvinyl.co.uk/ Telephone: 07798 757352 OK I should declare an interest – Dig is owned by some very good friends of ours – but if it was no good I’d tell you *and* them […]
Downstairs Market Hall, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 2QT “A great gem of a record shop” Opening Hours:Monday-Saturday 9-5pm Website: https://www.facebook.com/hyderecords Telephone: 0161 368 0664 With thanks to Record Shop City reader Mike (who also provides the pictures) writes: “This lovely couple (Dave and Margaret) have been going since 1983 in Hyde buying and selling records […]
5 Hilton Street, Manchester M4 1LP “Manchester..so much to answer for..” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 10:00-17:00 Website: http://vinylrevivalmcr.com/ Telephone: 0161 661 6393 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 […]
Upper Unit 41/42 Stretford Mall, Chester Road, Stretford M32 9BB “Reel Around The Fountain…find the Tesco, stand facing away from the door and look up on the balcony – amazing Record Shop awaits!” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 9-5pm Website: https://www.facebook.com/www.ReelAroundTheFountainRecords.co.uk Telephone: 07982177797 This shop, of course, takes it’s name of course from an old Smiths […]
3rd Floor, Afflecks Palace, 52 Church Street, Northern Quarter Manchester M4 “No rest for the wicked!” Opening Hours:Monday-Friday: 10:30-18:00 Saturday: 10:00-18:00 Bank holidays: 11:00-17:00 Website: http://www.afflecks.com/our-shops/vinyl-resting-place/ Telephone: If you’re on a Northern Quarter Vinyl pilgrimage you’ll doubtless pass the iconic Afflecks Palace, epicentre of Manchester alternative culture for decades. This was the former Affleck & […]
44 Bridge Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 2EG “” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 10:00-17:30 Website: http://www.xrecords.co.uk/ Telephone: 01204 524018 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 […]
18 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JN “” Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00. Sundays 12:00-17:00 Website: http://www.vinylexchange.co.uk/ Telephone: 0161 228 1122 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 […]
3 Chester Road, Macclesfield, SK11 8DG “Small, but packed full of goodness” Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 10 – 17:30 (But check ahead) Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vinyl-Planet/1527809067504715 Telephone: 07956820013 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 […]
43 Hallgate, Wigan WN1 1LR “Bright and inviting..Wigan boasts one of the best Record Shops in the North West” Opening Hours:11am – 5pm Tuesday – Saturday Website: http://staticrecordswigan.co.uk/ Telephone: 07913 061976 Given it’s musical heritage it’s only right and proper that Wigan has its own proper record shop Recordshopcity reader John was the first to […]
Empire House Antiques 8 Wrigley Head Failsworth M35 9BL “For those about to ROCK!” Opening Hours:9am-4pm Mon-Fri – Sunday 10-3.30pm (*Closed Saturdays*) Website: https://plus.google.com/104808536190729506813/about Telephone: 07990 013012 It’s a wet Tuesday in March so of course I’m digging around an old antiques and junk warehouse in North Manchester. Failsworth Mill is typical of the old […]
