Favorite record stores?

cdragin

My husband and I are traveling through Ireland this summer and he is big into collecting vinyl. Are there any independent record stores you would recommend? We'll be in Dublin, Dundalk, Bray, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Galway, and Athlone for sure, and I'm sure he'd be willing to stray from our route to flip through racks of vinyl while I wander aimlessly around town. His taste is pretty eclectic but he'd mostly be looking for local musicians or obscure issues that he can't get in the U.S.

Grahamer666

Try Spindizzy, The Record Spot and The Secret Book And Record Store in Dublin.

noby

Try Bunker Vinyl in Cork city too.

Anesthetize

There's no independent record stores in Athlone unfortunately. Golden Discs has a small selection of vinyl, but it's the regular classic albums that you'll find everywhere else.

leakyboots

If you're in Limerick be sure and stop by Steamboat Music

Rothko

Freebird Records, Wicklow St. Dublin
South East Records, Wexford

cdragin

Thank you all!! He will be very excited to have all these shops to check out.

seekers

There is a second hand record shop beside the crane bar in Galway also.

bleach94

Music Zone in Cork. Great guys and biggest selection of vinyl in Munster AFAIK!

Weepsie

Grahamer666 wrote: »

Try Spindizzy, The Record Spot and The Secret Book And Record Store in Dublin.

These. There's also the R.A.G.E. but always feel they're pricier for not as good quality as spindizzy or freebird.

You might get a record fair too if lucky.

seekers

There is also a record store in Waterford. Rainbow records I think. It is in the centre of the city. Near the walls.

Arghus

seekers wrote: »

There is a second hand record shop beside the crane bar in Galway also.

Bell Book and Candle. They're okay. You might find something of interest in there, but you could equally find nothing of note.

Galway is poor in terms of places selling music. There's only one record store in the entire city - apart from BBC - that's Zhivago's on Shop Street and the shop space they have for the selling of music is getting smaller and smaller all the time. A real pity, I used to love shopping for music in real brick and mortar stores and once, not so long ago, there was quite a selection to choose from: numerous Zhivago's, HMV and independent stores like Redlight Records and Mulligan. Now they've all largely gone the way of the dodo.

bullpost

On a related note, when in Dublin you might want to check out the following restaurant:

http://www.cookbookcafe.ie/

The have regular food/vinyl events and the owners husband, who used to be in a band called Something Happens, spins the disks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBzmpT0yQE

lordgoat

Suas11 wrote: »

Freebird Records, Wicklow St. Dublin
South East Records, Wexford

These two!

Vital Transformation

There's a fairly new store in Dundalk called Classified Records.

http://classifiedrecords.ie/

bodhrandude

Sadly there is no more Mulligan's in Middle St Galway, used to be a really, really good vinyl store for some seriously eclectic sounds and great traditional music stockist as well. There is only the Zhivago record shops and the Four Corners now here, they are selling vinyl again but its very limited in choice and pricey too. But worth a visit is the second hand store near the Crane Bar called the Bell, Book and Candle run by Paul, usually has some vinyl gems and sells old issues of Mojo, Q and other music magazines and books.

Phoenix3

Dont forget the charity shops in every town/village you visit,Lots of vinyl in them nowadays.