Music can speak to one’s soul, and for some music connoisseurs, collecting vinyl records is the perfect pastime. There are currently many shops in Cape Town to buy vinyl records from, whether it is physical shops, online stores, flea markets, as well as lesser known shops that harbour hidden gems.
Here are three shops that can help your vinyl collection grow.
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Here are three shops that can help your vinyl collection grow.
Vinyl Cafe
Vinyl Cafe describes themselves as ‘an online record shop designed to connect people with the records they love’, with their warehouse located in Yzerfontein, 90km north of Cape Town. Vinyl Cafe offers to buy vinyl records, and to ‘travel to most destinations in the Cape Town area’ for buying purposes.
They also offer to grade vinyls, and accept all payments with all major credit cards or EFT.
- Website: https://www.vinylcafe.co.za/
- Contact: 073 195 8724 / 083 5131 666
Cape Town Vinyl Fair
The annual Cape Town Vinyl fair is hosted each year at the Cape Town V&A Waterfront, and with a free entrance fee, it’s bound to pique any person’s interest, with an appreciation for music.
This year’s Easter edition boasted ’30 traders with 6000+ records’ along with other music memorabilia that were available including band merch, tees and cassettes.
- Website: https://www.waterfront.co.za/events/va-record-music-fair-9/
- Contact: 021 408 7600 / [email protected]
- Venue: V&A Waterfront
- Entrance fee: Free
Kandi Records
Established in 2014, Kandi Records has showcased local an international local talent with their catalogue, with their physical and online store. The shop has a undeniable love for music making it the perfect shop to visit if you want to step into another world, especially that of music.
- Website: https://www.kandirecords.co.za/about-kandi-records/
- Contact: 082 927 3552
- Venue: 7700, 77 Durban Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, 7700
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