Secondhand CD Shops in the UK
CD's are too expensive?
If you agree then read on.
Below is a list of shops that deal in secondhand CD's. Most of the shops in the East Anglian area of the UK I have used, my inclusions are based on merit, i.e. I'm one of their satisfied customers. I'm relying on you to only recommend good shops too.
This list continues to expand and is now beginning to include a few internet sites too. Two mail forms have been provided to allow you to recommend shops you have used and to change the details of shops already in the list.
If, like me, you're always on the look out for that elusive import or some back catalogue of a newly discovered artist, then the list could be very handy, especially when moving around the country on holiday or on business.
Due to the increased interest in this site, I've had to close the Wants area. If you are looking for a particular CD, aren't we all, may I suggest you use one of the links, in the list, to dealers who sell on the Internet. Good Luck.
Qualities that make a fine secondhand CD dealer
- Good knowledge
- Varied selection
- Fair pricing
A good knowledge of CDs, artists and imports will lead naturally to items 2 and 3.
I first used a shop as a teenager, when I could buy secondhand records for £2 to £2.50. With the arrival of CD's his prices hovered around £7 for a mint condition CD for several years. The shop had been around for as long as I could remember, until the owner retired and sold off the going concern. It didn't last very long under the new management due, in my opinion, to inexperience and lack of knowledge.
The Secondhand CD Shops of the UK List
Disc & Tape
- 65 Grimsby Road
- Cleethorpes
- 01472 360762
- disc-and-tape.com
Disc-covery / Andy Halstead
- 3 Kingsway
- Huncoat
- Accrington
- 01254 231387
Dog House Music
- Unit 27A
- Dreadnought Trading Estate
- Bridport
- 01308420403
- mark@doghousemusic.freeserve.co.uk
Fine City Sounds
- The Cellar
- 21 St Benedicts Street
- Norwich
- 01603 630727
Hog's Head Music
- 62 South Clerk Street
- Edinburgh
- 0131 667 5274
- hogshead@clara.co.uk
- www.hogs-head.com
Formerly called'Hogshead' and 'Compact' in the early 90's.
Ipswich Record & Tape Exchange
- 34, Upper Orwell Street
- Ipswich
- 01473 230207
Reptile Record Exchange
- 33 West Nicholson Street
- Edinburgh
- 0131 6681400
SecondSounds
- 54 The Lagger
- Chalfont St. Giles
Bryan Ogilvie says 'No longer exist, at least at that address which is a builders!'
Steve's Sounds
- Newport Court, off Charing Cross Road
- London
- 0171 437 4638
Sweet Memories, The Record Shop
- 101 Fratton Road
- Portsmouth
- 01705 837730
- sweetmemories@mcmail.com
The Left Legged Pinapple
- 24-25 Churchgate
- Leicester
- +44(0)1509 21013
- pineapple@left-legged.com
The Left Legged Pinapple
- 24-25 Churchgate
- Loughborough
- +44(0)1509 21013
- pineapple@left-legged.com
The Record Pedlar
- 109 Risbygate Street
- Bury St. Edmunds
- 01284 760870
Matt Smith writes "Unfortunately we closed in 1999 but 2 of the original marvelous members of staff are currently trying to get a similar venture off the ground in Hackney - working title of Senile Swan Records....".
Vinyl Exchange
- Oldham Street (opposite Affleck Palace)
- Manchester
- axm519@bham.ac.uk
