EXPLORE RECORD SHOPS IN MISSOURI

Missouri produced more pre-rock-and-roll American music than any state except Tennessee: Scott Joplin published ‘Maple Leaf Rag’ in Sedalia in 1899 helping invent ragtime, the Kansas City jazz era through the 1920s-40s gave the world Count Basie, Lester Young, and a young Charlie Parker raised in KC, and Chuck Berry was born in St. Louis in 1926 and helped invent rock and roll in the mid-1950s with ‘Maybellene’ and ‘Johnny B. Goode.’ Ike and Tina Turner ran their Revue out of St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s, Nelly broke out of St. Louis in 2000 with the St. Lunatics, Sheryl Crow came out of Kennett, and Pat Metheny came out of Lee’s Summit. Vintage Vinyl on University City’s Delmar Loop has been the St. Louis legend for decades, Euclid Records moved to a three-story 8,000-square-foot Old Webster Groves space in 2009 after starting in the Central West End in 1981, and Planet Score Records in Maplewood is the post-2015 successor to the original CD Reunion Hazelwood shop. Mills Record Company anchors Kansas City’s Westport district, Josey Records’ KC and Sedalia locations bring the Dallas chain into Missouri, and Slackers runs five MO locations across St. Louis, Columbia, and Jefferson City. Springfield’s Heavy Heads Records mini-chain covers Branson plus two Springfield shops, and Vintage Stock holds Columbia, Lee’s Summit, and Springfield. Ride 70 east from Kansas City through Columbia to St. Louis, swing 44 southwest to Joplin, and see what the Show Me State has been keeping in the bins.

Find Record Shops in Missouri | Record Store Directory
Browse MO Record Stores MO Record Store Map MO Record Shop FAQ

Alphabetized by town- Find a store near you, or plan a road trip to see them all.

Loading…

MO Record Store Map

Every shop on one map. Click a pin for details.

Know of a New Record Store in Missouri or one we missed? We want to Know! Contact Us, and we'll add it to the list!

Contact The RSD
The RSD Story
Explore More From the RSD

BEYOND MISSOURI: VINYL JOURNEYS FROM THE SHOW ME STATE

As the platter stops turning in the Show Me State, every shop you flipped through today is just one stop on a much wider central-American crossroads. The Mississippi runs east, the Missouri rolls west toward the Plains, and Missouri’s eight bordering states make this state the densest border concentration in America with a record-shop network that touches Kansas City jazz, St. Louis blues, Memphis soul, and the Ozarks.

Iowa Record Stores: Head north into Iowa, where Des Moines’s Zzz Records anchors the city’s indie circuit, Iowa City’s Record Collector keeps the UI college dig honest, and the Quad Cities shops catch both sides of the Mississippi.

Illinois Record Stores: Cross east into Illinois, where Chicago’s Dusty Groove, Reckless, and Beverly Records anchor a globally significant dig across blues, jazz, soul, indie, and house, the Loop and Wicker Park run the city’s biggest weekday foot traffic, and downstate’s Champaign-Urbana college shops hold the rest of the prairie scene.

Kentucky Record Stores: Drop southeast into Kentucky, where Louisville’s Guestroom Records runs two shops including the renovated-firehouse Highlands location, the Great Escape’s Bardstown Road flagship anchors the long-form dig, and Lexington’s Cut Corner Records reopened in 2025 to take the old CD Central space.

Tennessee Record Stores: Travel south into Tennessee, where Memphis still spins Sun, Stax, and Three 6 Mafia in roughly equal measure, Nashville’s East Side stocks outlaw country alongside Third Man pressings, and Bristol still claims the 1927 Bristol Sessions as the Big Bang of Country Music.

Arkansas Record Stores: Roll south into Arkansas, where Arkansas Record-CD Exchange in North Little Rock holds 90,000-plus LPs as the state’s largest vinyl retailer, Block Street Records anchors Fayetteville and Bentonville, and the Helena King Biscuit Time radio legacy keeps the Mississippi Delta blues close.

Oklahoma Record Stores: Swing southwest into Oklahoma, where Guestroom Records anchors the state from Norman to Edmond and OKC, Josey Records Tulsa holds 30,000-plus records as the city’s largest, and Vintage Stock runs 11 locations as the state’s chain workhorse.

Kansas Record Stores: Venture west into Kansas, where Love Garden Sounds has anchored Lawrence’s Massachusetts Avenue since 1990, Acoustic Sounds in Salina is the world’s largest supplier of audiophile LPs, and the Kansas City jazz tradition straddles both sides of the state line.

Nebraska Record Stores: Hop northwest into Nebraska, where Omaha’s Homer’s Records anchors the Saddle Creek-era indie scene that gave the world Bright Eyes and the Conor Oberst catalog, Lincoln’s college-town shops carry the Husker dig, and the I-80 corridor keeps the music moving east.

Texas Record Stores: Fly south to Texas, where Austin’s Waterloo Records and Antone’s heritage carry the city’s roots and indie pull, Dallas’s Josey Records flagship runs as the chain’s HQ, and the I-44 / I-35 corridors keep Missouri-Texas music exchange flowing year-round.

At Record Store Directory, every state line 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!

