Own what you love!
Record Archive
33 1/3 Rockwood St.
Rochester, NY 14610
585-244-1210
WE’RE OPEN!
MON-SAT: 10AM – 7PM / SUN: 12PM – 5PM
Record Archive has been a music & entertainment destination in Rochester since 1975. Specializing in vintage vinyl our 13,000 sq ft store includes all of the latest music releases on CD & vinyl, as well as unique gifts & toys, vintage clothing & furniture, t-shirts, souvenirs, 1000’s of movies, audio equipment, and much more!
We are the first record store in the North East to have a full time beer and wine license which enables our visitors to sip and shop, throw a party or simply enjoy our many free live events that we host each and every week.
CALL US FOR CURBSIDE PICK UP!
Please call us to shop our current store inventory. We can help you shop over the phone, schedule a curbside pick up or mail it out to you.
ONLINE ORDERS
If you prefer your order shipped, please visit us at shop.recordarchive.com (our online inventory differs from in-store inventory)
We know music is an integral part of your life as it is ours. Music lifts you up, comforts you when you’re down, inspires & motivates. We are passionate about what we do and will be back.
Thank you for your continued support of Record Archive for 45+ years! -Alayna Alderman & Richard Storms
09.19.21 – Combichrist & King 810 @ Montage MusicHall
09.24.21 – The Richard Lloyd Group @ Montage Music Hall
09.25.21 – Cabo Frio @ RMSC
09.25.21 – Sublime / Rome / Dirty Heads @ Main Street Armory
09.25.21 – Transviolet @ Montage Music Hall
10.01.21 – Bruce Pitts @ 75 Stutson St
10.03.21 – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Montage Music Hall
10.05.21 – Atilla @ Montage Music Hall
10.08.83 – YYNOT (Rush Tribute) @ Montage Music Hall
10.10.21 – Twiztid @ Montage Music Hall
10.15.21 – The Struts @ Main Street Armory
10.16.21 – Nuclear Assault @ Photo City
10.23.21 – Melt @ Montage Music Hall
10.25.21 – Slapshot & Sheer Terror @ Montage Music Hall
10.28.21 – Bodysnatcher @ Montage Music Hall
10.29.21 – Matt Stell @ Showplace Theater (Buffalo, NY)
11.02.21 – Richie Ramone @ Montage Music Hall
11.03.21 – Kawehi @ Montage Musc Hall
11.05.21 – RA with Any Given Sin @ Montage Music Hall
11.06.21 – Spill The Canvas @ Montage Music Hall
11.19.21 – Yngwie Malmsteen & John 5 @ Showplace Theater (Buffalo, NY)
11.19.21 – Born A New & VCTMS @ Montage Music Hall
11.24.21 – Ice Nine Kills @ Anthology
11.26.21 – Start Making Sense (Talking Heads Tribute) @ Anthology
12.17.21 Judas Priestess @ Montage Music Hall
01.08.22 – Circa Survive @ Anthology
$3.00 service charge on all tickets.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
For lovers of vinyl and eclectic stuff, go to the Record Archive. They have pretty much any kind of music you want, tons of it and I have yet to meet anybody there who wasn’t great to deal with. – Donovan Williams
I love this store… just make sure you allow yourself plenty of space to lose track of time, as you inevitably will here. Great selection, and they have a lot of things you can’t find anywhere else. Plus, the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. -Holly Sykes
It’s the best place to find rare singles and albums for your favorite artists, and movies that you can’t find in Walmart’s $5 bin since 2013 – Jordan Smeatin
Record archive was great! They have a large collection of CDs,DVDs,vinyl, and other stuff! The cashiers were supper nice to me and my group of friends. I highly recommend going there. – Julia Barrett
Phone
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 10am-7pm
Wed: 10am-9pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm
Established in 1975, Record Archive is a proud member of CIMS!
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a collective of 40 independently owned record stores in 25 states throughout the country.
CIMS was the first record store coalition — founded in 1995. We are co-founding members of Record Store Day and long time members of the Music Business Association.
We are also the owners of the independent distribution company, ThinkIndie that we founded in 2002. We are not a chain, but a coalition of locally owned record stores working together for the betterment and support of each other, our industry, the artists we love and the music fans that make this all possible.
CIMS works on behalf of our member stores to broker marketing campaigns. We are the liaison between each individual independent store and the artist’s record label. We pride ourselves on creative marketing strategies that are based on years of proven results combined with new media technologies.
The stores that make up CIMS are all very different, but we share the same desire – to be the heart of our communities, to super-serve our customers and to share our love of music. Our stores are found in major cities, college towns, bustling suburbs and tourist meccas. We range from massive storefronts to hidden neighborhood gems – we can guarantee that no two are alike. You will find deep catalog, rare imports and the broadest music selection available in our stores – we pride ourselves on that. Many of our stores even carry audio equipment (turntables, speakers, headphones, etc.), music and feature film DVDs, and music paraphernalia such as t-shirts, posters, figurines, and the like. The stores that make up our coalition are consistently honored in “Best Of” record store lists by national publications such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, Pitchfork.com, USA Today, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.