Ive been in Rochester all my life and recently had my first visit here. Above and beyond what I expected and visually pleasing. Used treasures like rare films can be bought at a reasonable price. Their gifts and novelties however, while fun to look at, are astronomically priced.

I go to this place very often, I have been going for over 2 years at this point, and visit multiple times a week. I can say with full positivity, this place is amazing. The selection is massive, always getting new things. they also have a great section of used items that are great prices. The staff is very kind always ready to help. When in Rochester, Record Archive is the place to go!

I love this store its a solid 2 hour drive but its well worth it

What an outstanding experience! I can see why this is a long-running cherished part of Rochester. I must admit having lived there my whole life this was the first time Ive been there. As you would expect there is a ton of records a lot to look at and a lot to take in. I went with my daughter who was new to the record world. When I approached the counter to ask about getting started I was greeted warmly and brought into the way their store operated. No question was too dumb and we were treated with respect through the whole process. I would highly recommend stopping in here!

Love this place! Aside from a great selection of recorded music, its a treasure trove of unique gift ideas. Then, the live music hall has some of the best acoustic sound to highlight the musicians performing. Quaint furnishing and great service make this a place to hang out with friends or comfortably visit to find that special gift. Fun!

Very unique store! If you live near Rochester this place needs no introduction, somebody probably already told you about it in person. If youre a music lover you wont walk out empty handed. Its fun going through all the toys and novelties as well.

Our son goes to University of Rochester and every time we visit him, we visit Record Archives! What a great store, we found so many amazing vinyls today! If we lived closer my bank account would be much lower, hahaha. Well be back!

This place is amazing. They have everything one could want in terms of music, video, clothes, and theres a bar. If you havent been there, get there!

Absolutely amazing!! Owner/staff beyond fabulous!!

Rochester is fortunate to have this great record store, not many left in the US

Beginning in 1977 and throughout the next many years, my wife and I would come to Rochester to visit my dear, now departed much too soon friend, Jim Anderson and his lovely wife, Eileen and their 3 children. The Record Archive was always a must visit. One of my scores was SOME GIRLS on Orange Vinyl. Most importantly, it was the greatest place to browse. Never a rush and always a welcome feeling. *👌

A local gem run by the coolest family in town.

Will NOT buy from a store that requires a vax card. It may be ok for you now but people are going to wake up and when they DO, well, sorry but NOT sorry. For every single person that is FIGHTING for their job, your business is quite INCONSEQUENTIAL.

Always a great source for music - Vinyl Records, CDs, Tapes, Music Players, Movies, Posters, Local Art and Artists.... Really a Rochester landmark! 🎵 ⏺️ 📀 💿 🎸 🥁

Love Archive! Been coming here for years. The staff is pretty awesome and the selection is ever changing with new and used records, cds, movies, and merch. Prices are solid.

Such a cute little place I found while exploring Rochester! Staff was very nice and helpful. Dying to come back to open mic at the super dope bar in the back on Wednesdays!

An amazing store. So much random stuff to buy/collect. Polite staff as well.

I dont recommend putting masks on because of covid.

Great place to shop for vinyl, art, quirky gifts, CDs...and, they have a great back room lounge area, with live music and a bar.

Selection is AMAZING!! prices are a bit high on the audio equipment but they work with you a little. Love the diversity of music!!

Always find some cool stuff there. Extra score tonight

What an awesome place. So much to choose from. The staff is so friendly and helpful. I would recommend this store to anyone.

If you are a music lover 😉 check them out Im sure you will be happy 😁

I always enjoy shopping here. Theres something for everyone in the store. They have a great selection of music and movies. The prices are comparable if not better than what you find on Amazon.The employees are always friendly and helpful.

When people visit from out of town this is the first place I bring them to represent Rochester. Ive been going here since 2014 and wont stop. This place never loses its cool.

Tons of records and lots of fun things to buy. The back room is a great space!

Always a great time. Lots of cool clothing from concerts. Lots of music and records obviously! Also just cool things you will not find anywhere else. There is also a bar in the back and they serve the coldest drinks!

Ive gotten the best help from Mark with my old turntables, plus finding great records! Great place to shop!!

Crazy cool and friendly staff, awesome fun store with tons to look at. Reasonable prices on a wicked variety. A total blast

Record Archive is always a rad visit. Ill go there looking for a new record and end up buying five completely different types of things! From incense to vintage clothes, Record Archive has what you need for what you vibe in or with. The staff is super knowledgeable and will try their absolute best to help find what youre looking for. Its a pretty big joint so explore away!

Good place for live music. I visited this place one Wednesday and really liked there music.Its not much costly and they have good music collection that you can buy.Must visit

Record Archive has been my go to store for music forever. Use to visit the old Mount Hope store weekly back in my college days at the U of R for my weekly music fix. Love the big store, can spend hours looking through all the records and cds. Constantly find music the big box stores and Amazon just don’t carry. As physical media goes the way of the dodo, Record Archive is the last bastion of records and cds in Rochester. Great store, great staff, great vibe and atmosphere…always enjoy my visits!

