10 Best Record Shops in Singapore

Vinyl has made a real comeback here, and the island's record shops in Singapore now range from audiophile boutiques and jazz specialists to crate-digging warehouses and cafe-bar hybrids. This shortlist gathers stores selling new pressings, second-hand finds, CDs and turntables across neighbourhoods from Duxton to Joo Chiat. Each was checked against its own website or official social channels; treat it as a starting point rather than a strict ranking.

Retrophonic Records is a boutique independent shop in a Duxton Road shophouse that pairs a deep vinyl stock with a full range of turntables, cartridges, speakers and amplifiers from brands such as Pro-Ject, Mobile Fidelity and TEAC. The shop says it keeps a dedicated listening room where visitors can sit down and play records with no pressure to buy, which makes it as much a hangout as a store. It is a good first stop if you want to hear a pressing and audition gear in the same visit.

Duxton
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The Analog Vault is a curated record shop, now based at Midview City in Sin Ming, that focuses on carefully chosen new pressings and reissues rather than sheer volume. Its shelves lean towards jazz, funk and soul, electronic and indie, and it also carries a small selection of music books, turntables and merchandise. The tightly edited stock suits listeners after a considered pick instead of a big crate-digging session.

Sin Ming
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Hear Records is a two-level store in Burlington Square on Bencoolen Street, well known among collectors for its jazz selection and its Japanese pressings. It carries a mix of new and second-hand vinyl with fresh shipments arriving regularly, and the shop is also the local dealer for Music Hall turntables and electronics. Regulars follow its updates for new arrivals and can put in special orders for titles that are not in stock.

Bencoolen
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Curated Records sits on the upper floor of a North Bridge Road shophouse and, as the name suggests, trades on a hand-picked selection rather than a warehouse of stock. It leans towards indie, alternative and more experimental music, mixing new pressings that the shop says it refreshes weekly with a smaller run of used finds. The intimate space rewards browsers who like discovering something off the beaten track.

North Bridge Road
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RetroCrates is a Joo Chiat shop stocking both new records and pre-owned vinyl across 7-inch, 12-inch and LP formats, with dedicated sections for jazz and audiophile pressings. Beyond records it sells CDs and cassettes plus turntables, amplifiers and accessories from brands such as Rega, Audio-Technica and KEF, and offers turntable packages for people starting out. That mix makes it a practical one-stop shop for a first setup as well as for crate-digging.

Joo Chiat
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Roxy Records & Trading is a veteran family-run shop in Excelsior Shopping Centre near City Hall and one of the island's longest-running record stores. It deals in both vintage and contemporary vinyl alongside CDs, spanning 1970s rock, 1980s metal, shoegaze, Japanese pressings and less common corners such as Chinese opera. The shop is known for tracking down hard-to-find titles and will try to order in records it does not have on the shelf.

City Hall
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Vinyl Kakis is a small independent store in the basement of Excelsior Shopping Centre whose name plays on the Malay word for friends. It deals mainly in second-hand vinyl, with a strong showing of Japanese pressings and city pop alongside retro Western pop, rock, metal and older Chinese and Malay records. Its owner-run, community feel makes it a favourite for diggers hunting the uncommon rather than the chart-topping.

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Musicology Records is a compact shop tucked along Haji Lane that mixes new pressings with a rotating stock of affordable pre-loved records. Its shelves range widely across pop, rock, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, city pop and classical, and the store also carries a few turntables and speakers for buyers setting up at home. The friendly, browsable layout makes it an easy stop while wandering the Kampong Glam area.

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Red Point Record Warehouse is a warehouse-style shop in an industrial building on Playfair Road, near Tai Seng, holding one of the largest and most varied record collections in Singapore. Its stock spans jazz, pop and rock as well as Malay, Chinese, Tamil and Hindi records, and there is a listening station to test a pressing before you commit. It rewards patient crate-diggers, though it keeps limited opening days, so it is worth checking before making the trip.

Tai Seng
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Choice Cuts is a record-shop-meets-cafe on Joo Chiat Road that the founders, a local DJ collective, built around funk, soul, boogie, disco, hip-hop, reggae and other groove-driven genres. Alongside crates of vinyl it serves coffee, food and drinks and regularly hosts DJ sets and listening sessions, so browsing can easily turn into an afternoon. It is aimed at listeners who treat digging for records as a social outing as much as a purchase.

Joo Chiat
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