Red Cat Records

This is a great local record shop I’m happy to frequent. It’s nostalgic and one of the few older era music shops that have disappeared all too quickly.
This is where I often buy tickets for local concerts, mostly indie and alternative bands. You can get them for a few bucks cheaper than online.
It’s a fairly small shop, but if you’re looking for vinyl records or concert tickets, I highly recommend this spot. Also, the staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.
The location is also great if you want to make a shopping day of it. There are plenty of older and newer independent shops as well as good food spots nearby.

Fantastic shop for used and new records. Incredible prices– less than you will find elsewhere on Main St– and genuine, friendly staff. Zero pretension, great vinyl. New stock daily– worth a stop every time you walk by.
Never hesitate to ask for help/​recommendations/​special orders! The team is awesome!!!

Great little store! Always manage to find something whenever I’m in there. Good place to go to get concert tickets too.

I ordered 2 cd’s and it has been more than 3 months and still no delivery date or phone call in regards to when my order will arrive at their store. doesn’t sound look like business practices or customer service to me. Ended up ordering the same product off amazon which arrived at my doorstep within 2 weeks of placing the order online. Will not be coming back to this store again.

Plenty of great reviews for this great store.
I want to focus on the selling and trading of vinyl records with Red Cat.
In short they do it the right way and are very honest which is very
difficult to find these days.
The staff can be trusted to give fair value for your records.
Also they typically only take records they can use and pay you for those
rather than others stores that take all your records but still only pay for those
they want and usually don’t pay much.
Good selection and very good prices. Great new vinyl, one of the best.
Staff is also one the best in town (top 2 if not #1)

This place has a lot of new records. Prices are a bit on the high side though. Good selection. I like this store a lot.

I’ve been trying to avoid this store and have finally succumbed. As a lot of people, I find it really hard to walk into a record shop and not spend, and they make this really difficult.
I love this record shop: excellent cheap deals (.99 bins), really fair prices on everything else used and new, amazingly nice staff with no pretense and really well organized. The BEST thing is they get many new releases before anyone else in town.
They also give a little extra care which counts: used records are cleaned really well and include a thick inner sleeve along with an outer one. They pack a lot into the shop and have great tote bags for records or other stuff, cartridges, record cleaning tools, turntables, high quality inner sleeves, etc.
Whatever I’ve needed, they’ve had tucked away somewhere in the shop. If they don’t have the record you’re looking for, they’re speedy at finding out how to get it and how much it’ll cost. Customer service is the best here.
Shop at Red Cat, despite the loss of their shop kitty.

While visiting Vancouver I felt I had to get to Red Cat Records given the glowing reviews here that deem it a must visit. For those seeking out the store, I highly recommend driving or taking a bus to get there. The TransLink will require a lengthy walk from the King Edward stop, but if it’s a nice day, go for it.
Red Cat Records is a cozy store that manages to pack in a lot of CDs and vinyl given its space. As I tend to buy CDs, my review focuses on that experience there. Unfortunately, Red Cat does fall victim in some instances as a pricey CD store like most of the rest of Vancouver. I was aghast when I pulled out a used Pretenders «Best of» album for $ 19.99 when it only had one disc. Some double discs went upwards of $ 25 to $ 30, which was surprising since they weren’t rare or on an out of print label. Overall, older and used CDs proved to be quite avoidable given their price.
Thankfully there were two other sections of CDs worth looking at. There was the collection of new CDs that were going for $ 8 as a kind of sale, and looking through those unearthed a few good albums from the past year or so. The other section was $ 5 per disc. Thumbing through the selection proved that there were a couple of good bands worth checking out, including a Rodrigo y Gabriela album I was surprised to find as well as a few old punk compilations.
Red Cat truly is a nice record store in Vancouver and is worth looking through, but be prepared to overspend on something interesting to you if you decide to drop by.

Our favourite record store in town. Red Cat has a great selection of new and used records, as well as an impressive array of concert tickets, a few record players, some T-​shirts, CDs, tapes — you name it. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and much less intimidating than your usual record store cashier. Unlike most Vancouver record stores, Red Cat’s prices are reasonable and consistent, and their used records always play well. Make sure to check out their wall of staff recommendations, and if you can’t find the record you’re looking for, just ask a staff member — they’re always happy to order in whatever’s not in stock. Highly recommended!

I’ve been buying concert tickets and records here for years. I’ve always had a great experience and the staff are always friendly. The left part of the store is all used records, and the new sealed ones are on the right. I love that they keep an updated list of upcoming shows both online and in their window. Great vibe. Nice small-​ish shop.