Articles From The RSD

Wisconsin State Capitol surrounded by autumn foliage in Madison

The Best Record Stores in Madison: Midwest College Vinyl

The best record stores in Madison, WI. Strictly Discs on Monroe, B-Side on...
Read More
Aerial view of Chattanooga cityscape with surrounding mountains at dawn

The Best Record Stores in Chattanooga: Tennessee Vinyl Scene

The best record stores in Chattanooga, TN. McKay's on Lee Hwy, Yellow...
Read More
Close-up of a tonearm stylus on a spinning black vinyl record

Drake Vinyl: A Collector’s Guide to Every Studio Album

Drake on vinyl: every studio album from Thank Me Later (2010) through For...
Read More
MORE FROM THE Record Store Directory

Missouri RSD FAQ

How many record stores are in Missouri?
Missouri has 63 active record stores spread across 25 distinct towns, with the heaviest concentration in Kansas City (14 shops) and the broader St. Louis area (15+ stores spread across St. Louis, Webster Groves, Maplewood, and University City). Springfield and Columbia each carry five shops, with smaller clusters in Cape Girardeau and St Joseph (3 each), and Sedalia and Jefferson City (2 each). Crossing state lines, neighboring Kansas shares the Kansas City metro (KS-side KC suburbs Overland Park, Olathe, and Shawnee), Illinois sits east across the Mississippi (Slackers, the major MO regional chain, runs six IL locations alongside its five in MO), and Arkansas lies south via I-49 from Kansas City through Joplin into NW Arkansas.
What is Missouri's oldest record store?
Euclid Records in Webster Groves has anchored the St. Louis area since 1981, making it Missouri’s oldest record store at 44 years and one of the most storied indie shops in the Midwest. The shop spent 22 years in the St. Louis Central West End and another 10 years at Lockwood and Summit before relocating to its current 8,000 square foot three-story home at 19 N Gore Avenue in the historic Old Webster Groves neighborhood. Euclid stocks 85,000+ records and has run a worldwide mail-order operation since the mid-1980s; in 2010 the shop opened a second location in the New Orleans Bywater neighborhood, an unusual multi-state move for an indie record store of its era.
What is St. Louis's most iconic record store?
Vintage Vinyl at 6610 Delmar Boulevard on the University City Delmar Loop has been a St. Louis legend for almost 30 years. The shop carries extensive vinyl, CDs, and cassettes across genres and serves as a cultural hub for the Delmar Loop entertainment district. Vintage Vinyl is a consistent Record Store Day participant and a destination for both casual diggers and serious collectors across the Greater St. Louis region.
What other record stores are in the St. Louis area?
Beyond Euclid and Vintage Vinyl, the St. Louis area carries one of the densest indie record-retail clusters in the Midwest. Planet Score Records in Maplewood (named after the Guided by Voices song) is the successor to CD Reunion – the same owners reopened in Maplewood in October 2015 and the shop has run there for 10 years. Dead Wax Records on Cherokee Street, CIRCA: NOW! Records, Music Record Shop, The Record Space, Frenchtown Records, Antiques & More, Joe’s Records STL, and Infinite Spin Records round out the city’s indie scene, while Slackers covers the regional chain footprint with Chesterfield, St Peters, and South County locations.
What are the best record stores in Kansas City?
Kansas City has 14 record stores led by Mills Record Company at 4045 Broadway Boulevard in the iconic Westport neighborhood, one of KC’s defining indie shops. Josey Records – Kansas City is the KC outpost of the Dallas-based Josey chain that also runs the Tulsa flagship and a smaller Sedalia MO store. BlacKCat Vinyl, Revolution Records, Records with Merritt, Sister Anne’s Records and Coffee, The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, and Prospero’s Books round out the KC indie scene, with Boss Vintage, Boomerang, Earwaxx Records & More, GotWhatULike Records, It’s a Beautiful Day, and The Vinyl Market completing the list. North Kansas City and Gladstone add FM Music Vintage Sounds and a CD Warehouse outlet on the KC metro fringe.
What about Springfield, Columbia, and the Vintage Stock home base?
Springfield has five record stores including two of Heavy Heads Records‘ three Missouri locations (Springfield Downtown and Springfield South), plus Stick It In Your Ear, a Vintage Stock outlet, and City Music. Vintage Stock, the national chain that holds 11 Oklahoma locations and 4 Kansas locations, is headquartered in Joplin MO just down I-44 from Springfield and runs three MO stores (Columbia, Lee’s Summit, Springfield). Columbia adds Hitt Records, B Side Record Store, King Theodore Records, and a Slackers location for the MU college-town crowd. Heavy Heads’ third MO location anchors Branson on the AR border for the Ozarks tourist destination.
Do Missouri record stores participate in Record Store Day?
Yes, Missouri’s flagship indie shops are full Record Store Day participants. Euclid Records in Webster Groves runs one of the Midwest’s most-watched RSD events, Vintage Vinyl on the Delmar Loop hosts a major St. Louis event, and Mills Record Company anchors the KC RSD scene. Other RSD-active MO shops include Planet Score Records in Maplewood, Josey Records Kansas City and Sedalia, Heavy Heads Records across all three of its Springfield and Branson locations, and all five Slackers Missouri stores participate in the chain-wide RSD allocation. RSD Saturday falls in mid-April each year with lines often forming well before the standard 8 AM opening.
Where can I find rare and collectible vinyl in Missouri?
For deep used and collectible stock, Euclid Records in Webster Groves stocks 85,000+ records across 44 years of accumulated inventory in vinyl, CDs, and cassettes – one of the largest indie collectible holdings in the entire Midwest. Vintage Vinyl on the Delmar Loop has built nearly 30 years of accumulated used inventory across the Greater St. Louis crate-digging market. Mills Record Company serves the Kansas City collector scene with a curated indie focus. Over on Cherokee Street, Dead Wax Records and Planet Score Records in Maplewood add deep used selections for the STL crate-digging crowd.