9 stores · curated ORBIS register
Orphan Street, Cape Town
For The Record is a vinyl record store now located at 11 Orphan Street, Cape Town, selling new and used records organized by genre including African, Jazz/Blues and Electronic. It also runs a used-vinyl buying service and takes custom orders.
Best for New and used vinyl records
First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Cape Town ETC (22 Jun 2025) visited Jacques Vosloo at 285 Long Street and treats the shop as 25 years in Cape Town and one of South Africa's iconic record stores. Cape Town Magazine (updated 12 Feb 2024) independently gives First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street and the Searching for Sugar Man appearance.
Best for Records from a Cape Town shop at 285 Upper Long Street.
Cape Town
Roastin' Records stocks vinyl records across decades and genres, from hard to find pressings to contemporary releases. The shop also sells CDs, cassettes, Pro-Ject turntables, accessories and books, both online and in-store.
Best for Vinyl records, CDs, cassettes and Pro-Ject turntables
Gardens, Cape Town
The Other Records describes itself as a curated community record store shipping worldwide from Cape Town, South Africa. It says it is the only place for colourful music, though its page text is cut off there.
Best for Records shipped worldwide
Cape Town
Vinyl Cafe is a South African online shop that buys, sells and trades vinyl records, stocking a selection spanning jazz, soul and blues through to mainstream rock 'n' roll. The site highlights an expert grading service and provides resources on record care and grading standards.
Best for Graded jazz soul and rock vinyl
Maboneng, Johannesburg
The site curates and reissues South African bubblegum/disco, kwaito and jazz vinyl under its own Afrosynth Records label, cataloguing music from the 1980s-1990s with a searchable archive by year and artist, and distributes through the Rush Hour Records store.
Best for Reissued south african vinyl records
Johannesburg
Bantu Records is an independent Black-owned vinyl store in Johannesburg specializing in jazz, hip hop/R&B, soul/funk/disco, house/electronic and Afrobeat, with dedicated pages for artists including Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Kippie Moeketsi. It also sells branded merchandise such as t-shirts and caps.
Best for Black-owned African jazz and soul vinyl
Johannesburg
Mr Vinyl, operating since at least 2013 at S14, 44 Stanley Ave, Johannesburg, sells new and pre-owned vinyl records across genres from rock to jazz along with turntables, amplifiers, speakers and cartridges. It also offers record grading, a professional vinyl flattening service, and buys customers' records.
Best for New and pre-owned vinyl and turntables
Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Located at 14 Reserve Street at the corner of De Korte in Braamfontein, The Commune describes itself as a Pan-African, socialist and feminist bookstore and coffee shop that also stocks records focused on African music, and hosts book launches, talks, film screenings and DJ sets.
Best for African-focused books and records
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