You don’t have to be an Old School DJ to know that vinyl was the best thing that ever happened to music apart from Freddie Mercury. 🎧🎼
And when you realize that, you’ll want to transfer everything you have on your iPod to these magical wheels.
If you can only find Brazilian soap opera soundtracks at Feira da Ladra, it’s time to ask the experts for help and go straight to the source!
Lisbon is full of stores for vinyl lovers and, if you embark on this odyssey, you might even find that very rare LP of Soviet choruses to keep your intellectual aunt’s Zeca Afonso collection company.
There are hidden stores like Louie Louie, near Chiado, where you can enjoy a cup of coffee with Marco Paulo’s poster, or Sound Club Vinyl Club and Carpet & Snares (specializing in techno and house) in the little-known Espaço Chiado shopping center on Rua da Misericórdia.
Addresses:
Louie Louie – Escadinhas do Santo Espírito da Pedreira 3
Sound Club Vinyl Store – Rua da Misericórdia 14 piso SS loja 24
Carpet & Snares – Rua da Misericórdia 14
There are single-disc stores like Discolecção or Magic Bus, where you can only fit yourself and your favorite songs, or double-disc stores like the giant Carbono, next to Jardim do Torel, or Flur near Lux.
Addresses:
Discolecção – Calçada do Duque 53
Magic Bus – Calçada do Duque 17A
Carbono – Rua do Telhal 6B
Flur – Avenida Infante D. Henrique – Armazém B4
If you don’t feel like dancing, you can always go for one of the famous pizzas at the Casanova restaurant next door. If you still haven’t found the vinyl of your dreams, go up to the second floor of 65 Rua do Loreto and discover it at the small but charismatic Vinyl Experience.
Address:
Vinil Experience – Rua do Loreto 65
And to end on a rocky note, pass the needle on to Groovie Records , which as well as being a store is a label full of contacts to bring you all the records made abroad. Now you can turn around and listen to Side B.
Address:
Groovie Records – Rua de S. Paulo 252
Cover photo: @karsten-winegeart