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Vinyl Villains

4.1 (17 reviews)
Open 10:30 am - 6:00 pm

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Sarah-Jane B.

Thousands of vinyl and CDs of: Classic rock Hard rock Heavy rock Old skool rock Prog rock Post rock Vintage rock Emo Ethereal Metal Death metal Speed metal Indie Jazz Blues Hip hop & Rap

Rezzi I.

Vinyl Villains is one of the few music stores I've come across in Edinburgh that actually sells Vinyl records. They've been at the location for over twenty years, and the owner amusingly told me that whilst he's got a good memory of it's beginning and the last few years, his recollection of the years inbetween is a bit hazy. This store also sells used and new Dvd's as well as the dying breed that is the music CD. They'll even buy them from you, but with business being a bit slow I'm not sure how much they would be willing to pay for. I was a big fan of the music that was playing while I was there, and I feel any fans of 60s/70s classics would definitely find something in here.

Matthew L.

As I was strolling down Elm Row towards Valvona and Crolla this shop caught my eye. Its window display had vinyl covers from albums by the stones and also by a large amount of eighties indie bands! For any true music enthusiast you just had to give this place a go. Inside, the shop is not that big, but it is full of vinyl and also has a range of CD's and DVD's. I spent, what felt like an age looking through the selection of 12's (I love looking at the album art work). Apart from your normal vinyl albums, this shop also had picture disks and some rare live bootleg albums. It had a large range of vinyls from Metallica for some bizarre reason, but more importantly had a great range of Ramones, Siouxsie and the banshees and Sex Pistols albums. I wasn't looking to buy anything but I ended up walking out with a bootleg live album of the Smiths, well worth the £14.99 I paid for it (For some people this might seem a lot, but any music enthusiast, paying this much for a rarity or boot leg album is well worth it). As I left the shop, the indie shop assistant didn't speak but just gave a very cool nod, acknowledging, I think, my good music taste! Vinyl is coming back into fashion, and this shop is great for anybody wanting to build up their vinyl collection. This shop also buys unwanted vinyl, so it is a great source for finding that rare vinyl record you have been wanting. It also provides fantastic plastic bags, brilliant art work! Apart from the plastic bags, Vinyl Villains was a great find, and any record collector will fall in love with it!

First of all, nobody better buy that Master of Puppets LP in the window, you've been warned. Second, this is a cracking wee shop. Great selection of old and new, don't go in here with money because you'll lose it. Unfortunately the store does attract the following 2 people. 1) Vinyl Wanks - People that never bought a CD player. 2) Student Wanks - That know nothing about music, or Vinyl, but like to pretend they do. These two specific groups are hyper critical about whatever record you decide to pick up and make their opinions of about the band vocal. Simply ignore them. The staff went out of their way to make sure I found what I was looking for, so for that they get 5 stars!

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Incredible selection. Great staff. Found an early Siouxsie & The Banshees record. Layout and ambience was very cool

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Review Highlights - Vinyl Villains

All records are in fantastic condition and they seem to have everything, from Joan Armatrading to Pink Floyd and Metallica as Stuart said.

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VoxBox Music

VoxBox Music

4.8(4 reviews)
0.9 miStockbridge, New Town
££

Vox even ordered a box set I wanted Saved my buying from…read moreeBay We should all try this place and keep a independent record store in Edinburgh Great wee joint and can't wait to get my new deck so I can start buying more from them

The Box part of the name is pretty appropriate for this wee record shop, as it's not the biggest of…read moreplaces. It does a lot with it's small space though, with a hell of a lot of stock to spend some time browsing through. If you're on a budget go to the back of the shop, where there is a bargain basement section. When I was there they had a special 50p for everything deal, but normally I think prices are pretty decent. I didn't have a big look through here, but this looked like the usual shelf-fillers you get in most second hand stores - the greatest hits of Bread in about half dozen different front covers, and lots of 70's and 80's stuff. The key thing here is that everything is all fairly priced, so it's cheap enough to take a punt on. The main space is set up for new records, and quality second hand stuff. I couldn't see a huge new releases section (I couldn't see a section for stuff out that week, for example), but there was good selection of newer releases, and a solid local offering. There were boxes upon boxes in this area, and i don't know what the deal is with opening up the ones at the bottom - a wee bit more space may actually be a help if it means they can get more stock up and visible. Finally, a sale selection had some genuine bargains - in fact, the prices were pretty fair throughout the whole shop. Special shout to the guy behind the till, who was really friendly. All told, this is a great wee record store, and one that would definitely reward some serious browsing time.

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Oxfam Music Shop

Oxfam Music Shop

4.0(4 reviews)
1.1 miStockbridge
££

This shop just has to be one my best finds in Edinburgh! Never had I come over an Oxfam shop…read morededicated to music! Down in the Edinburgh area of Stock bridge, this isn't just a typical charity shop, it is more like a professional independent record store! The staff are generally volunteers, which is great as many of them are music enthusiasts and have a pillar of knowledge about all genres of music! My first find in the store was Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks album, CD format, for a cool £5! Second hand Cd's are in abundance, many of them include singer songwriters and indie classics. Indeed, the beauty about this store is that all lot of their stock are from people who have collected a certain genre of music over decades! So the chance to find some unique records in this store is very possible indeed! Furthermore, this shop also stores vinyl (still in my opinion the best format for sound quality!), from cheaper vinyls to more expensive, collectable records. Also, the shop is open late on a Thursday for any after work trips for music fans! If you're a record collector or music lover, then a trip down to this Oxfam music shop in Stockbridge is a must! And buying records from this shop helps towards a brilliant charity!

