Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet
DISCOVER the BEST places on the planet to buy records—Marcus Barnes’s updated guide is a MUST-READ for all vinyl lovers, crate diggers, and music fans.

Looking for the best place in Europe to buy electronic music? Want to get lost in the racks of the world’s biggest independent record store? Are you constantly in search of the undiscovered, the original, the cult, the lost classics? Around the World in 80 Record Stores offers a unique look at where music lovers need to go to feed their addiction for new records.

Boasting a truly global outlook—featuring stores everywhere from Iceland and India to the coolest cities in Europe, the US, and the UK, plus the mecca for crate diggers that is Japan—each entry includes plenty of interesting details about the record store, including the music genres sold, the store’s opening date, and facts about its history and quirks.

Showcasing the best places to buy house, indie, jazz, rock, hip-hop, afrobeat, and everything in between, this is an essential companion for all record junkies.
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Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet
DISCOVER the BEST places on the planet to buy records—Marcus Barnes’s updated guide is a MUST-READ for all vinyl lovers, crate diggers, and music fans.

Looking for the best place in Europe to buy electronic music? Want to get lost in the racks of the world’s biggest independent record store? Are you constantly in search of the undiscovered, the original, the cult, the lost classics? Around the World in 80 Record Stores offers a unique look at where music lovers need to go to feed their addiction for new records.

Boasting a truly global outlook—featuring stores everywhere from Iceland and India to the coolest cities in Europe, the US, and the UK, plus the mecca for crate diggers that is Japan—each entry includes plenty of interesting details about the record store, including the music genres sold, the store’s opening date, and facts about its history and quirks.

Showcasing the best places to buy house, indie, jazz, rock, hip-hop, afrobeat, and everything in between, this is an essential companion for all record junkies.
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Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet

Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet

by Marcus Barnes
Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet

Around the World in 80 Record Stores: Updated edition: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet

by Marcus Barnes

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DISCOVER the BEST places on the planet to buy records—Marcus Barnes’s updated guide is a MUST-READ for all vinyl lovers, crate diggers, and music fans.

Looking for the best place in Europe to buy electronic music? Want to get lost in the racks of the world’s biggest independent record store? Are you constantly in search of the undiscovered, the original, the cult, the lost classics? Around the World in 80 Record Stores offers a unique look at where music lovers need to go to feed their addiction for new records.

Boasting a truly global outlook—featuring stores everywhere from Iceland and India to the coolest cities in Europe, the US, and the UK, plus the mecca for crate diggers that is Japan—each entry includes plenty of interesting details about the record store, including the music genres sold, the store’s opening date, and facts about its history and quirks.

Showcasing the best places to buy house, indie, jazz, rock, hip-hop, afrobeat, and everything in between, this is an essential companion for all record junkies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912983896
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Publication date: 10/14/2025
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marcus Barnes is a music journalist and currently Techno Editor at Mixmag, European Editor at US festival website Fest300, and Creative Director of the online periodical Don't Lose The Magic. Marcus contributes regularly to Time Out, Thump, i-D, and many more publications, and is the author of global festival guide Around the World in 80 Raves (Dog ‘n’ Bone Books). Marcus is based in south London, UK.
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