Redscroll Records

I AM NOT IMPRESSED! I had brought my record collection to this store four times before and was given a fair amount of money only because the other owner was there. Looks like I got the STICKLER (the other owner) yesterday. More like a thief to me. I brought in three boxes of albums and he took more than half and offered me 60.00 for over 100 albums, if not more. I almost declined the offer but decided to take the 60.00 but drove off shaking my head. You could not round it off to 100.00? REALLY? I understand the albums were nothing special, but still, hope you are happy that you got all those albums for a great price. I will never return if I know the other owner is not going to be there. Well, I think I will never return period. I saw a lot of customers going in and out and purchasing albums yesterday. Its not like you are not making money in that store. You are doing just fine

I recently visited this record store from out of town on a visit and had a really good experience. I am a very experienced record shopper in many states and countries, and this is a really great record shop! I’ve found that the mark of great record stores is moving product on a consistent basis and good customer service and this place has both going on.
It seems like their core customers tilt more towards rock music, which I do not, but there was still a good, varied selection of other genres for me to browse through. Prices were very good too!
I’ll be back next time I’m in town. Hope the local vinyl people continue to support this great place, there aren’t a lot of them like this!

Best record store I have ever been in. Excellent mix of new and old records that cover just about anyone’s taste. Exceptional metal and punk selection. Not enough time in the day to spend Diggin upon a first visit. Will be frequenting this place in the future.

one of the best record stores I’ve ever been to. Great selection of all genres. Typically, most record stores seem to be heavy on the rock, pop, folk, etc., but Redscroll has an incredible selection of hip hop, funk, soul, world, and jazz music as well.
Pricing is also incredibly fair and cheap. So many great condition used records in the $ 2-​$ 6 range. A lot of new pressings for a few dollars cheaper than you can get anywhere else (including Amazon). It seems like they have the best deals on vinyl, period.
So happy to have found this place on Unilocal,and will definitely be back soon.

Really friendly people, great selection of new and reissued titles separated from the used stock, even a (free) old school arcade machine. New Arrivals bins ran far better than most shops with rare stuff priced to move. Unfortunately the used records selection sucks, I was wondering why there was nothing even remotely interesting while even basic commons like Led Zep or Pink Floyd were missing, then heard the dulcet screech of tape guns in the basement. Yeah, this is a Discogs enterprise, with the chaff upstairs at $ 6 and under. Still, if I were local I’d be in here weekly with the New Arrivals (and Heavy Metal section, though not my thing) being that well put together.

Nice store when you want to check out old records. Excellent customer service and even very responsive to email. They go above and beyond!

I want to update to 5 stars, love this store

Tremendous record store located in the center of CT but worth the trip! Their new section is rich and interesting, with lots of great labels like Numero Group and Sublime Frequencies being well represented as well as many others I’m happy to discover. Their used room in the back is massive and full of crazy deals! In short, I love this place and head up there at least 2 or 3 times a year from NYC. They also carry a selection of books and other musical paraphernalia; really pretty comprehensive for a relatively compact space.
*The one thing that Red Scroll seems to have that larger stores in the city don’t is the feeling of being an oasis of culture in an otherwise humdrum town. I grew up going to Trash in Danbury and it functioned as the source of all things cool for the surrounding towns. In my sepia-​toned daydream Red Scroll is that to the local community. Whether that is true or not I can’t really say, but it seems like the spot where you would run into like minded folks, where bands might be hatched and ideas shared. Regardless it’s top-​notch and Wallingford is lucky to have them!

I was traveling on business so i didn’t have much time to truly crate dig, but I did scratch a good chunk of the surface!
THE PROS
–pretty organized for the most part
–good selection of used vinyl
–lots of genres, especially loved the «underground» section
–fair prices
–records were in pretty good shape
–listening station
–found parking pretty easy
–found a few titles I’ve had on my list and some other pleasant surprises
THE CONS
–store should be open until 9 during the week
–staff was ok, just not the most friendliest either
Overall, I was glad I drove down to Red Scroll even though it was a good hour from where my hotel was. Picked up some good stuff I usually don’t come across. I’d definitely go back and would hope to have more time to take a deeper dive into the inventory !

Great snakes thats an awful lot of records! there is even only one rack dedicated to CDs. Even though I did not buy anything, but I am impressed enough to go back there some day.

