THE MAP
Every vinyl destination inside the greater Edinburgh footprint. Zoom in to see individual venues.
THE 35 RECORD SHOPS
Edinburgh's shops punch above the city's size.
Edinburgh is smaller than Glasgow but its record scene is unusually deep for a city of half a million. Assai and VoxBox lead the new-and-used side. Underground Solu'shn keeps the dance counter alive. Elvis Shakespeare, Backbeat and Coda handle the second-hand end.
The dig runs from Old Town cobblestones to Leith and Stockbridge, walkable in a long afternoon. The strength is folk, Scottish indie, jazz and dance imports — plus a healthy Fringe-adjacent culture of pop-up fairs each August.
THE FIVE ROOMS
The city's flagship indie — new releases, coloured pressings, in-store signings during Fringe.
Curated second-hand and new — folk, jazz, world, indie. A warm room in the north side.
The city's essential dance shop — house, techno, disco, drum & bass. Resident-DJ picks.
Second-hand books-and-vinyl institution — deep rock, prog, folk catalogue at fair prices.
Folk, Celtic, world — the specialist counter for Scottish and traditional music pressings.