Independent record shop at 34 Dundas Street, Glasgow, near Queen Street Station; buys and sells new and secondhand vinyl and CDs across rock, metal, punk, soul, hip hop, reggae and jazz, with a strong Scottish-artist selection.
Best for Scottish vinyl, new releases and used records
Love Music is an independent record shop at 34 Dundas Street in Glasgow, just beside Queen Street Station. It buys and sells CDs and vinyl LPs seven days a week, stocking new releases alongside secondhand stock, with a particular strength in rock music and a stated bias toward Scottish acts. Sections cover metal, punk, reissues, Americana and country rock, soul, hip hop, reggae, jazz, blues, electronica and dance, soundtracks, world music, audiobooks and comedy.
Independent secondhand record shop at 51 Oswald Street, Glasgow, established 1984. Sells used vinyl, CDs and DVDs organized alphabetically by genre, plus mail-order sales online.
Best for Secondhand vinyl across genres
Missing Records has operated in Glasgow since 1984, currently trading from 51 Oswald Street in the city centre. It is an independent secondhand shop dealing in used vinyl, CDs and DVDs across genres, with stock organized alphabetically to aid browsing, including limited-edition box sets and collectible pressings. According to long-time customers, the business has gone through several changes in scale over the decades, at one point operating as many as four or five outlets, before consolidating back down to its current single Glasgow shop.
Mixed Up Records is an independent record shop in Glasgow's West End, buying and selling new and secondhand vinyl since 1997. The Otago Lane shop also stocks CDs and DVDs across genres from jazz to punk.
Best for New and secondhand vinyl, CDs and DVDs across every genre
Tucked into Otago Lane in Glasgow's West End, Mixed Up Records has been buying and selling vinyl since 1997, making it one of the city's longer-running independent record shops. The stock runs wide rather than narrow: new pressings and reissues sit alongside secondhand crates spanning blues and jazz through punk, electronic, hip hop, reggae, soul and world music, plus a rotating stack of CDs and DVDs. The shop also buys collections outright, a service it promotes directly to customers looking to sell or downsize, with staff on hand to talk through what's being offered. Seasonal sales - a summer clearance, a dedicated CD sale, a running "back in stock" shelf - keep the browsing changing without turning the shop into a pure bargain bin, and pre-order and new-release sections track current titles from major and independent labels alike. The physical store at 16-22 Otago Lane keeps regular hours, Monday to Saturday, and ships UK orders with free delivery over £75. For a shop operating in a city with no shortage of record stores, the mix of depth (new releases, pre-orders, reissues) and turnover (secondhand stock bought weekly from local sellers) is what keeps regulars coming back rather than just passing through once.
An independent record shop closely connected to Glasgow’s labels, musicians and live-music community. Established 2002.
Best for Deep ties to Glasgow's labels, musicians, and live-music scene since 2002
Monorail Music opened in December 2002, the result of what its founders describe as a three-year search for the right location and business model. The founders identified what they saw as a gap in Glasgow's cultural landscape — a city with a genuinely vibrant music scene that nonetheless lacked, in their words, "a great record shop" — and set out to build the kind of independent shop they themselves would seek out while traveling. It first opened in modest premises that had previously housed a Mexican restaurant, before later relocating to its current site at 97 King Street, within Kings Court in Glasgow's Merchant City. From early on, Monorail positioned itself as more than a retail counter: the shop built close working relationships with figures and organizations central to Glasgow's independent music scene, including the promoters Optimo, the label Chemikal Underground, and bands Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian and Mogwai, treating the shop as a community meeting point as much as a point of sale. That community-first approach has remained the shop's identity through more than two decades of trading.
A record shop and cafe on Glasgow's Southside stocking new and used vinyl across a broad range of genres. Coffee and cake share the space, and the shop hosts in-store sessions and signings.
Best for Coffee and cake share the space
Some Great Reward opened in March 2018, founded by Olly MacFadden, who grew up in the area and still lives locally. The shop grew out of his own rekindled interest in buying vinyl, turning a personal record-collecting habit into a business combining a record store and cafe on Glasgow's Southside. It takes its name from Depeche Mode's 1984 album 'Some Great Reward,' giving the shop a specific musical reference point rather than a generic name. Originally located on Pollokshaws Road, the shop moved in September 2022 to a new space nearby at The Cooperage, Unit 2, 674 Pollokshaws Road, still in the Southside. The record side stocks new and used vinyl across a broad range of genres, described by the shop's own materials as sourcing 'some of the very best new and rare music around,' while the cafe side serves coffee and cake for customers browsing or settling in. The shop hosts in-store sessions and signings, functioning as a small community music venue as well as a retailer. It has been covered by Glasgow culture press including The Skinny, Skiddle and What's On Glasgow, consistent with its standing as an established, still-operating Southside fixture rather than a recent or transient opening.
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