We buy many types of music but are always particularly interested in:

• Indie & Rock of the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond
• Dance (Trance, Techno, Acid, House, Electro, Breaks etc) of the 80, 90s, 00s
• Metal (especially nu-metal, black metal, doom, sludge etc) of the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond
• Emo, Hardcore & Punk of the 90s, 00s and beyond
• Hip Hop of the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond
• Any recent releases of all genres, I.e. "New Stuff"

You can see the sorts of things we don't buy under We Don't Buy further down this page 

Sell your collection direct to a local, reputable, 100% independent record shop.

• We are good, honest people. We have no interest in ripping you off and no time to haggle. We always give our best price up-front
• We always try to respond to all enquiries either way and never waste your time
• We don't 'cherry-pick' your collection. 99% of the time we will offer to buy it all or nothing. 

If you have a collection to sell, fill out the form below with as much information as you can and we’ll get back to you as quickly as possible, or drop in to see us at 11 Market Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1AB. HOWEVER, right before you do that, be sure to read on for further guidance – it might save you a lot of time.

 

Guidance

Note: Ideally we ask sellers to leave the records/items with us for a couple of days as we struggle to complete accurate on-the-spot valuations during busy shop hours due to limited staff. If you are not happy to leave records with us, please note we are not able to do on-the-spot valuations on any other day other than Friday. 

Also be aware that we do not buy all types of collections all of the time - don't take it personally if we aren't interested

We are happy to look at any size collection – big or small – but keep in mind that a long journey to view the collection needs to be worth our while (i.e. a pretty huge or special collection), so just be mindful of where we are based - in Stourbridge, West Midlands, about 10 miles outside of Birmingham.

The more information you are able to give about the collection at the start, the quicker the process for getting some cash into your hand. We'll need an idea of the types of music and years in the collection and a general idea around condition at a minimum. A list of artists and titles is a huge plus if possible. 

 

Condition

Condition is really important to us. If your collection has been kept in good condition, let’s talk. Don't worry, signs of aging, some shelf-wear and small signs of use are expected of a pre-owned collection.

However, if your records have been heavily exposed to decades of dust, have been water damaged, are mostly heavily scratched or warped, heavy-handed ex DJ collections or ex jukebox lots, we're unlikely to be interested.

We Don't Buy...

We try not to put a blanket statement on what records we don't buy as this really can depend (so it's always worth just asking) but we wouldn't usually buy collections that are made up of mostly:

• Classical, Opera, Stage
  
• 50s (and earlier), crooner singers and things like that (think Val Doonican, Pat Boone, Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, Barry Manilow...)
• 78 shellac records of any description
• Large lots of 60s/70s general pop singles

 

Selling On Your Behalf

As well as buying your records outright, we do also offer a service where we sell the records on for you. This service is limited usually to items or collections of a high value where this arrangement might work well for both parties (us and you) but is not a service we offer for any item. But if you have high value items that you want to maximise your return on, this might be the way to go. Our commission on this service varies but it can be as little as 10% of the sale price.