I always become highly enthusiastic when I see that someone else was just as blown away by a place…read moreas I was. I mean, I knew about this shop before I'd even stepped foot in Edinburgh. And, sadly, it took me quite a long time to get myself to Stockbridge to check it out. But whoa. Whoa. If you don't have either a) an addictive personality or b) a record player, then this shop might not be for you. I happen to possess both a) and b). You see, I moved into a house that came equipped with hundreds of records and I managed to borrow a friend's record player, so now I get over-excited at the prospect of buying new records. The Oxfam Music Shop is THE place to go. I mean, they have their 'valuable' section, which I steer clear of because the prices are in the double digits, but I found the Valley Girls soundtrack for 4 pounds and other records for even cheaper. There's a mistaken assumption that because records are so old and not in high demand that they're cheaper than CDs. This is not true. At all. But the Oxfam Music Shop isn't extortionate at all. So get on it, folks. Be addicted. Very little beats listening to a record instead of music on your iTunes.

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Record Shak Record Shop

Record Shak Record Shop

4.1(14 reviews)
1.2 miNewington
££

Record Shak is amazing. I'm convinced almost every record produced under the sun has wound up in…read moreone of their boxes - you'll be hard pushed to find better selection elsewhere. From pschycadelic music to old folk and blues, I lost count of the amount of appealing albums I found when I had a root around. They have a number of second hand CD's, but by far and away their biggest strength is their record collection. They had some rare finds in here that I'm gathering were never sold in shops. One notable example was a Dead Kennedy's demo that looks like a promo copy since I've never seen it before. Because of the good condition of the records and their rarity, they are quite costly. Some were as much as £18 which, unforuntately, takes them out my price range for the moment. But it implies they are of value, and certainly the choice and condition of the records in the Shak speaks for itself. It may be too expensive for me at the moment, but I will still sing Record Shak's praises. There aren't many record stores like this left intact, so we must celebrate what we have left! And with the outstanding albums available in store, it's an asset to Edinburgh's music scene.

Record Shak brings back great memories of buying vinyl when I was a teenager in the 90's ( I never…read moregot into CD's) and now that I live in the neighbourhood, it's a great shop to pop into every now and then. This shop has always had stuff I've wanted and there's music I probably wouldnt have gone for until I was recommended it by the dude behind the counter. The fact that it's outlasted Our Price, Virgin, Woolies and soon to be HMV says it all for local record shops and for this one in particular. It also has a community notice board for people looking for musicians, flats to let and lessons etc.

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Elvis Shakespeare

4.1(21 reviews)
0.5 miLeith
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Hands down, Elvis Shakespeare was one of the best (if not, the best) record stores I went to in…read moreScotland. If we're talking second hand, I think it would rank number one. Elvis Shakespeare is extremely well-organized, meaning you can cut to the chase pretty quickly if there are certain genres you're looking for. I know some people are really into crate digging, but I'm not usually one of those. I super appreciated that roll out cabinets used to store all the LPs and 7"s here. In the back of the store was my sweet spot, the 80s indie/alternative section. Being in Scotland, I was hoping to find some artists that I can't normally find in any US stores, and that I did. I was able to pick-up both a Jesse Garon and Motorcycle Boy 12"s. When I got to the counter to pay, I also saw a long-coveted copy of Thee Headcoatees' Have Love Will Travel. I quickly scooped that up, but unfortunately realized (back in the States) that the wrong record was inside! This was a major letdown, but a bit understandable in the way the records are stored. Like many UK stores, Elvis Shakespeare does not keep the actual vinyl in the sleeves out on the floor. So while this was behind the counter, the record was probably taken from wherever those are stored. The record in place of the correct one was from Thee Headcoats, so likely a matter of quickly mis-reading the labels when it was being placed in the sleeve. I wish I had caught this at the time, because now I have the sleeve for a record I really want, without the record. Still, despite that issue, I highly recommend any record collector stop by Elvis Shakespeare while in Edinburgh. Just make sure you do pay close attention to the vinyl that ends up in your purchases.

It was the boxes of records we spotted at the door that prompted my brother and I to cross the road…read moreand have a look in this brilliant literature and music emporium. It was also pretty unusual for us to be walking down Leith Walk in the first place, with it not really being in our normal neck of the woods, but the combination of needing to walk off a huge lunch, plus general curiosity about what Leith Walk retail was up to these days, made us go for the stroll rather than the lazy bus option. Elvis Shakespeare is my favourite kind of specialist dealer for two reasons. The first being, it sells books. I've got a thing about picking up random, older editions of books that are unusual and hard to find, because I love the different designs you can find on the covers, and it's just a bit more interesting than buying a book brand new. The second reason I admire this shop is for its carefully collated A-Z organisation. The records are catalogued alphabetically, with the CDs and books also organised efficiently by category. I realise that there's a certain charm to wandering into other types of dealers and unearthing a gem of an item when everything's just piled up in little mishmash heaps, but I like my shopping somewhere in-between, still with plenty of character, but with some sort of formula to it. It's clear that the bloke that owns this shop has reams of musical knowledge, and is passionate about telling people about it, which is just ideal, specialism plus someone that actually cares about what they're selling can't be beaten. My brother left with a rare Ska CD, and I found the first book I ever reviewed and had since lost, so just had to buy a copy. An excellent afternoon's work.

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