Vinyl Exchange
4.5 438 Google reviews · Independent record shop in Northern Quarter, Manchester
- Area. Northern Quarter, Manchester
- Phone. +44 161 228 1122
- Website. www.vinylexchange.co.uk
About Vinyl Exchange
A vast secondhand emporium on Oldham Street — floors of used vinyl and CDs, a Northern Quarter digging classic. Rated 4.5/5 across 438 Google reviews, it's one of the most-loved record shops in Manchester — and one of the Manchester stops on the Keep Them Spinning Vinyl Radar.
Opening hours
| Monday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 12–5 PM |
What you'll find
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How Vinyl Exchange compares
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What the shop says about itself
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Coming home with a stack?
The Vinyl Record Crate is the box that gets them home and keeps them there: solid paulownia, open top, 50–60 LPs. When the collection outgrows a crate, the Vinyl Modular is the system that stacks and keeps growing with it.
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Written by Guillermo Gonzalez · Reviewed by Gilberto Salazar · Last reviewed 10 September 2026. Ratings, review counts and opening hours come from public Google Business Profile data; rankings and comparisons are calculated from our own dataset. See our editorial policy or report an error.