EXPLORE RECORD SHOPS IN AMERICAN SAMOA

American Samoa is the only US territory below the equator, and as of 2026 there is no dedicated record store on Tutuila. The island’s music media lives in three general retailers in Nu’uuli and Tafuna: Forsgren anchors the Laufou Shopping Center, CG Electronics has operated in Tafuna since 2012 under Cris Florido, and Cost U Less is the only big-box warehouse club on the island. Samoan music culture runs deep through the traditional church choir and brass band lineage of the Christian missionary era, contemporary Pacific reggae, and the diaspora flow that connects the territory to Hawaii, California, Utah, and the broader Polynesian community across the mainland. For Samoan and Pacific pressings, Discogs remains the most practical resource for collectors based on or visiting Tutuila, and the territory’s music industry is small enough that a future dedicated shop in Pago Pago would be a genuine community event. Walk Pago Pago Harbor, ride Route 1 along Tutuila’s south coast, and see what the territory has been keeping for the music-curious.

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BEYOND AMERICAN SAMOA: VINYL JOURNEYS FROM TUTUILA

As the last record drops in Tutuila, every shop you walked through today is only a starting point for a much wider Pacific and mainland circuit. The South Pacific stretches west and north from Pago Pago, the Hawaiian Islands sit a long flight away, and the mainland Samoan diaspora keeps the music moving between the territory and the West Coast in both directions.

Hawaii Record Stores: Cruise north to Hawaii, where Honolulu and the Big Island shops carry the closest Polynesian record scene to Tutuila, slack-key guitar and Pacific reggae stay in heavy rotation, and Hawaii’s blend of native Hawaiian, Asian, and mainland US musical streams meets the diaspora flow between the two territories.

Guam Record Stores: Hop northwest to Guam, where the territory’s record shops carry Chamorro-language and Pacific island pressings alongside imports from the mainland and Asia, and the Guam-to-Saipan circuit anchors the western Pacific record scene.

Northern Mariana Islands Record Stores: Cross northwest to the Northern Mariana Islands, where Saipan and Tinian have no dedicated record shops but the territory’s Chamorro music tradition and Pacific imports keep collectors connected through online stores and community trading.

California Record Stores: Fly east to California, where LA’s Amoeba Hollywood is one of the world’s most celebrated record stores, the Bay Area’s Rasputin and Amoeba Berkeley run a parallel dig, and East Palo Alto and San Mateo carry deep Samoan diaspora music through churches and community shops.

Washington Record Stores: Travel northeast to Washington, where Seattle’s Easy Street and Sonic Boom anchor the Pacific Northwest dig, Tacoma carries one of the largest Samoan diaspora communities outside the territory, and Olympia’s K Records lineage keeps the indie circuit alive.

Utah Record Stores: Head east to Utah, where Salt Lake City’s record shops carry mainland US music plus a Samoan diaspora community connected to American Samoa through LDS missionary and community ties, and the broader Mormon Pacific Islander population keeps the territory’s music close to the Wasatch Front.

At Record Store Directory, every shoreline is an invitation to keep exploring. Share your finds, connect with fellow collectors, and chase down that next unforgettable album, because the perfect record is always closer than you think.

Happy hunting, and we’ll see you in the next stack!

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American Samoa RSD FAQ

How many record stores are in American Samoa?
American Samoa does not currently have a dedicated record store on the island of Tutuila. The directory lists three general retailers that may stock physical music media as part of broader inventory: Forsgren department store in Nu’uuli, CG Electronics in Tafuna, and the Cost U Less warehouse club also in Tafuna. None of the three is a record store in the traditional sense.
Why isn't there a dedicated record store on Tutuila?
American Samoa is the only US territory below the equator, with a population of roughly 45,000 spread across Tutuila and several smaller islands. Pago Pago is the capital. The territory’s distance from the mainland US (Tutuila is about 2,600 miles southwest of Honolulu) and small population make a dedicated brick-and-mortar record shop economically challenging. Most physical music retail on the island has historically run through general retailers, electronics shops, and the territory’s only big-box warehouse club.
What might Forsgren, CG Electronics, and Cost U Less actually carry?
Forsgren in the Laufou Shopping Center (American Samoa’s only shopping mall) is a department store carrying groceries, clothing, office supplies, and electronics. CG Electronics, opened by Cris Florido in 2012 and located behind Cost U Less in Tafuna, started as a home-based business and grew through word of mouth selling laptops, phones, HDTVs, MP3 players, and gaming services. Cost U Less is the only big-box retailer on Tutuila (part of the Caribbean and Pacific warehouse-club chain owned by the North West Company) carrying grocery, home furnishings, electronics, and sporting goods. Any physical music media at these locations would sit in the broader electronics or general-merchandise aisles rather than a dedicated section.
Where do American Samoa residents go for dedicated record shopping?
Most serious collectors on Tutuila rely on a combination of online ordering, mail-order vinyl subscriptions, and trips to Hawaii for in-person record shopping when traveling to Honolulu for medical, family, or business reasons. Honolulu has the nearest dense US record-store scene to American Samoa, with Hungry Ear Records, Jelly’s Comics, Idea’s Music & Books, and other indie shops covering the islands. The Pacific shipping window from mainland US online retailers can also be longer than for territories closer to the equator.
Does American Samoa participate in Record Store Day?
American Samoa does not have a confirmed participating shop on the annual Record Store Day store locator. The closest US-territory RSD participants are in Hawaii (Honolulu’s Hungry Ear Records and others) and in the Caribbean US territories of Puerto Rico (Electroshock in San Juan is the confirmed PR RSD shop) and the US Virgin Islands (Modern Music in Charlotte Amalie).
How might this change?
The vinyl resurgence has reached even small US territories – both the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico now have dedicated record shops where they didn’t a decade ago. If a dedicated record shop opens on Tutuila in the future, the directory will update. In the meantime, any reader visiting American Samoa who wants to add a record-shopping stop should check whether Forsgren or Cost U Less currently has any vinyl, CDs, or cassettes in their electronics or media sections – both are easy stops on Tutuila’s main commercial corridor.