Melbourne, Australia (2)

Hi

Just found this and thought I would add my list of record shops in Melbourne, Australia. The old topic on Melbourne is locked. You can also check out Digg Records which is a web site dedicated to record shops in Melbourne.

City and Surrounds
Hound Dog’s Bop Shop
313 Victoria St West Melbourne VIC 3003
ph: (03) 9329 5362
Specialised in 40s/50s/60s also has quite a lot of country, bluegrass, a decent blues selection. Well worth checking out. Only open Thurs, Fri and Sat.

Wax Museum
Campbell Arcade (this is the arcade under Flinders St which has underground access to Flinders St station between Swanston and Elizabeth)
Lots of Drum and Bass and the like but a few racks of second hand rock and also a decent soul section

Central Station (not called this any more!)
2 Somerset Pl
Melbourne
More of the new music: I think mainly house, electro-techno and the like. I asking for a record once at Wax Museum and they suggested Central Station, the subtleties of these musical styles is not something I’m familiar with. My daughter has bought a few records there.

Missing Link
405 Bourke St (near where McEwans used to be)
Melbourne
Lots of new releases and Indie rock, also some older stuff. Very good for Aussie bands. Now includes Collectors’ Corner.

Polyester
Flinders Lane near Elizabeth St
Limited range of new records, seem a bit pricey.

Heartland Records
61 Peel St (opp Vic Market)
West Melbourne
Been there once, seemed ok.

JB HiFi
Bourke St between Swanston and Russell
Melbourne
I kid you not, the JB Bourke St store has a small selection of new records!

Off The Hip
Basement 383 Flinders Lane
Visited this place now – good selection of new and old records, well worth a visit. Enter from Tavistock Place.

Music Jungle
Queen Victoria Market Shed F Shop 3
I’ve seen this place but never thought it had much. The Diggin Melbourne Guide indicates it has rare records so maybe I’ll have to have another look.

Discurio
Hardware Lane
Apparently they now stock records at Discurio, will have to check it out.

Richmond
Reload Records
326 Bridge Rd Richmond VIC 3121
Been there once, can’t much.

Melbourne Music Exchange
69 Swan St Richmond VIC 3121
ph: (03) 9428 3355
Small selection of second hand records, worth a visit.

Mixed Bag Music
276 Church St Richmond
It was closed when I tried, looks to be DJ records and some second hand.

St Kilda/Prahran
Licorice Pie Records
249A High St Prahran VIC 3181
ph: (03) 9510 4600
My favourite: they don’t sell CDs  Large range of records from Jazz, through classical rock to classical. New and Used, decent prices, I’m a regular!

Rare Records
Only online at http://www.rarerecords.com.au/home/ now, no longer in their Acland St shop.
Reasonable range, decent prices. Lot’s of memorabilia, signed stuff and the like. They have an online catalogue.

Record Paradise
100 Chapel St StKilda VIC 3182
ph: (03) 9534 9344
New owners, seem to be getting new stock, worth a look.

Greville Records
152 Greville St Prahran VIC 3181
ph: (03) 9510 3012
New and used vinyl, good range. Have been a record buying institution for years.

Mr Vinyl Store
Chapel St Bazaar 217 Chapel St Prahran VIC 3181
ph: (03) 9457 3720
It’s worth having a look through Chapel St Bazaar occasionally.

Dixons Recycled
308 Chapel St
Prahran
ph: (03) 9882 3345
Dixons have quite a lot of stock but a lot of it is 70s and 80s – worth a look, also have a few other stores.

Mainly Jazz
94 St Kilda Rd
St Kilda
Never been there as I’m not into Jazz. Often ride past it so I know it is still going.

Pure Pop
221 Barkly St StKilda
Been once, a fair range of new records.

DMC Records
211 Commercial Rd Prahran
Specialises in techno and deep house. I’ve been there but this ain’t my kind of music so I can’t rate it.

As far as I recall there is another shop for DJ style records on Izett St in Prahran. Don’t know the name though.

