The CDMX record scene fits inside four connected neighbourhoods — Roma Norte, Condesa, Juárez and Doctores — and once you're inside that box, everything is walkable. Álvaro Obregón alone carries three of the city's essential shops (Discos Revancha, La Roma Records, Salvaje) and Tornamesa on Av. Tamaulipas anchors Condesa. What looks like a small map on paper is, in practice, one of the densest digging routes in Latin America.

The strength here is depth in cumbia, salsa, tropical, boleros and Mexican psych/rock — records that were pressed locally in enormous numbers in the 60s, 70s and 80s and are still surfacing at fair prices. Retroactivo on Calle Jalapa and Black Market CDMX two doors down handle the second-hand side; El Club del Rock & Roll in Juárez covers the collector end; Tokyo Music Bar handles the after-hours listening.