Vinyl Solution reminds me of the record shops where I used to waste time (mine and the management’s) as a kid. It’s in a nondescript suburban shopping precinct but inside there’s enough eye-popping goodness to keep you occupied for hours.

Vinyl Solution is comprehensively stocked and really well organised. No flicking through random crates here. Proprietor Glenn is of the “a place for everything and everything in its place” school and it works.

Glenn has also catalogued his stock and put it online for mail order, providing as much info on each item as possible: condition, country of manufacture, track listings etc. This guy is thorough!

But don’t just use the website if you’re a local. Make the trip to Cheltenham and marvel at this Aladdin’s cave. Bring your wants list. Seriously, I almost didn’t want to share this place as I have found so much gold here I wanted to keep it quiet…

Vinyl Solution Records 5/10 Park Rd Cheltenham, Victoria 3192 Tel 03 9585 0133