Great place,been going there for many years and will continue,always find something I want

Saw the JPP there. Great show!

Retro place - really wide range of items

Its got a lot more than records. Theres a bar in the back and a stage where they have live music.

If you live in Rochester you gotta check this place out! Has a great vibe to it an lots of note only music in several forms but fun unique gifts and trinkets. Great place to go and get lost in!

Classic store. Band T-shirts, music, all sorts of good gifts if you need one.

Always a fun experience searching through the records and finding gems!

Ive been an on-and-off customer at Record Archive since I was in my early teens and they have never once disappointed. The selection has always been excellent with a single exception (their electronic music catalog is a bit sparse, but I dont hold it against them) and the prices are fair. There are always fun bits of merch around the shop too; Im a fan of the Iron Maiden figures and my wife loves the vintage stuff. Now that Ive gotten into vinyl Ive been back to the Archive a few times and Ive always left with something awesome. Heres to another twenty years of finding killer tunes here!

This is a destination record store. Its huge. They have tons of new and used CDs, LPs, cassettes, hell maybe even 8-tracks but just leave those right where they are. The staff is helpful. Theres so much stuff youll probably end asking for help and they are happy to do so. I cant recommend this place enough. I drive three hours to get there and I never regret it.

I can only speak for myself but I love R&B, 70s-90s some 2000s to but the classics are the best and Record Archive has it!!! Theyve never disappointed me yet!!! Big selection and I mean BIG!! Love this place!!

Love it..Great treasures to find ..Its like going back in a time machine..They have everything..Stop in you wont regret it...Record archive is the place to go..👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

This place is a classic. Go there. Tell your friends. They have music you want, old and new.

This place is an audiophiles dream! One of the largest vinyl stores I have ever been to. They have an enormous selection of new and used vinyl. They also have movies, cds, games, etc. When Covid is not in session they also have live music and a bar as well! A must visit for any record collector!

Fantastic place for good tunes and a brew. Bartenders know their selection of both beer and music!

Super cool place! Make sure you block out some time to really enjoy it because they have a ton of records!

Great store to find some hard to find music large selection of used and new cds and prices are reasonable

Friendly staff, huge selection and a great bar area to relax in. Picked up some RSD drops.

This is a mecca of entertainment!Dvds(new and used), laser discs, vhs tapes, cds, retro clothing, stereo equipment, and of course records.The staff is fun, quirky, and knowledgeable!Gifts of all types adorn every nook and cranny of this massive warehouse of wonderfulness!If that wasnt enough?They have expanded the back room into a beer and wine bar, with a stage for intimate music performances of local and national acts.A must see for anyone living or visiting Western New York!

Great place. Could spend hours looking around at all the stuff

Great selection of Lps I purchased a Vintage TT that they said they serviced I dont think they did much because when I tried to set the counter weight I couldnt figure out why its was barely moving when I turned it! I was lucky to find the Service and Owners manual easy on the net and found the screw that holds the shaft the counter weight is on was very loose! (Enough that it could have fallen off and do a lot of damage to the tone arm, cart, stylus and cover) This did not happen from the drive home and it was impossible to set the stylus weight with it like this!!! I did get a discount for another issue but it was something that I could live with! They need to be a little more honest! In the condition I received it I still paid to much thats my fault just a warning to check things out really closely! I would have returned it but I live over 100 miles away.

Everybody in Rochester knows about the House Of Guitars for new and used vinyls. Not everybody knows about the Record Archive. They have much fewer records than HOG, but seem to have more of what your are actually looking for AND, much better organized than HOG. They are remodeling their in house bar/lounge, so we couldnt use that on our last visit, but in you are on a search for a classic or hard to find vinyl, check out Record Archive, it may be well worth your trip.

Love it! My son (17) showed me record archive. We love the grab bags.

Awesome store! Havent been in here for like 20 years and its exactly like I remember it!! Cool, funky store with lots of merchandise off the beaten path. Oh, and theres TONS of music in various formats.

Just an amazing place to go for music..to purchase or listen to it...they play a great selection while your shopping and have a phenomenal happy hour with awesome live bands. You gotta go the ambiance is like a stepping back in time!!! The inventory on movies, throw back toys, tshirts, recievers, turn tables, speakers, DVD players just to name a few is top notch...they dont make them like that anymore, all the great name brands!!! The have antique clothing and bikes..wildberry inscence sticks and cones, posters..I could go on and on...JUST GO!

This is an institution in Rochester for good reason. There are lots of vinyl records and t+shirts as well as CDs.

This place is amazing!!! If you are anywhere close stop what you are doing and go... You will thank me.And now with new COVID-19 rules in effect, this place is safe and amazing to eat, drink, and shop

Great place, great selection, friendly staff. Pretty much my go to.

Be cautious taking a child with you to this store, there are so many toys as you walk in then you get to the rows of records. Its impossible to get out of there. Too much stuff that to have fun with.

