It can be hard to keep up with where your favorite albums are available to buy and sometimes even harder to find popular LPs in stock. We’ve tried to compile a list of all major online shops that carry decent selections of vinyl. If your favorite store or label is missing, feel free to give us a shout on Twitter or Facebook.
Vinyl Shops:
Amoeba Music – Carries just about everything
Light in the Attic – Independent shop that carries a wide variety of vinyl; often carries exclusive variants
MerchNow – Various soundtracks and other merchandise
Milan Records – Anime and movie soundtracks
Mondo – Large collections of vinyl plus other merchandise from movies, games, and anime
Newbury Comics – Carries music from various genres; also often receives exclusive color variants
Music On Vinyl – Decent selection of vinyl from various artists; also stocks movie and TV soundtracks
Ship to Shore PhonoCo. – Carries anime, movie, and video game soundtracks
Tower Records – Wide selection of all types of music
Turntable Lab – Good vinyl selection plus turntable hardware and accessories
VinylMePlease – Carries a large selection of vinyl with the occasional VMP-only exclusive variants
G4F Records (EU)
hhv (EU) – Selection of vinyl from various genres; also has a used vinyl shop
Vinyl Guru (UK)
Wayo Records (EU) – A mix of anime and video game soundtracks
HMV (JP) – Wide selection of Japanese releases
PlayAsia (HK) – Anime and VGM soundtracks on vinyl as well as other Japanese goods; International shipping available
Anime Soundtracks:
CD Japan – Japan-based store that carries plenty of anime soundtracks and other Japanese releases; International shipping available
Funimation – Shop primarily for anime merchandise with a small selection of vinyl soundtracks
RightStufAnime – Anime soundtracks and other merchandise
Tiger Lab Vinyl – Periodic anime soundtrack releases
Movie Soundtracks:
Video Game Soundtracks:
Cartridge Thunder Records
Channel 3 Records – Carries a small selection of video game soundtracks
Data Discs – Video game soundtracks label
Fangamer
GameChops – Video game music record label; releases some of their more popular titles on wax
iam8bit – Video game music label
Laced Records
Limited Run Games
Materia Store
Spacelab9 – Releases plenty of video game soundtracks on vinyl
Square-Enix Store – Small selection of Square-Enix game soundtracks
Black Screen Records (EU)
chipfreq (UK)
High Score Records (EU)
PixelCrib (AU)