in the shop
Tom buys records all over the country to make sure 700 new-in vinyl records go out every Saturday...
THIS week...
June 10, 2020
Sneak Peek: click for photo
The shop and mail order business will remain closed in June.
Tom is actively quoting to buy records nationwide, collecting from June 12th.
I’m sorry. We are trying to obtain the necessary kit to adapt the shop to lower the risk from the Virus for us and you guys. So is every other shop. I can’t get a few crucial items until the first week of July at the earliest. We will need to change our trading hours to allow for cleaning, restocking etc. We are also going to be making changes to our layout and the way we do things in line with the Govt. advice. I will keep you updated here and on our Facebook as soon as we have more information and a firm date. I apologise for keeping you all waiting, but for the shop to survive, and come back as close to possible as it was (but cleaner) we have to get everything right before we re-open. Thanks, Tom, Philippe and Andre.
250 fresh cds every week
March 31, 2020
Sneak Peek: click here
NOT the New In CDs, Tuesday 31st.
Click on the picture for a taste of an interesting selection that Andre would have been trying to process and put out today.
But don't despair, too much. They are going nowhere til we reopen. They are safe and waiting for you. Lots more to come...
We price records to sell.
We've been trading in Camberwell since 1999. This is Tom's fourth and best London record shop. Between the expert staff, we have over 55 years' experience of dealing in records. We know our stuff and will be nice to you when you visit. Come and hunt for a bargain.
All our records are priced to sell and always lower than the cheapest equivalent online, let alone other record shops in London.
Our LPs start from £2 and most are under £9. 7" and 12" records start from £1 and most are under £5.
Our second hand CDs are mostly £3-£5. We put out 700 fresh records and 250 CDs every week.
we put out 700 records every week
Tom travels all over the country every week to buy records and then we put them all out on every Saturday morning. First come, first served.
Join the 10.30 queue and dig through the racks. Soundtrack by the Rat Sessions guest DJ!
We’ve got 3 listening decks. Come down and check our tunes.
Don't wait until Monday or all the rare vinyl gems will be gone!
Although we are also open Monday-Saturday 10:30-6:30, so you can rifle the used record & CD shop at your leisure.
Taste rules here, not fashion.
WELCOME TO THE SATURDAY RAT DJ SESSIONS.
We now have a complete, fully working vinyl DJ set up behind the counter. There's a guest DJ most Saturdays, 1-4pm. Get in touch with us if you are interested in playing.....VINYL ONLY, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
coming up next...
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.
You have already missed...
dj Food 7"s only 2 hours DJ set.
June 30, 2018
It was Pete's last day and we had our favorite DJ doing a seven inch only session while we cheekily sipped beers during working hours. Thanks a million to Kev for this, it's a great set to play back over and over as a pre party soundtrack it works great.
Sat DJ sets
May 20, 2017
Rat Sessions Sat 14th October: DJ Martin Lefteri Cawson (Slow Bounce, Peckham) from 2pm.
Record SHOP Day Special Offers
April 22, 2017
We've bought out an online record shop and have multiple copies of titles in MINT, UNPLAYED condition, mostly Indie/Alternative titles from the 00s, UK pressings.
As well as putting out a collosal New In record selection on RShopD, we'll be doing these multiple copies cheaper than anyone else in the world, that day only. 1 copy per punter! We've got between 2-10 of each title.
Rat Sessions #36: DJ Bunnyhausen
February 18, 2017
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-38-dj-bunnyhausen-record-shop-day-mix/
Krautrock mix from Record SHOP Day 2016
Rat Sessions #39: Uncle Al
February 18, 2017
Great Post-Punk and Dub selection from Al. No suprise there!
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-39-uncle-al/
Rat Sessions #35. Gizelle Rebel Yelle
January 24, 2017
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-35-gizelle-rebel-yelle/
From spring 2016. Marvellous.
Sat 16 April: RECORD SHOP DAY
March 12, 2016
Starts at 10AM, DJs from 12.
Double or even triple NEW IN vinyl selection going out. We've been hoarding for a while. Might well refill the racks around 14.00 on the quiet....
Sat 6th February 2016: Joel Breen
February 6, 2016
Reggae and Dub selection from 1.30. Not to be missed!
Rat Session 28: Tom Buchanan
January 16, 2016
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-28-tom-beuchanan/
Rat Session 29: Disco R Dance
January 16, 2016
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-29-disco-r-dance/
Rat Session 34: John Flindt, April 2016?!
January 1, 2016
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-34-john-flindt/
This one is for the Jazz, Disco and soulful heads out there. John is originally from Manchester and is studying arts in London. There's little more I can say because I was not there and Pete can't seem to be able to tell me much due to the fact that he was not completely there either, as he had only 3 hours of sleep due to our Party at the Tiger the night before. Pete says "it was a good Saturday afternoon, the was flowing through Charles Mingus into disco, soul, exotica some housey bits at the end... " Ps : we tried our best but failed to find a way to upload that picture straight...
Sat 12th December. LIVE in Store: Bedouin Ascent
December 23, 2015
Live from 3pm. Have at look at our Facebook for details.
Sat 23rd May 2015: Dave Aardvark
May 23, 2015
https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-7-dave-aardvark-part-1/https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rate-session-7-dave-aardvark-pt2/
Record Store Day 18th April 2015
April 18, 2015
Jeen Bassa + Reginald Omas Mamode IV : 11-1.30pm (Five Easy Pieces/22a)https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-record-store-day-2015-reginald-omas-mamode-iv-jeen-bassa/
Tom Miller 1.30 - 3.30 (Keep Up! Records)https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-record-store-day-2105-tom-miller/Sacha Dieu 3.30-5.30 (Cloud Factory)https://www.mixcloud.com/ratrecords/rat-session-archive-record-store-day-2015-sacha-dieu/
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The Rat Records shop is open Monday-Saturday 10:30-18:30.
Getting to Rat Records Shop
OUR VINYL RECORD
CLEANING MACHINE
Just how clean are your Vinyl Albums? Your Records are Dirty. We clean Vinyl Records. They sound better. They look better.
Forget mindfulness. This makes us better people.
The cost? A mere £5 per LP/12” or £3 per 7” single.
Please get in touch before you bring your records in.
Here at the Rat Records shop we take vintage vinyl records seriously, so seriously that we now have a record cleaning machine that cost more than my car. In our secret underground laboratory we are now the proud mahouts of the mighty beast, the behemoth, the Loricraft PRC Mark 4 Vinyl Record Cleaning Machine. http://www.garrard501.com/
This is not some old record deck with a hoover gaffa taped onto it in a wonky chipboard box. This is just about the most expensive and effective vinyl record cleaner you can buy. You get your clean record back in a new anti-static inner sleeve too.
Prof. Giron and Dr. Tom offer their professional vinyl record cleaning service to you, the public. Each record will be thoroughly cleaned, as above, and returned to you in an a new Nagaoka anti-static sleeve. You will be amazed just how dynamic your vinyl will sound. No-one else is doing this in London that we know of.
This service costs £5 per LP/12" single and £3/7" single (no volume discounts). Does that seem like a lot? Isn't your record collection important to you then? The Loricraft PRC Mark 4 Vinyl Record Cleaning Machine cost me £1600. I care people. Treat yourself for a fraction of that.
Still so tight you're going to clean all your records yourself? True, you could just scrub all your favourite records, that you paid a fortune for and took years to find, with a brillo pad and some lighter fluid. Or a bit of spit on a T shirt. It's up to you.
Neanderthal Cleaning is Wrong
French vinyl loving
Now you could eat your dinner off it. But don't.