Camberwell
Dixons Recycled
736 Burke Rd Camberwell VIC 3124
ph: (03) 9882 3345
Dixons have quite a lot of stock but a lot of it is 70s and 80s – worth a look, also have a few other stores.

Collingwood/Carlton/Fitzroy
Dixons Recycled
414 Brunswick St Fitzroy VIC 3065
ph: (03) 9416 2272
Another Dixons, seems to have decent stock.

The Last Record Store
304 Smith St Collingwood VIC 3066
ph: (03) 9416 2000
Been once seemed OK, worth dropping in.

Goldmine preloved CDs and Records
369 Nicholson St Carlton North VIC 3054
ph: (03) 9347 0882
Reasonable range of second hand, they also new records. Well worth a look.

Northside Records
236 Gertrude St (near Smith St)
Specialises in Soul and Funk

Title
183 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
They carry new stuff from some really great labels (ECM, Telarc, etc.).

Lost and Found
12 Smith St Collingwood
Basically this is a bit like Chapel St Bazaar and has a fair stack of records.

Small Screen
420 Rathdown St Carlton
Never been to this one, I think records are only part of what they sell.

The Searchers
93 Smith St Fitzroy
Fair range of books and records, worth a visit.

Elsewhere
Dixons Recycled
64 Railway Rd Blackburn
and
150 Walker St Dandenong
Blackburn seems to have quite a bit of stock, never been to Dandenong

Quality Records
269 Glenferrie Rd Malvern VIC 3144
ph: (03) 9500 9902
Great range of classical, they keep a large stock of new records, probably more than any other shop. I go there regularly. A close second to Licorice Pie.

Vicious Sloth Collectables
1309 High St
Malvern
Take your credit card! Can be a bit pricey but they do have some amazing stock. Hard to find records are often here but you will pay. Only open Thurs, Fri and Sat. Have an online catalogue.

Essendon Secondhand CDs, records and books
20 Russel St Essendon VIC 3040
ph: (03) 9372 9100
Been once, not a great range but ok.

Vinyl Solution
Shop 5/ 10 Park Rd Cheltenham VIC 3192
ph: (03) 9585 0133
Good shop, quite a lot of stock, new and used. They have an online catalogue.

Arkitekt Records
81 Lygon St
Brunswick East
Been once, seemed a reasonable range, new and used.

Round and Round Records/Toot Records
513 Sydney Rd
Brunswick
Toot and Round and Round have ed forces and are in the one shop in Brunswick where Round and Round was. Decent variety of records well worth a visit.

Radical Records
Shop 3-4 The Hub Arcade
Dandenong
Never been there, no idea!

Record City Collectibles
433 Nepean Hwy
Frankston
Been once, seemed reasonable. Is in an arcade at the end of the arcade away from Nepean Hwy.

Alley Tunes
In a line of shops going towards Glenferrie Rd from Glenferrie Rly Station
I used to go here when I worked at Swinburne, not bad from memory.

Mussel Shoal
504 Lygon St Brunswick
Lots of fairly cheap records, well worth visiting. Only open 11am to 5pm Wed to Sat

White Rabbit Record Bar
176 Belair St Kensington
Reasonable range of records and you can get a coffee

Music Jungle
746 High St Thornbury
Decent range worth a visit.

Eight Miles High
895 High St Thornbury
OK, worth a visit

222 Retro and Vintage
222 St Georges Rd North Fitzroy
This is a retro shop but has a pile of records, not great condition but pretty cheap

Great list DavidSSS, so pleased to see that Hound Dogs Bop Shop is at the top of the list!
For me, its the only record shop I visit in Melbourne - this list is making me think I should get out more. Hound Dog's easily the best of its genres that i've ever come across.

DavidSSS
As far as I recall there is another shop for DJ style records on Izett St in Prahran. Don’t know the name though.

You mean Licorice Pie?

the list above is much more extensive but http://digginmelbourne.wordpress.com/ is worth a look too and has a map for those out of towners.

Sydney Record Fair in Paramata town is worth a look - on the outskirts of Sydney - 30 mins on train from Sydney CBD