Greville Records

Great finds today with Warwick and Arlo at Greville records. Found great import vinyl pressings of Peter Gabriel, Presley and Springsteen. Warwick is a musicologist, always super helpful and passionate about all music. Great place for young people to explore music from all periods, and veteran music lovers always find something special. Turntables are available at the shop, too. Check the shop out.

Incredibly inviting atmosphere. Employees are passionate about the music and have great knowledge of the catalogue. Much better prices than other similar stores. Came here to buy a Brian Eno poster and will definitely return. My new go-to place for crate-digging.

I love shopping at Greville Records. the selection is amazing. It's a great place to browse and add to your collection. I can spend hours at Greville records and always feel welcome and not rushed. The staff are awesome and will endeavour to get me any records I ask for and in my experience customer orders take a week or so not months and the record quality and ratings are spot on. I highly recommend Greville records.

A massive range of vinyl and cds. The shop has an awesome vibe. Plenty to look at.

There's a lot of variety in this store, from vinyl to CD's, but the (non-exisent) customer serivce I recieved was atrocious. Must have been too early in the day for the princess behind the counter who could not even be bothered to respond to my "good morning" when I bounced through the door. Please do better, Greville Records.

The team at Greville Records went above and beyond to help me get a signed Jungle record last year. I called from interstate with extremely low expectations and they didn’t hesitate to put one aside and ship it to QLD. They are an extremely genuine team who very obviously love what they do. Every time I see the record cover, it makes me smile. Thank you so much again :)

Easily my favourite record store. The staff member who helped me yesterday was extremely kind and friendly and he went above and beyond to find the record I wanted. He even gave me an unexpected discount!

When I first started record shopping in 2014-2015 this was the best record store in Melbourne hands down. You could go in and find a bargain any day of the week. In the intervening years the chaps that run it must have discovered the internet and have started pricing the stuff they’ve never heard of in the same over-priced way that it would appear online. Disappointing and I haven’t bought here in years despite the odd dip in for a browse because it’s now no different to most places in Melbourne that overcharge instead of letting people find a deal.

Fabulous record store, lovely staff. Take time to browse and chat to Woz and the gang.

Greville St Records has this amazing feeling of "A day in the life...of music". There are countless photos and posters on the wall of the most influential artists in the world of music. So much history in this store where one conversation with old rocker, Steve, you'll understand why it's so genuine. He has some fantastic stories of some of his wonder years where browsing the many genres and classic albums is a pleasure. It's such a good record store but it is expensive. You have to be prepared to pay over $80 for a good record and it's hard because you want to keep the place alive but I'm yet to delve that deep into my wallet. It's sad really because there are countless records that they have which many other stores don't. It's a battle with your head on whether or not it's worth it. I'm battling that thought once again...

With vinyl on the comeback, record shops like this are regaining their relevancy. This is a shop that never gave up on vinyl during the down times, and as a result it knows what it's doing. There is a good selection of new stuff, but the real joy is found in the second hand stuff. This is all done properly, with descriptions of the pressing (if necessary) as well as grading details for the records and the sleeves. In terms of pricing, it's not that bad; new releases are around $30-$40 on LP depending on whether its a single or a double, and CD's are around $20. The second hand stuff that's good quality is probably in line with Discogs prices, and there is a bunch of discount stuff if you fancy a rummage. If you're only running on CD's you're not ignored. Special mention to the owner, who helped me out with packaging to make sure that my purchases got back to Scotland intact, and who regaled me with stories of Primal Scream visiting the shop. He was really friendly, and I'm sure that regular visitors would definitely benefit from his insight. Very much a record shop of the old-school, Greville Records is all the better for it. Highly recommended.

4.5 stars. Totally my favourite record store in Melbourne, and one of the oldest! I constantly get pushed to try others all over town: throughout Prahran and Fitzroy etc, and whilst good, I always end up coming here and finding dozens of things that I want. I love the huge collections they have of everything from the latest pop to obscure ass pressings of off-the-radar artists from all walks. I love the old timer, friendly and super knowledgeable folks that work there, who are just music fan lifers and are omnivores who listen to everything, and have seen it all themselves, rather than some hipster kid with Pitchfork musical blinders on. I can come here, buy Throbbing Gristle, the Carpenters, Clockcleaner, Miley Cyrus, Black Sabbath, Ariel Pink rarities, Kendrick Lamar, and Recondite, all in one purchase. They have everything, or can get it. If I wanted to make that kind of purchase/have that type of discussion with the store folk anywhere else, I'd have to visit half a dozen record stores. I could spend hours in here, and I do. This place embodies what I love about record stores. A place to hang out, discuss music and upcoming gigs, and they have enough stock to spend hours digging to find obscurities, but also all the re-pressings so you can easily find new stuff. Love Greville records. :)

Greville Street Records operate on the mixed new and used formula of record store and is a bit of an institution in Melbourne. It sits proud on the Greville Street strip, surrounded by the retail and cafes of a suburb shot to hell by consumerism. The store is ramshackle and absolutely jammed to the ceiling with vinyl, tees, posters and collectibles. The owner's a chatty bloke and is very happy to give you his opinion on almost anything, but his passion for music, and in particular independent music, borders on stirring. The stock here is largely rock based, they have a load of great re-release stuff and heaps of good kosmische (formerly Krautrock) material. Some of the used stuff is a little over priced, but you gotta take a bit of that on the chin given his location and what he's dealing in. This shop is just another little cog on the independent music wheel here in Melbourne, and there are few independent stores in this largely gentrified and 'boutique-y' neighbourhood. I've got hug amount of admiration for this bloke sticking to his guns and travelling the spaceways. I'll keep rockin' the t-shirt.

One of the least pretentious record stores in Melbourne, in one of the city's more pretentious areas. The record prices in here are as about as competitive as you're going to get in Australia. The two things that sets this apart from some of the others is the dude behind the counter who tells you stories about the time he spent in Spain smoking pot with the locals and singing Cramps songs to communicate because they couldn't speak English AND the gems that are hidden in the used collection.

pretty good one of the last of it's kind in Melbourne; which is a little saddening. It's essentially the same as it was back ten years ago, and that's a good thing it need no change. The owner gave advice on unknown bands, and a little history. There are always collectables here or hard to find stuff, music that you usually wouldn't usually find elsewhere. Lots of rock and roll based stock, but lots of the well established classics too. Great place to go crate digging or unearth some musical surprises. worth of a look in any instance.