Swansea Bay Records occupies a corner unit on Plymouth Street two minutes from the bus station, run by Gareth, who has built a reputation among regulars for tracking down specific pressings on request. The shop moved to its current, larger premises around the corner from Swansea Market after outgrowing its first site, and stocks new vinyl alongside a well-organised secondhand section spanning most genres, plus cassettes, CDs and guitar strings. Crate-diggers rate the secondhand stock as unusually well-priced for a city-centre shop, and staff take trade-ins across the counter rather than buying sight unseen online. The shop also sells record storage sleeves and cleaning products for collectors maintaining older pressings. Closed on Wednesdays and Sundays, regulars describe dropping in just to talk records rather than to buy anything.
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