This is my favourite record shop in the city. The staff are super friendly and incredibly helpful. Unlike some of the other shops, where some of the used vinyl can be in ‘iffy’ shape, Red Cat always seems to have good, clean records on hand. Everything is sleeved (inner and outer!), reasonably priced, and well organized. They’ve also likely got the best selection of new vinyl in the city– it’s the only place I’ve been able to consistently find the Numero comps I’m looking for.
Bonus points for being far enough up Main that it’s not too difficult to find parking, there’s usually plenty right outside.

This store is what record shopping is about, if I need a new release or something ordered I come here! My first visit I had Chemical Brothers «Exit Planet Dust» on my wish list, no other shop in Van had it — not only did they have it brand new — they had a mint used copy for only $ 11, for that visit alone 5 stars. Since then I have gone back time and time again, I casually inquired about Blur «Parklife» they said it had to be backordered as it was out of print — 3 weeks later I get a call saying it’s in the store — brand new $ 25 awesome stuff! Picked up «The Harder They Come» soundtrack the other day used, great condition $ 5. Also have brought in used vinyl for store credit, they always give it a fair look and offer reasonable prices — highly recommend…

3 things about red cat:
1. great selection and we love their new used section. (does that make sense?)
2. very clean and organized. plastic sleeves for everything and great set-​up for listening.
3. chill service. just straight up like you want it.
bonus thing: love the punch card. also can’t ever leave without buying a thing or $ 100 worth. damn you red cat.

This store is the tops. Love me some Red Cat.

Red cat is alright for records, great for turntables, and has very friendly, unpretentious music nerds working the front desk. If you live nearby and have your own vinyl collection or turntable you’ve probably been here many times. If you don’t fit any of the criteria you may not ever need to come in unless there’s a small local show with presale tickets. Either way, you won’t be left dissapointed, whatever your reason.

Love this place. Fair pricing, amazing selection (in such a small space), and friendly/​helpful staff. Everyone in the city seems to rave about Zulu but I find their vinyl selection overpriced and spotty, with the ‘new releases’ hardly new. After moving here and investigating some of my options, I was beginning to worry that I’ve have to schlep all the way to Audiopile (or Krazy Bob’s in Langley) in order to find the selection, variety, and pricing I desired, but then I found Red Cat.
I’ve never gone in here without walking out with at least eight new LPs, which isn’t great for my bank account but satisfies my impeccable taste in music. ;)
Staff are very friendly and helpful. I was in there today and a boy who couldn’t have been older than 12 walked up to the counter and asked one of the guys working if they sold anything «heavy.» The employee could’ve been condescending and dismissive, but he engaged the kid in an earnest conversation about what kind of «heavy» music he liked, then gave him a CD to listen to. Later, I heard the employee nicely talking with the kid about Metallica. The kid was loving it and you could tell that he felt about a hundred feet tall; everyone in the store was smiling to themselves listening to the conversation. That’s nice!
They have a little ‘record club’ punch-​card system; buy ten records, get $ 11 off the 11^th record.

I love strolling past this place to check out the latest shows that are coming to Vancouver. I hadn’t heard of them before I moved to the area but they have an awesome selection of concert tickets without the Ticketmaster service fees! Also, a sweet selection of used vinyl at reasonable prices. The new vinyl is a tad pricey though (minus 1 star). All the staff that i’ve encountered here have been super helpful in helping me find what I’m looking for.

What’s not to love?
Friendly, helpful staff/​owners with a great new location and an expanding vinyl selection.
The Red Cat guys have responded to their customer base and continue to evolve their business with the musical times. Hat’s off to a well run local business in weird times for music sales!
Don’t forget to get your concert tickets here and save on ticketmaster etc fees.
Thank you!

I find most record stores in Vancouver to be extremely overpriced except Red Cat and Audiopile on Commercial Dr.
Great new selection at great prices AND they have great used stuff to boot. They will also order anything for you so if you don’t have a credit card or can’t get someone to order your shiz for you off Discogs, I am pretty sure the guy at Red Cat uses discogs for special orders.
I like decently priced records, great selections, knowledgable staff and cheap tickets. Red Cat gets 4 check marks there. Even if they started being dicks I’d shop there, but they’re not dicks. So you should shop there.

Buy those hard to find concert tickets here, as they will most likely have it. Call ahead to make sure they have availability, and you can also get them to hold them for you on the phone.
Street parking right outside the store, pick up is quick and easy, and they also accept major credit cards. Very nice staff here too.