This ever growing list of record shops is mainly meant as a help for my visitors to find records that are mentioned in my discographies and lists. Many of them also sell videos/DVDs. I do not attempt to list every shop in the world (of course!), but I concentrate on the bigger CD shops and specialists in electronic/synth records. If you find a broken link, or if any shop treats you badly, please let me know. Happy hunting!
Audiophile International ("13 successful years buying and selling the best-sounding records to music lovers worldwide")
JP Trading (Japanese CDs published in USA)
Songsearch CD Store ('Lowest music prices')
Andrew's Music World - record stores in Los Angeles on internet
play.com ('tax-fee zone')
bol.com (Holland)
Cede (Swiss; text in German only)
Cyber CD (German)
Direct Media (Swiss)
Fnac (France; text in French only)
frs.com (Holland)
JPC (Germany)
Rockhouse (Dutch, founded in 1973)
Skivhugget (Scandinavia's largest CD shop)
Super Records (Italy - "alternative music: from vinyl rarities to new releases, international import/export")
vanleest.nl (Holland)
World of Music (Germany)
Chapters (Canada's biggest music & book store)
King of Trade Online ("Used CD's, DVD's, VHS's & MORE")
Backtrack Records - Vintage Music (old and new vinyl)
Beat Museum (rare & collectable dance vinyl of all music styles)
BRA Records (Birmingham Record Agency) ('rare and deleted dance vinyl. Mail order specialists.')
The CD Exchange (swapping service)
CDsams ('buy - sell - trade used CD's - great selection - bargain prices')
Charlie's CDs in New York ('Good quality used vinyl and CD of every kind of music imaginable')
Chrismo (German shop; used vinyl & CDs)
eBay (Internet's largest auction site, lots of rare records too)
Esprit (huge list of new and used CD and vinyl)
Fun Records (Germany)
GEMM.com ('world's largest music catalog - 16 million items from thousands of sellers')
Golden Grooves Records (UK; second hand CDs & vinyls)
half.eBay (simliar to eBay)
Hard To Find Records (Rare and deleted vinyl dance records 1970 to present)
ID-Music (deleted and used CD-maxi/12"/CDs - located in Denmark)
www.music-forsale.com (UK record shop - secondhand vinyl and CD)
musicstack.com (similar to gemm.com)
Netsounds ('The UK's No 1 Music Market Place')
PREX - Princeton Record Exchange (USA; buy and sell new and used LPs and CDs)
Record Palace Stockholm ('Swedish Internet store for used and rare records, vinyl and CD)
Rock of Ages (UK)
SecondSpin (Used CDs and videos)
Sister Ray Records (UK; deletions, rarities, used CDs and vinyl)
Sweet Memories Vinyl Record Shop (UK; Over 10,000 rare vinyl records from 1950 til now)
Text and Tone (Synth/Industry/Ebm/Neue Deutsche Welle/New wave/Alternative/Independent)
Timeless Music (hard to find and rare vinyl/CD)
Vinyl Exchange ('Manchester's largest secondhand record shop' - vinyl & CD)
Vinyl Music UK ('rare and collectible vinyl 45's')
Wishing Well Entertainment (email only) (deleted and rare CDs)
AB-CD ('Import, independent and hard to find releases')
Alternative Music (Alternative and rare CDs)
The Artist Shop (Independent artists)
CD Baby ('a little CD store with the best new independent music')
CD Banzai (Special pressings, memorabilia)
CD Gold (rare CDs, boots, etc)
CD Singles (Mike Best's UK CD Singles Shop)
Direct Hits (punk, mod and new wave)
eBay (Internet's largest auction site, lots of rare records too)
'Electronic Obsession' (80's, wave, electro, EBM and other forms of electronic music)
Energy Rekords/October ('The home for Scandinavian Electro Music')
Esprit (huge list of new and used CD and vinyl)
Europe Music (Euro dance specialists)
Formic Distribution ('Sound of Cologne' specialists - 12" vinyl, electro, house and techno)
Future Beat Music ('UK dance music specialist')
Groove Unlimited (Dutch shop specializing in Electronic Music)
Horizon Music (offers rare and hard-to-find EM CDs from around the world, as well as releases from it's own label by such artists as Steve Jolliffe and Lightwave)
Hot Stuff (Swedish specialists in synth, electro, techno etc)
Internet Music Shop (sheet music, tutor methods, midi files, videos etc)
Mara Records (Brazilian rare pressings - LPs, CDs, 12" and 7". Personal service.)
Matt's CD Singles ('CD Single Specialist - Over 10,000 rare and deleted CD Singles available to order online')
Mellotronen ('Progressive and Symphonic rock, Jazz, Soul, Hardrock, Blues & Heavy Metal, DVD, CD, Vinyl')
Melody Maker (Dutch specialists in Eurodance, Hi-NRG and Italo)
Memory Lane Records (specializes in out-of-print records, tapes, and CDs)
Music Obsession (formerly called 'Vinyl Vendors')
Perfect Beat (Mostly new dance - club, hi ngy, house)
Pulsewave Records (synth specialist in Sweden)
REC REC Shop & Mailorder (Swiss; Alternative & rare CDs/LPs; text in German only)
Rock of Ages (Obscure New Wave, rare cd's, vinyl, promo items, tour programmes, magazines etc)
Seeds Records ("One of UK's premier Dance Music Specialists with online current stock list")
Siren Disc (alternative independent music, new vinyl)
Townsend Records ('leading independent UK music store chain')
CD ON (Sweden)
CD WOW! (Sweden)
CD skiven (Denmark)
Compact-Huset (Norway)
Ginza (Sweden)
Skivhugget (Sweden)
Svenska Apple iTunes Music Store (ladda ner MP3 legalt / download MP3s legally)
shop.abc.net.au (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Shop)
Tokyo Record Hunting Service (used Japanese CDs)
Haggle Vinyl ('rare and deleted vinyl - all genres of vinyl - on-line London store')
Music Obsession (formerly called 'Vinyl Vendors')
Nuloop (electro, house and techno - on vinyl only)
Vinyl Records ("Vinyl record resource and website link directory")