Ron's Real Records
Located on Mill Street in Grass Valley, Ron's Real Records offers roughly 5,000 vinyl records alongside CDs, tapes, and toys. Owner Ron Quintana opens the shop Friday through Monday from 4 to 7 p.m.
THE MAP
Every vinyl destination inside the greater Pittsburgh footprint. Zoom in to see individual venues.
THE 27 RECORD SHOPS
Pittsburgh is America's most-underrated crate town.
Pittsburgh's record scene is the tightest-kept secret in American digging. Jerry's Records on Murray Ave — a warehouse floor with over a million pieces — has been a national pilgrimage stop for thirty years. Attic Records in Millvale runs the second-hand generalist end. Sound Cat and Government Center on the North Side cover the newer independent shops.
The city's edge is jazz and soul. Pittsburgh was one of the most important jazz cities on the East Coast — Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Stanley Turrentine — and that catalogue still surfaces at fair prices. The Strip District, Lawrenceville and the South Side hold most of the essential shops. Two record fairs a year (spring, fall) turn the whole city into a working market. If you love records, Pittsburgh is the American road trip.
THE FIVE ROOMS
2136 Murray Ave. Over a million pieces on the floor. The single largest independent second-hand record store in the country.
513 Grant Ave. Long-running second-hand generalist — jazz, rock, soul, priced for diggers, staffed by lifers.
4526 Liberty Ave. Curated new + used — indie, rock, jazz — the current-day tastemaker for the East End.
715 E Ohio St. Sharp small room — indie, punk, dance, international. Weekly restocks, resident-run picks.
Rock, soul, second-hand rare finds — one of the city's underrated Saturday stops.
