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Welcome to Rat Records
I'm Tom Fisher, the record buyer for the best second hand vinyl record shop in South London: Rat Records, Camberwell. I want to buy your vinyl record collections and CDs. I've been buying record collections since 1988. I collect nationwide, pay cash and can take the lot. Get in touch for a quote.
In the Rat Records London shop, we sell an eclectic range of music from Rock to Reggae, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Punk, Indie, Metal, Alternative, World and all kinds of Electronic music on vinyl and CD.
We specialize in vinyl. We love records! Visit us!
You say...
"I was really happy with the record buying service from Rat Records. Tom was really friendly, helpful and most importantly fair in his appraisal of the collection.
Tom makes the process of selling a record collection very painless! He explains the prices and then systematically goes through the whole collection. He then boxes them up, hands over money for them, then drives them off to Rat Records."
How to Sell Your Records & CDs
I make it quick and easy.
Get in touch and I'll give you a quote over the phone/email.
Then I make an appointment to come and buy your vinyl record & CD collection.
I'm friendly, fair, knowledgeable and professional. I make it simple to sell your records.
I buy vinyl record collections and CDs nationwide, pay cash and can take the lot. Distance is no problem. I want your records. Deal with an expert record buyer.
Read what real people who've sold their records to me say>
If your Record or CD collection is worth money, we'll buy it.
Fresh vinyl this week
Tom buys records all over the country to make sure 500 new-in vinyl records go out every Saturday...
June 15, 2019
Sneak Peek: click here
Best one for a while! Superb condition Hip Hop collection on vinyl, 12"s and LPs. Big names and obscure stuff, 1993-2004. Industrial/Noise LPs, classic Indie and Alternative Rock LPs, Funk and Soul LPs...these are all ongoing collections with many more next week too, especially the Alt guitar stuff and Hip Hop. We have been busy.
RAT RECORDS Shop
Visit the Rat Records shop in Camberwell. You are going to get a second hand vinyl bargain. We price records to sell, pile them out on Saturday and mark down everything once a month.
Instore events
Rat Records has a Saturday guest DJ weekly, 1-4pm.Get in touch with us if you are interested in playing.....VINYL ONLY, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
Next up...
Rat Sessions back catalogue: Karl Avery
June 9, 2018
Sun is shining, weather is sweet....this soulful set should go down easy like the first V&T. Thanks Karl.
New-in CDs this week
We put out over 250 fresh CDs on Tuesdays...
June 18, 2019
Sneak Peek: click here
Another bumper crop of CDs have hit the racks this week, with loads more going out from our recent collection of immaculate 60/70s titles - folk-rock, psych, prog and 60s pop classics galore. Hundreds of CDs have just been priced down into the £2 rack too, for a very limited time, so get down this week before they disappear!
INNER SLEEVE: the rat records blog
Stories from 30 years of buying and selling records and what really goes on in a second hand record shop.
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Hybrid Vinyl Customers
Yes, streaming is rife and can only increase. It's convenient. It's cheap.But the latest info from Amazon Digital
shows that music consumers aren't defined by what physical format they prefer, but by those wanting to OWN music on a physical format rather than just streaming it. The definition in the market is between Streamers and Owners.
But hold on, it seems the people who want to own music on a physical format ALSO want to stream music. Hybrid customers. Marketing pidgin. Is it because owning the physical format forces you to pay greater attention and thus value the music more? Or do you just want IT, the physical manifestation of the music: The sleeves, the info about the studio and producer, the pictures....Or do you just LIKE browsing in the shop, seeing what we have turned up for you each Saturday with likeminded folk....Or the ME time alone with your records, deck and mild intoxicant/stimulant....
Probably a combination, because it's not age, gender or ethnic background from what I can see in the shop.
But don't feel guilty that you have a Spotify Trojan playlist that you banged on last night rather than shuffle between 45s every 3 minutes 14 seconds whilst doing a stir-fry. You are not alone. You are still on the Owners' side and you are still one of the Rat People. Albeit maybe a Hybrid.