The people that work there are so knowledgeable and friendly. Went with my son for the last two record releases. The store was neat and easy to look around in. Its organized and flows well. They have so many records from a dollar and up. The record release events are organized and very easy to find what your looking for. To nit pick, the only thing I feel they could approve on would be adding more t-shirts and posters.

Absolutely amazing! Best record store ever

Awesome selection and great staff!

Thanks for taking some of my CDs off my hands and advising me on how to sell the remainder. Huge success.

Record Archive is the BEST! Its my favorite spot to pick up vinyl from literally any genre you could want.

Found exactly what I was looking for plus an extra bonus The Doors 50th anniversary copy of Morrison Hotel!

Always a great experience when I go here. Only wish the rap/hip-hop section was larger .

Greatful to have 2 awesome record stores here in Rochester, this being one of them! Live music, beer, wine all in a great atmosphere! ❤❤

First time going in, such a unique and genuine atmosphere. They have a massive selection of vinyls as well as random/hard to find CDs, tapes, and even 8 tracks. Random stickers, buttons, tapestries, gag gifts, prints, posters... Its awesome.It has an old school record store vibe in a huge space. Every staff member we came in contact with was helpful and friendly. Didnt get to the bar/restaurant area but I know they have private parties available as well.We will be back!

Cant stand the smell of burning incense in there. I only stop there for used CDs Im looking for. If youre not burning incense, then you have a big supply of it that is very strong. It was so bad yesterday that I couldnt stand being in there for more than 10 minutes.

Found what I was looking for great staff

Great experience s here with an extensive selection and knowledgeable staff.

I visit record archive on a weekly basis with some of the individuals I assist. We all go there for there shirts, invents and most importantly there music selection. Theyve got records from every decade. Seriously. Its a musicians heaven but also a place for anyone into colors, fashion, hipster lifestyle. Come here. Oh yeah and its much cleaner than the HOG.

Theres a little bit of everything here; CDs, vinyl, DVDs, toys, candy, clothes, etc. I could spend hours here just looking around. If you ever need them, the staff are always friendly and helpful.

So so special and unique. Excellent people and service. I’ll be back!!!

AMAZING Gem of a place. Cool community vibes. Staff is awesome and I could spend hours looking around. Going back soon for a record player and drinks in the back lounge! Just today I won a free hat during an event they were holding. Really cant say enough good things about it. . .

Lived in NY all my life - this was my first time visiting Record Archive. Great experience- Staff are very nice and helpful!

Amazing record and novelty store with good friendly people.

Most interesting place that is an adult wonderland and a meandering through good times past

Your store is amazing, music of every genre for well cared for albums, dvds, cassettes. Lots of fun knick knacks too

Always love coming here and really should come more often. I love the casual vibe, amazing beer list, HUGE store and live music all rolled together into a fun night.

Great shop! Very eclectic with music for everyone! Plenty of other items in the shop too!

Step back in time. Fun visit. Helpful staff. Ill remember it for Christmas shopping.

Still awesome after all these years. Was in looking for a turn table. I walked into jimmy buffets greatest hits playing. The young lady behind the counter hooked me rt up bought a couple albums went on my way. Keep up the awesome job see ya soon for more vynil.

I can never spend a little time here. All sorts of things to look at besides cds. Eclectic, creative, personalizing pins to wear, and even incense !!!!When this evil Covid is gone, I want to experience a band there. Cant wait. . .

Huge selection of new and used vinyl records. Very easy to spend 2 hours every time I go here.

Was looking for an out of print CD and presto! They had it. Highly recommend you give them a try!

Its a cool stores with lots of fun stuff to look at. My husband loves vinyl shopping and usually dread it because my son and I get bored. Not here, there are so many little fun items to look at! Lots of cool gift stuff, and its fun to browse. The only thing we disliked is that my husband bought three records and all of them skipped. His player played everything else just fine and just his records from here skipped.

A fantastic Rochester classic. Plan at least an hour to look at all of the fun merch, especially if you are a fan of records. The employees are always very helpful.

One of my favorite spots in Rochester. Highly recommend going if for nothing else than perusing their incredible collection of vinyl.

Nice, comfortable place. Very pleasant staff and good music. Interesting collection of 7 45 RPM records.

What a great place to relax and have a craft beer or wine and depending on the day,catch some live music.

Loved this place great customer care will help with anything you need

Unbelievable set up of records, best set up of Classic Vinyls and live music around

Had my girls 30th high school reunion here.. it was way more then I expected. Love this place . I never new they had it like this

Between the staff who are incredibly helpful and kind, the place was immaculately organized, and had a HUGE selection!Found some great vintage clothes for a great deal, too!Well definitely be back when we travel to rochester again!

Great place for finding records, posters, and even some cool retro movies. Love going there with my dad.

Very clean, staff very friendly and helpful. Overall a fun place!!

My first time visiting the store. Amazing experience. And everyone was beyond friendly and really helpful. Excited to be returning.

One of the best places to go in Rochester hands down! Lots of cool and cute stuff along with records and CDs!!! I am never disappointed!