The Diskery

I think we spent about 2 – 3 hours just flipping through the stacks in this amazing record shop. Jimi made me a hot cup of tea and helped me look for some albums he thought I’d appreciate due to the ones I had stacked up and ready to buy at the front counter. I LOVE this shop and wish there were more like it here in California. About half way through sifting through records Jimi informs me he has also made me a little CD to take home and it is PRICELESS. If you live in Birmingham don’t take this spot for granted. Next time I’m in the UK you’re sure to find me posted up in the stacks at The Diskery.
Liam if you’re reading this John Denver sends his love!

One of Birmingham’s few remaining record shops situated on the edge of the city centre.
I’m sad to say I haven’t been to The Diskery for a while but now I’m determined to go back this week and have a good old mooch! You need to put aside an hour or so if you want to have a really good look but if you’re looking for something in particular the charming old chap who runs it is always keen to help. He often offers you a drink of squash if you’re staying a while as well.
There is a massive selection of vinyl from every era including a very good collection of 60s records and even some recent releases. It can be a bit dusty at times, as can all the best record shops, but the wide variety and the helpfullness of the staff more than make up for it.
Highly recommend this shop for record collectors and music lovers alike!

With a store front that could have come straight out of the late seventies, with boxes of vinyl and cassette tapes spilling over the pavement outside the shop and posters for local music events tacked up in the windows at angles that can only be described as «jaunty», it’s clear before you even step through the door that this is a second shop with a decidedly eccentric streak. Joyously disregarding new fangled modern shopping trends such as good lighting and organised stock, the shop has vinyl all over the place, with every square inch covered.
Nostalgia freaks will also enjoy the decades of old memorabilia that adorn the walls. If you can cope with the unorthodox filing methods, there are many bargains to be found within it’s walls (if you’re into vinyl, that is).

Whether a serious record collector or just a music fan The Diskery is well worth a visit if you want to see a real old fashioned record shop before they become extinct.
Seemingly dedicated to the analogue format, VHS tapes are also on offer out front with a rotation of weekly Vinyl specials on offer for the keen eyed passer by.
Inside is a treasure chest of music memorabilia without an inch of the interior space left uncovered by music posters, think of the bedroom of a teenage music obsessive and your close to the dedication that’s gone into this place.
And no High Fidelity bad altitude here at least not on my visit, it was all smiles as regulars traded banter with the owner across the counter.
Something of a legend in Birmingham music circles and even receiving an endorsement from Birmingham rapper Maleek of MD7, The Diskery is an essential destination for anyone who wishes to see a genuine bit of Birmingham.

I love, love, love independent record shops and vinyl hoards. I’m a particular fan of shiny, pretty coloured vinyl. The Diskery whilst not only being a vinyl lover’s dream to mooch and hunt through as you scour genres for a rare record or something with amazing sample potential it is still very much on the pulse of things as it participates in Record Store Day as well.
Even If you aren’t a vinyl lover its well worth a visit just for a chance to chat about music to the guys that run it. If you want a story and a brain to pick then this is the place to check out. They’ve even got some of their stories digitized online.
Just a stones throw from the O2 Academy and the Arcadian Centre there is no excuse not to pop up here and visit too.

I hadn’t been into The Diskery for a while. Just down and round the corner from the O2 Academy on Horsefair, its not an obvious choice of places to go. They have an unbelievable range of vinyl from the very dawn of the invention of the slick circles of black plastic to fairly recent times. All crammed into shelves waiting to be found. And plenty of CDs too.
This is a place to be, and if you are from outside of Birmingham, there is enough material here to justify making trip to The Diskery the main part of an afternoon’s outing. As I’m blown away by a Small Faces single from 1968, just next to it is a copy of Love Me Do! This shop is full of moments like this. It’s not just relatively ancient stuff they stock. My friend picked up some early to mid-​eighties albums by Soft Cell and Howard Jones too.

The only way to describe this place is VINYL HEAVEN.
When people bemoan the apparent death of the record shop, it is places like this that are called to mind. Not so much a shop as a museum of wax and a lifetime labour of love for the proprietor, this is a must-​visit if you love music, and records in particular.
The selection is huge and varied. Jazz, Blues, Rock and Pop, Classical… all arranged according to genre and/​or value — bargain records tend to be in boxes on the floor, normally priced stock at a more comfortable hip level. What is on display is really only the half of it. Glance up at the walls, or peer around the corners into the groaning shelves of the storerooms, and you will see boxes — lots of boxes — all labelled with artist names, or genres. A whole box of Queen or Madonna 7“s. Boxes of Bluegrass, or Swing… anything you can think of, chances are it’s there.
Years ago you used to be able to smoke in the shop. Along every second heaving rack of old vinyl was an ashtray. They didn’t just tolerate smoking in the shop, they encouraged it. Those days are long gone, unfortunately.
Even if you don’t buy vinyl, you should go to this place to have a look. One day places like this will only exist in the memory of sad, old vinyl heads like me.