Record Shops in North Dublin?

KJ · 15-05-2013 07:51PM #1

I'm trying to find if there are any record shops in North Dublin that sell vinyl?
The only shop I can think of is Golden Discs in Swords and in Santry but do they sell vinyl?

K.Flyer · 21-05-2013 08:55PM

KJ wrote: »

I'm trying to find if there are any record shops in North Dublin that sell vinyl?
The only shop I can think of is Golden Discs in Swords and in Santry but do they sell vinyl?

Its been a long time since I have seen vinyl in Golden Discs! but they might be able to order it in for you if you are looking for something in particular.
Now I know its not North Dublin, but these are all within a five minute walk of each other, so you might be better heading into Tower Records off Grafton Street for new albums, (not sure how good their selection is as its been a while since I've been in there) Spin Dizzy in the Georges St Arcade carry a good selection of old and new, there is also a stall called Trout at the Powerscourt end of the arcade dealing mainly in second hand and there is a small shop on Fade St, again, mainly second hand. Hope thats of some help.

Technocentral · 22-05-2013 09:43PM

KJ wrote: »

I'm trying to find if there are any record shops in North Dublin that sell vinyl?
The only shop I can think of is Golden Discs in Swords and in Santry but do they sell vinyl?

I'm a huge vinyl fan, Tower in Wicklow street is probably the best stocked new vinyl shop at the moment, new Daft Punk double vinyl which sounds great (brilliant mastering) is only €22 there. Vinyl is such a minority interest (but growing) at the moment that it wouldn't justify many suburban shops stocking it. For second hand I use Discog , I've got some fantastic lp's for between 3 and 20 euros off it.

KJ · 23-05-2013 10:13PM

Thanks for the replies. It was actually the Daft Punk album that I was after and ended up going to Tower on Wicklow street. Freebird Records on Wicklow street is pretty good too. I will check out your suggestions next time I'm in town.

K.Flyer · 31-05-2013 06:47AM

Popped into Tower during the week, plesantly surprised at the vinyl section, great to see its popularity / appreciation starting to grow again.

discobeaker · 31-05-2013 07:58PM

For second hand vinyl check out The Rage on Fade Street. Its used to be Road Records. Its all 2nd hand vinyl and Retro computer games

iomega · 23-06-2013 06:44PM

For vinyl in Dublin I like
Freebird (good overall selection of new and secondhand records & CDs)
Elastic Witch (for new indie/electronic releases)
Spin Dizzy
Tower is good but a bit pricey.
I'm not mad about RAGE. They have loads of records, especially downstairs, but I find the prices way too high considering the condition of some of the records. I've seen records in there that look like the cat has played with them and the price is €25 - €40. With second hand vinyl I'm looking for VG and upwards. I'm not really bothered about first pressings, ect what I'm looking for is good sounding records with the minimal surface noise & as little pops & crackle as possible.

If you fancy a bit of a drive try beat that records in Arklow. Good selection, quality mostly good and reasonable prices.

kingtiger · 24-06-2013 02:55PM

looking for Hip Hop records, had a look in freebird but not much there

anyone know where they have a good selection?

discobeaker · 24-06-2013 09:33PM

kingtiger wrote: »

looking for Hip Hop records, had a look in freebird but not much there

anyone know where they have a good selection?

There is a place in temple bar. I think its at the back of the foggy dew pub or somewhere around there. It does hip hop vinyl i think. Never been in the place so i dont know if they have a big selection but the website can be found at
http://shop.all-cityrecords.com/

Technocentral · 26-06-2013 07:08PM

discobeaker wrote: »

There is a place in temple bar. I think its at the back of the foggy dew pub or somewhere around there. It does hip hop vinyl i think. Never been in the place so i dont know if they have a big selection but the website can be found at
http://shop.all-cityrecords.com/

Thought that place had closed, haven't been in Temple Bar in around a year will have a look, cheers.

Technocentral · 26-06-2013 07:09PM

kingtiger wrote: »

looking for Hip Hop records, had a look in freebird but not much there

anyone know where they have a good selection?

Tower has a hip hop section, did you have a look?

discobeaker · 26-06-2013 09:17PM

Not sure if they have closed or not. It wouldnt really be the kind of place i would be buying my vinyl in as im not really into that kind of music.

Also,for anyone interested,just found out that the big record fare they have in Filmbase in Temple Bar is happening next month (19th -21st of July)

kingtiger · 27-06-2013 08:42AM

Technocentral wrote: »

Tower has a hip hop section, did you have a look?

I did, only commercial Hip-Hop, not really what I was looking for

mark188 · 13-07-2014 03:32PM

Anyone know wat shop buy dance vinyls

e_e · 23-07-2014 09:43AM

mark188 wrote: »

Anyone know wat shop buy dance vinyls

Spindizzy.

iamstop · 31-07-2014 03:39AM

Technocentral wrote: »

Thought that place had closed, haven't been in Temple Bar in around a year will have a look, cheers.

Nope, City Discs was the place that closed, as did Comet a while longer ago. As did Beat Finder also.
But All City is still very much open for vinyl, spray paint, some clothes and even haircuts! lol. Mad what a place has to do to stay open these days.
I was in there about 3 weeks ago, pretty good selection of rare enough stuff. Worth a dig on payday for sure.

justmyself · 07-08-2014 04:26PM

Dublins never been great for Vinyl. Get a cheap flight to any EU city and buy vinyl for a 5th of the price.

Record Shops in North Dublin?

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