Music junkies who live in or visit Seattle are fortunate to have such a selection of independent record stores to shop and get lost in. It's our guess that the number exceeds, even, what you'll find in New York City—in Manhattan, anyway. The stores range from mom-and-pop shops with vintage music treasures like BOP Street in Ballard to the slightly larger establishments of Sonic Boom and Easy Street that have multiple locations and sell new/used, vinyl & CDs, concert tickets, DVDs, and more.




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Bop Street Records
5219 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
206.297.2232

Bop Street Records is a secret burial place (if you don't know about it)  for discarded vinyl waiting to be reborn in your possession. It's true, they have a relaltive handful of CDs and DVDs, but this place is stacked mainly with records—nearly 750,000, covering all genres. If you're into digging, this is the place for you. Given... [MORE]

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Easy Street Records & Cafe / West Seattle
4559 California Ave SW # 200, Seattle, WA
206.938.EASY(3279)
Hours: Mon-Sat 9-9pm, Sun 9-7
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED

Easy Street Records / Queen Anne
20 Mercer St, Seattle, WA
206.691.EASY(3279)
Hours: Mon 9-midnight, Tues-Sat 9-11pm, Sun 10-9
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED







Everyday Music / Capitol Hill
1604 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
206.568.3321
Hours: 12-12 "everyday"
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED

"Look for the Hendrix statue in front!" exclaims Everyday Music's website. The tribute-in-bronze is sometimes referred to as a landmark, however there has been talk on the Seattle City Council in recent years of relocating it. Overshadowing the statue is the large building that once housed a car dealership...  [MORE]

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Georgetown Records
1201 S. Vale Street
Seattle, WA 98108
206.762.5638
Hours: Mon-Sat 11:30-8:00, Sun 11:30-5:00
VINYL • USED/VINTAGE

OHHHLDD School! Georgetown Records is a small neighborhood store established in 2004 by group of friends who love each other and love music even more. They carry primarily used vinyl, although you may run across "new" merchandise here and there. Their speciality is garage rock, punk, 60's psychedelia...  [MORE]


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Golden Oldies
201 NE 45th St.
Seattle, WA 98105
206.547.2260
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED/VINTAGE

Golden Oldies has been the go-to store for Seattle record collectors since records were the main form of purchasable music. For almost 40 years, the store has existed on a little corner of Northeast 45th Street and Second Avenue Northeast in Wallingford. With an arsenal of over 10 million records on vinyl, it is pretty much impossible to go into this store and come out without exactly what you were looking for... [MORE]

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Jive Time Records
3506 Fremont Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
206.632.5483
Hours: Mon-Sat 11-9,  Sun 11-7




Neptune Music Co.
4344 Brooklyn Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206.632.0202
CDs/VINYL • USED/VINTAGE






Platinum Records
915 E Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
206.324.8032
Hours: Mon-Sat 11-10, Sun 12-8
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED/VINTAGE • MOSTLY DANCE MUSIC

Still buying and playing vinyl? Shopping for dance and/or electronica? Well, if you're visiting or living in Seattle, Platinum Records is the only store exclusively dedicated to the said genres. While other area record stores have respectable inventories, PR has the most to choose from by far. As the music industry evolves, destroying...  [MORE]

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Silver Platters / Lower Queen Anne
(at the old Tower location)
701 5th Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
206.283.3472
Hours: 10-10
 
Silver Platters / Northgate
9560 1st Ave NE,
Seattle, WA 98115
206.524.3472
Hours: 10-7

Silver Platters / Bellevue
Crossroads Shopping Center (next to QFC)
15600 NE 8th St
Bellevue, WA 98008
425.643.3472
Hours: 11-7





Singles Going Steady
2219 2nd Avenue, Suite C
(between Bell St & Blanchard St)
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-7396
Hours: Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-6






Sonic Boom Records / Ballard
2209 NW Market St.
Seattle WA 98107
206.297.BOOM (2666)
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-10, Sun 10-7
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED

Sonic Boom Records / Capitol Hill
514 15th Ave E.
Seattle WA 98112
206.568.BOOM (2666)
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-10, Sun 10-7
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED

Sonic Boom has two stores in Seattle: one in Ballard and the other on 15h Avenue E in Capitol Hill. Both stores boast an extremely knowledgeable, friendly staff. Their online store sells much of the merchandise... [MORE]

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Wall of Sound
315 East Pine St.
Seattle, WA 98122
206.441.9880
Hours: Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-6
CDs/VINYL • NEW/USED/VINTAGE

WOS is, perhaps, the smallest record store in Seattle....yet, it boasts the most eclectic collection of music in the city. They specialize in avant-garde, Japanese, noise, indie, art-rock, world, neo-classical, free-jazz, and other genres for discerning listeners. Sign up for their....  [MORE]

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