Vinyl is back with music lovers of all ages! “It’s not a retro thing at all,” says music journalist Adam Budofsky, founder of Sweet Vinyl Café, a record shop and café in Denville. “[Records are] here to stay.”
Across New Jersey, dozens of shops offer stacks of LPs, where customers can spend hours leafing through dusty treasures and new gems alike. Here are a few of our favorites.
Sweet Vinyl Café in Denville
This shop is half-café, half-shop. Enjoy a coffee and some sweets while you peruse records old and new. It’s a space where music lovers can relax and connect.
23 Diamond Spring Road; 973-453-6443
Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton
Buying and selling music since the ’80s, Princeton Record Exchange boasts an abundance of genres that’ll keep browsers busy for hours. In addition to vinyl, including a $1 section, there are CDs, DVDs and more.
20 South Tulane Street; 609-921-0881
Station 1 Books & Vinyl in Pompton Lakes
This store is situated in a former historic train station—a giant caboose sits right next door! There’s a wide variety of vinyl records, plus books, CDs, VHSes and video-game cartridges.
1 Station Plaza; 973-307-0212
Inner Groove Records in Collingswood
Used vinyl is Inner Groove’s specialty. Looking to sell? The staff will sort and grade your LPs. The shop also makes one-of-a-kind reissues of rare classic records.
798 Haddon Avenue; 856-559-6034
Soldato Books & Records in Rutherford
Now operating out of Rutherford’s iconic Williams Center, and inspired by international bookstores, Soldato is a must-visit for anyone on the hunt for underground artists.
15 Sylvan Street; 551-243-1859
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