Hello Records

Lincoln Park's Vinyl Anchor

Hello Records at 4165 Fort Street in Lincoln Park, Michigan is one of the Detroit metro's most consistently respected record stores. The shop originally operated in Detroit's Corktown district before relocating downriver to Lincoln Park, where it now anchors a small commercial strip on Fort Street. For Detroit metro collectors, Hello Records is the shop that rewards the 15-minute drive south from downtown with a curated inventory that punches above the metro's average.

Inventory runs across new and pre-owned vinyl, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, and Blu-rays. The curation leans toward classic rock, indie, soul, punk, and the kind of unusual special pressings that serious diggers specifically travel for. Hello Records is not a big-box volume shop; it is a carefully tended storefront where the buying ear matters more than the square footage.

What to Dig For

Hello Records' curation covers the full collector spectrum: classic rock deep catalog, indie and alternative across decades, soul and funk reissues and originals, punk and hardcore, and the odd special pressing that shows up occasionally and makes repeat visits worthwhile. The shop's reputation for unusual inventory is what separates it from bigger-inventory metro shops like Third Man or Found Sound.

Ask staff if you are hunting a specific title, label, or era. The small footprint means a focused question often produces a pull from the back or a lead on where to find it.

Lincoln Park and the Downriver Move

Hello Records' move from Corktown (Detroit) to Lincoln Park (downriver Detroit metro) is part of the broader story of Detroit's neighborhood shifts over the last decade. Corktown became a hot neighborhood with rising rents; Lincoln Park offered a more sustainable footprint for a curated independent shop. The new location is 15 minutes south of downtown Detroit via I-75 and sits in a neighborhood commercial strip rather than a tourist-draw district.

For collectors, the move made Hello Records a destination shop rather than a casual walk-in. You go out of your way to Hello Records because the inventory earns the trip, not because the neighborhood brings you there.

Plan Your Visit

Hello Records

Lincoln Park Detroit-metro vinyl destination. Curated new and pre-owned LPs, CDs, cassettes, DVDs. 15 minutes south of downtown Detroit.

Address: 4165 Fort St, Lincoln Park, MI 48146
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
Web: www.hellorecordsdetroit.com
Facebook: Hello Records on Facebook

Hello Records is at 4165 Fort Street in Lincoln Park, 15 minutes south of downtown Detroit via I-75. Street parking available. From the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the drive is about 20 minutes.

Corktown to Lincoln Park, same curator's ear. Hello Records earns the downriver trip.