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 Portland footprint. Zoom in to see individual venues.
THE 54 RECORD SHOPS
Portland is the highest per-capita record city in America.
Portland has more record shops per capita than any American city, and the density is real. Music Millennium on Burnside is the anchor — an in-store gig calendar rivaling any coast — and Everyday Music runs two mega-locations. Mississippi Records on Mississippi Ave is the reissue-label-and-shop that shaped the past fifteen years of vinyl culture. Little Axe Records handles reissues, folk and international at the same level.
The east side (Mississippi / Alberta / Hawthorne / Division) holds the essential shops within a short drive; the west side (Music Millennium, Crossroads) covers the west-of-the-Willamette essentials. Beacon Sound, Second Avenue, Speck's, Exiled — the second-hand corridor stretches for miles. It rains, so you dig indoors. Two vinyl bars and a strong DIY pressing culture close the loop.
THE FIVE ROOMS
3158 E Burnside. The West Coast's oldest independent — in-stores most weekends, deep new and used, staff picks that ship nationally.
5202 N Albina Ave. The reissue-label-and-shop — folk, blues, gospel, international. A quiet global influence.
5012 NE 28th Ave. Sharp reissues, international, jazz, dance. The tastemaker's counter, staff-curated, in-store gigs monthly.
1313 W Burnside St. The mega-second-hand generalist — every genre, priced honestly, restocked constantly.
3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Multi-vendor collector's marketplace — jazz, rock, soul, 45s. Rabbit-hole material.
