Sydney, Australia

thanks to the contributors below. Please feel free to add more and they will be updated to the top list. Please add a date of your last visit to a store. All info posted can be integrated into the main list, so feel free to add as little or much as you like. More to follow

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Ashwoods - Website - MAP

129 York Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000. Phone - (02) 9267 7745

Not what it once was, but worth a check. Enough second hand vinyl to keep you amused for a few hours. Jazz, Rock and Classical are a plenty. Not well sorted, so expect to be flipping through a fair bit. Prices used to be dirt cheap, but still fair at $4-$8 for most 12"s.
Date of last Visit: Jan 2006

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Central Station - Website - MAP

46A Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010. Phone - (02)9361 5222

Mostly new stuff, broad range including house, breaks, electro, techno, hardstyle, hardcore, trance... Some bargains as well. Not cheap.
Date Of last visit: October 2005

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Egg Records - No Website - MAP

7 Wilson Street between King Street and Erskinville Road, Newtown NSW. Phone - (02) 9550 6056

Near Newtown Station: A modest selection of used Vinyl and CDs from all genres. Dance and Hip-hop are lumped together and prices are not cheap - generally starting at $10 per 12", with many up to $40.00. That said, the condition of the vinyl is superb and there are many sale items. Worth a visit if you are in the area.
Date of last visit: March 2006

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Goulds - Located at the top of King Street (no. 32) Newtown. Principally a bookstore, with over 1 million books. However they have many thousands of pieces of vinyl (40,000), second hand. Not very well organised, so expect to spent some time there. Every excursion has yielded me a few choice pics. Mostly Rock, classical and jazz, but a fair selection of electronic pop and dance. Prices are reasonable but not super cheap.
Date of last visit: March 2006

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Machine Musik - Website

Enter via The Recordstore, specialises in mainly techno and electro, nice people, not cheap, not even the "bargains", carry mostly new stuff.
Date Of last visit: October 2005

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One stop DJ shop - Website

In Oxford Square Arcade, specialise in Gabber, also carry techno, trance and house, new and old. Have a nice looking bargain stack, but most of those records in poor condition. www.onestopdeejay.com.au
Date Of last visit: September 2005

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Paint It Black - Website

6 Enmore Road, Newtown NSW 2042
Phone - (02) 9557 6887
Specialising in underground punk and hardcore.

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Red Eye - now at King Street, City. Some new, some second hand. More oriented to indie and rock, but some dance vinyl to pick through - not the cheapest around, but a good range. More CDs than vinyl.
Date of last visit: March 2006

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Red Eye - also has a branch on Pitt street (south of Bathurst street) which has just secondhand stuff. More dance and better deals. Also heaps of older stuff, disco, funk, rock & roll and the likes.
Date of last visit: April 2006

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Revolve Records Relics -

Shop 3, 65 Erskenville Road, Erskenville NSW 2043
Phone - (02) 9519 9978
Erskinville village opposite the post office : a good selection of vinyl at fair prices. Worth hunting out.
Date of last visit: April 2006

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The Recordstore - Website

On the corner of Crown and Goulburn street, specialises in Hip hop, breaks, drum n bass and the likes, also carry Gabber, mostly new stuff. Have quite a few electro records in the bargain stack at a fair price.
Date Of last visit: October 2005

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Spank Records - Website
Bourke St, Darlinghurst.
House, Breaks and Electro.

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Ten Seconds Down - Website - Map

Shop P10 1-5 Railway Street, Chatswood, NSW, Australia 2067. Phone - (02) 9411 5575

Chatswood, located under chatswood rail station, owned and run by a friendly guy named Danny : A bargain hunters paradise. Plenty of CDs, games and vinyl. Lately(early 2006) lots and lots of hip hop vinyl and recent dance 12". Worth a special trip.
Date Of last visit: September 2006

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UnSound - Website - Map

Shop H10 Hunter Arcade, 301 George Street, Sydney.
Phone - (02) 9299 0221

A good selction of used vinyl and cds. Hip hop to house, dance and in between. Prices are frankly too high - $10 and above for vinyl, with most $15 and many at $25 plus. Last visit I found a good selection of used vinyl, but prices were prohibitive. There was several $1 bins in which I picked 46 good pieces. Worth a visit.
Date of last visit: February 2006

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Utopia Records - Website - Map

Lower Level 505-525 George Street (Hoyts Cinema Complex) Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000. Phone - (02) 9283 2423

Specialises in hard rock and metal, but also got a small stock of dance vinyl, some bargains and a huge 80's bargain section.
Date Of last visit: October 2005

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The Vintage Record

31a Parramatta Rd Annandale NSW
Ph (02) 9550 4667

Second hand record store covering most types of music, has a decent amount of electronic/dance 12"s inc lots of promos mostly priced at $5.00 each

Spank Records - Bourke St, Darlinghurst. House, Breaks and Electro. www.spankrecords.com.au

In The Groove - Condamine St, Manly Vale. House. www.inthegroove.com.au

Good Groove - Liverpool St, Darlinghurst. Soul, Funk, Disco, Reggae, Hip Hop + more. www.goodgroove.com.au

Here's a map of several of the record stores mentioned above. A couple of them may not be there anymore, but it's useful nonetheless.

*sorry about the shitty quality, I just took a photo of that bit of paper that I take with me to sydney each year :)

wow, nice one!!

The Vintage Record - 31a Parramatta Rd Annandale Ph 02-9550 4667
website
Second hand record store covering most types of music, has a decent amount of electronic/dance 12"s inc lots of promos mostly priced at $5.00 each

all second hand shops in Sydney suck except for GOOD GROOVE (unfortunately closing temporarily i think while they get their stuff all sorted online) and REVOLVE.........

GOOD GROOVE and REVOLVE are where its at ;)

the others very rarely yield anything that would make your heart race ;(

Acetate has closed and Reefer has moved to Canberra haven't they?

Yes. Acetate closed and Reefer has moved.

I was at Revolve about a week ago, and whilst the selection is good, prices are at times a little optimistic. Not so much of a bargain hunters paradise, but for range, good.

And I was at ten Seconds Down a few days ago, and as usual came away with some astonishingly good records at awesome prices.

yeah, revolve has climbed in the price stakes......got a really nice record in ten seconds down ,too just days ago ;)

but not much else to speak of......... lost - the gonzo - mint copy for 4 bucks aint bad, i guess

Bumping this thread to see if anyone is still using it. Will be doing an update at some stage. If a post appears below mine, I will expidite the update, which will selflessly involve a few excursions to record shops.

can we get the update?
beside revolve,redeye&egg, what else do you have for 2nd hand?
most of the shops in this thread are now closed i believe,,,,

e,r

are there any jazz/soul/funk stores in syndey?

sydney sucks for jazz,soul and funk.......basically revolve or egg.......utopia had some last visit......nothing amazingly rare or special....when there is, expect to pay top dollar

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For real?
Are they still there?

Knightrider
Acetate has closed and Reefer has moved to Canberra haven't they?

^^^^^^^
That's better!

reefer sucks! those guys were always so not in the know about what good music is, and overtly gay.....not that sexuality is really an issue with me.......but they were idiots