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Around Again Records / Baldwin Village
Around Again is located just north of the AGO. Predominantly dealing in quality used vinyl, the store will buy your used CDs for 50 cents up to $7. Most of...
Beach Sound Records / Upper Beaches
Beach Sound Records is a packed record shop with everything from Ella Fitzgerald and Public Enemy on vinyl. What lures me in, though, is the rack of classic Disney videotapes,...
Cosmos Records / Queen West
Cosmos Records on Queen St. is a simple room absolutely full of packed shelves and vinyl up every possible wall. The selection here is heavy on Soul, Hip Hop, Rock...
Cosmos West Records / Queen West
Cosmos West Records is one of the two Cosmos stores that bookend Bathurst Street; the one on the east side came first, and this one followed when the owner discovered...
Discovery Records / Leslieville
Discovery Records buys and sells records, CDs, LPs and a whole lot more. They also have a small collection of books and videos. ...
Grasshopper Records / Dundas West
Grasshopper Records doesn't have a storefront sign yet. Just milk crates chock-full of records sitting out font, unassumingly. Oh, and Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck" debut single resting in the window....
Grigorian / Yorkville
Grigorian is arguably the best source for classical music in Toronto. They stock a large selection of newer and older titles and have knowledgeable staff who can explain the difference...
Hits & Misses / West Queen West
Hits & Misses shows that punk's not dead as the walls of 45s will remind you that punk was a singles medium first and foremost. The vinyl revival means that...
Indian Record Shop / Little India
The Indian Record Shop in Little India is the go-to source for hard to find bhangra and other Indian imports....
June Records / Little Italy
June Records is the latest record store addition to College St., and it's taking over the old Ammo Video space. Located between local favourite Soundscapes and the new thrift store/record...
Kops Records / Queen West
Kops Records is committed to keeping 45s in circulation, with boxes of singles in every genre, stocked next to used and new vinyl. Kops has evolved over the years, from...
Liyu Whole Foods / Cabbagetown
Liyu Whole Foods offers an impressive collection of Ethiopian music and movies, alongside bagged spices, dry goods, photocopying services (?), and on occasion, hot eats. More of a gathering place...
LP's LPs / Ossington
LP's LPs has a note hanging on the door when I first stop by. "Be back at 5:30. Go grab a coffee. I had to run an errand. I'll see...
Neurotica / Queen West
Neurotica is a fixture on Queen St. west of Bathurst. This music store always has cheap vinyl by the door to beckon passerbys inside to take a look at its...
Paradise Bound / Kensington Market
Paradise Bound is a Kensington Market music store that also sells Japanese art. The vinyl sits in low bins made from old wine and port crates - a truly creative...
Planet of Sound / Corktown
Planet of Sound is not your typical big box stereo store. Here, it's all about the quality. And as I stare at my black Crosley record player -- admittedly from...
Play De Record / Yonge & Dundas
Play De Record is a DJ-oriented shop that, along with the HMV flagship just down the street, is all that remains of the once-thriving Yonge Street record strip. Like any...
Refried Beats / Yonge & Wellesley
Refried Beats offers both new and used CDs and DVDs in a variety of populist genres. Located on Yonge Street between Bloor and Wellesley, the store is well organized and...
Rogers Music Centre / Other
Rogers Music Centre may sound a little stuffy, but it's really just a cool little music store packed with guitars and shelves of drumsticks. The shop offers rentals, instrument sales,...
Rotate This / West Queen West
Rotate This is Toronto's indie record store archetype (the vinyl copy of the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack on the wall is almost too obvious). They carried vinyl long before vinyl's unexpected...
San Remo Records / Woodbridge
San Remo Records is a music store in Woodbridge. They specialize in Italian music....
Second Vinyl / Yonge & Wellesley
Second Vinyl specializes in classical music, catering to a clientele that was never convinced by the digital revolution, and has kept prices high on operas, symphonies, string quartets and chamber...
Slinky Music / Queen West
Slinky Music is a record store nestled amidst Moog Music's selection of synths, samplers and recording gear. Unlike Play De Record's dizzying overstock, Slinky's record bins feel far more curated,...
Song & Script Music Store / Yorkville
Song & Script Music Store is easily accessed via Cumberland Avenue. Even though the store has a Bloor Street address, it's hidden away at the back of the building in...
Sonic Boom (Annex) / Annex
Sonic Boom, Toronto's biggest independent record shop, can now be found on Bathurst just south of Bloor, less than a minute-long walk from its former location. As promised back in...
Sonic Boom (Kensington) / Kensington Market
Sonic Boom records recently announced they were vacating the premises at 512 Bloor West, to be replaced by not one but two new locations. While the store in the...
Soundscapes / Little Italy
Soundscapes is surely one of Toronto's most beautiful record stores. Located in the heart of Little Italy, here you'll find an excellent selection of indie rock and a go-to spot...
Sunrise Records / Yonge & Bloor
Sunrise Records is one of the few remaining music store chains operating in Ontario. With about a dozen stores throughout the province their most well known Toronto location is probably...
Vortex Records / Yonge & Eglinton
Vortex Records is an institution among Toronto record shops. Their uptown store is often the short-term home for discs shed by downsizing collectors, with the result that chestnuts end up...
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