Shopping for Music in the North West of England
Above All Wrapped Up, 42 High Street, Uppermill OL3 6HA “Saddleworth’s only, and therfore best, record shop” Opening Hours:Wed – Sunday 12ish-5pm Website: https://innerspacerecords.co.uk/ Telephone: 07841 204 237 “New and second-hand records, good vibes and stuff”. More info coming soon!
10 Meahouse Brow, Stockport SK1 1JP “Looking for inspiration? Head to Stockport!” Opening Hours:Thursday to Saturday 11.00 – 19.00 Website: https://allnightflightrecords.com/ Telephone: All Night Flight Records is located just off the main market place in Stockport which is now home to some new bars, eateries and some really interesting little shops emerging […]
17 Little Underbank, Stockport, SK1 1LA “A bit specialist, and a bit special.” Opening Hours:Monday to Friday 1030 – 1730. Sun 12-,4 Website: http://www.sk1records.co.uk/ Telephone: 0161 474 1233 This is an excellent little shop combined with a Cafe and is well worth your attention. Take a 10 min train ride from relatively booming Manchester to […]
25 Regent Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1RX “Altricham must have a Record Shop…It’s the law!” Opening Hours:Weds to Fri 10-5, Saturdays 10-3, Sunday 11-4 Website: Telephone: Like most smaller towns, Altrincham has seen record shops come and go. Older readers will recall it had a Virgin Records in the town centre, a branch of Omega […]
6 High Street New Mills High Peak Derbyshire SK22 4AL “The stuff dreams are made of…” Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 10-17:00 Website: http://www.booksandmusic.co.uk/ Telephone: 01663 308212 Don’t let the shop sign fool you…this fine little bookshop also has an absolute gem of a Record Shop in it’s basement. Down the white stone steps you’ll find a wall […]
11 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 2QQ “A place to get stuck in and get digging…” Opening Hours:Mon- Sat 11-5.30pm Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeleton-Records/126627770721610 Telephone: 0151 653 9003 Skeleton Records has a long history, opened by John Weaver in 1971 – and described as a patchouli scented Head shop that specialised in rare imports , underground press […]
Retail Unit 1, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX “To browse the record racks of Probe is to poke around inside the DNA of the Liverpool Music scene” Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 9.30-6pm Sundays 12.30-5pm Website: Telephone: 0151 708 8815 Described by legendary Liverpool music writer Paul Du Noyer as “the semi-official control room of Liverpool […]
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 […]
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 […]
