Wanted Records

Best record shop in town! Great collection and hospitality. Increadibly helpful with technical issues. Highly recommend.

Ok… sorry all you other record stores in town (that I love very much) I have found my favourite! And although you might think that is a very subjective decision to make, you’d only be half right. You see the music sold here is the best ever made and is what all the music of today is born out of.
Ok needless to say any shop that makes it so the first thing I see as I enter is a label that reads ‘Hendrix/​Who/​Floyd’ and then supplies their best albums directly below it in the beautifully preserved vinyl form gets my vote.
It’s such a fantastic record to store to be in considering they specialise in the old stuff (best stuff), it’s so clean and dust-​free, unlike some record stores where searching through the boxes and shelves of dusty vinyl can get pretty tiring.
They also have the most beautiful collection of records, and tell me, honestly, does anything on earth feel as nice as The White Album by The Beatles on Vynil?! A thing of pure beauty (if your answer to that question is yes, go away, you suck). This is a record store for the guys mentioned in High Fidelity who are looking for deleted Smiths singles!
While the owner and his friend (or random customer) discussed a blues record from Memphis in the 60s and play it for us mere mortals to hear and enjoy I began to think that anyone who wanted to start collecting records could enter this shop with £100 and leave with an extensive collection of the best music ever made. I left as the blues singer got into his lyrics, «if you catch me sober… please make me drunk again» and I thought… time to go to the pub.

Growing up with a record collector for a Dad I have always had an affinity towards anywhere selling vinyl. So whenever I’m taking a walk through St Nicholas Market I take time to pay a visit to Wanted Records.
Record collecting may now be seen as a bit of a dying art form, so it’s always a thrill to see collectors hunting out a rarity or bargain. On the whole Wanted are on the lookout for Jazz, Soul, Funk, Reggae and obscure records rather than pop, country and western or country music. If you’re not sure whether what you have to offer is worth anything, it’s worth giving them a call rather than dragging your stuff down to the city centre.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a serious collector, have something to sell or just want to listen to some great music — it’s definitely worth a visit. And remember -«we don’t buy records by Chris de Burgh»!