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Record Stores in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco has 22 record stores in this directory, including 5 that buy used records. Listings are ranked by local reputation — rating weighted by review count — and refreshed from public map data.
Amoeba Music
4.7 ★★★★★ 3,988 reviews
Indie music lovers' hangout for free live shows & an eclectic stock of new releases & vintage hits.
Bird & Beckett Books & Records
4.9 ★★★★★ 263 reviews
Neighborhood go-to for new & used titles & vinyls, plus poetry readings & live bands on weekends.
KPOP NARA SF
4.8 ★★★★★ 250 reviews
Cozy shop for K-pop music and merchandise, featuring albums, posters and CDs.
Thrillhouse Records
4.7 ★★★★★ 187 reviews
Volunteer-run store specializing in punk vinyl, including albums put out on its own recording label.
101 Music
4.3 ★★★★☆ 157 reviews
Venue for used records & CDs in a wide range of genres, plus musical instruments & posters.
Tunnel Records
4.7 ★★★★★ 120 reviews
Cozy shop for new and used vinyl platters, plus cassettes and vintage electronics.
Groove Merchant Records
4.7 ★★★★★ 109 reviews
Locally owned compact shop offers new & used records with special emphasis on soul, funk & hip-hop.
Grooves
4.4 ★★★★☆ 115 reviews
Cozy shop emphasizing used vinyl, from soundtrack albums to rare LP pressings.
Rooky Ricardo's Records
4.7 ★★★★★ 100 reviews
Hip vinyl shop boasts a variety of classic records & listening stations in a compact colorful venue.
Stranded Records SF
4.6 ★★★★★ 97 reviews
Storied outpost stocking vinyl records from the 1950s to the present, across a variety of genres.
Vinyl Dreams
4.7 ★★★★★ 91 reviews
Snug music store specializing in house, techno, disco & electronica vinyl records.
Noise
4.9 ★★★★★ 57 reviews
Used-record shop featuring a wide variety of vinyl, plus local deliveries.
The Music Store
4.5 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Quirky throwback for new & secondhand CDs, record player needles, vintage vinyls, movies & games.
Jack's Record Cellar
4.7 ★★★★★ 20 reviews
This old-school record store has stacks of soul, jazz, blues & other collectible music albums.
The Plastic Pancake
5 ★★★★★ 3 reviews
Where to sell vinyl records in San Francisco
These San Francisco shops indicate they buy used records. Call ahead for big collections — most stores pay more for clean copies of titles they can resell.
- Amoeba Music — 1855 Haight St
- Originals Vinyl — 701 Fillmore St
- Rooky Ricardo's Records — 429 Haight St
- Noise — 3427 Balboa St
- Discodelic — 3174 24th St