Redscroll is a very nice little store, has great selection of CD’s and vinyl from every genre, and the prices aren’t bad. However, there is one reason why I’m holding off on the last star and it’s a biggie:
The staff is nice for the most part (always happy to look something up and order it for you), but if you go there to sell records, there is one man you MUST AVOID! I don’t know if he’s the owner or just a manager, but he seems to be about mid-​thirties with dark brown hair and beard (kind of like the actor Paul Giamatti). I guess he is a stickler and a perfectionist, because when I was cleaning out and selling my late father’s record collection, and mind you it was a VERY extensive collection of over 3,000 records, I would go there and all of the other employees would pay me $ 75 or so for the decent quality records and 16 cents a pop for the kind of banged up ones that they’d use for filler, and I’d leave happy with very few leftovers. One time I made the mistake of bringing a fairly large haul to the store on a day when the Stickler was working, and he tossed most of the records aside like refuse and only took 5 or so and offered me $ 25. The other employees knew me well from my weekly visits to sell my father’s collection and they knew I was hard up for money, so they kept trying to convince the Stickler that he was being too picky and should consider some of my other records. The Stickler insisted that he was going to only take the 5 he selected for $ 25. I was upset, but accepted the $ 25.
So please heed my warning and if you go there to sell records and see the Stickler, take your records and RUN! Come back another day when he’s not there and the really wonderful other guys there will treat you well.
Overall, Redscroll is excellent, and it’s nice to know there’s a good record store still in CT, since Merle’s in Orange is overpriced and run by a total crook, and the iconic Cutler’s in New Haven is out of business.

Stopped in on the way to our hotel today. Nice staff, huge selection of new and used vinyl, CDs and tapes. Was great to see a nice experimental section too! A great shop that also included a free arcade machine! Stop in if you’re in the area, you won’t be disappointed.

Holy moly… I live about 2 hours from this place in the Mountains. NoHo is about an hour from me which has Newbury Comics & a (very good) music store devoted to CDs, tapes & vinyl. Redscroll kills both alternatives & is likely going to require I make a serious pilgrimage when record hunting…
Redscroll has an incredible inventory & I was super excited about the soul & funk sections; with where I live, these genres are often very small, but Redscroll kills it. Organized, abundant, inspiring, this is a great place for music lovers. Staff is friendly, prices are great & I was so happy to find imports available within the store (musiconvinyl releases comes to mind). I would encourage anyone to visit & I will have to return periodically.
It amazes me that a store which holds so much can be this organized. PS, store is loaded with inventory making aisleways about 28 inches wide (they don’t seem to be ADA compliant). The clearance *room* has tight aisleways & is a bit maze like, but for $ 2-​$ 6 records (good stuff too! Great quality!), you’ll deal with it. :)
Enjoy!
&& a serious thank you to the Redscroll mastermind!

Just about as close to a perfect record store as possible in the New Haven area. While Redscroll is seemingly out-​of-​the-​way from everywhere, this little housefront hidden in the shadows of Main Street, Wallingford is well worth the schlep if you have the time to get there, and are OK spending two hours and getting through only half their stock.
One of the things I love the most about Redscroll is they are a no-​apologies record store. Oh, there are some CDs, but one look at the intimidating racks bursting with vinyl, their positioning in the store, Redscroll’s inventory of LP sleeves, vinyl cleaning items, and cases, and you know you’re not in FYE.
I haven’t even mentioned the infamous Back Room, which is stuffed wall-​to-​wall with very reasonably priced and well cared for records. Also, I don’t know how the staff does this (OCD?), but they manage to place every single LP into it’s own clear plastic sleeve and in black sharpie, hand scrawl the condition, the price, and in some cases other relevant stuff on the face. This makes for either:
a) High turnover among Redscroll employees or
b) An absolute joyous, no surprises shopping experience for the customer (especially the OCD ones like me)
The staff is always cordial and willing to look at my «on the block» vinyl — which really should be any used record store’s M/​O. I mean, how else do you GET used records???
Redscroll also has a presence online and is a seller on
which is very cool indeed. Great story: on that site I found a copy of Alice Cooper’s «Schools Out» and contacted Redscroll about it. They told me all about it and even tucked it away for a few days until I could come claim it. What I got was a green label Warner Brothers early pressing which included the diecut stand and — shockingly — the panties! Oh, and the beyutch was a tick under NM. And the cost? A mind-​bending $ 6.50! Redscroll’s prices are among the best (and possibly most insane) I’ve seen in any record store. Really.
My only criticism is that the racks are too jam-​packed to comfortably sift through all of the vinyl — which is I suppose a backdoor complement to their almost unlimited inventory — but it still makes it a challenge to squeeze my post Sunday breakfast-​stuffed ass through the wafer-​thin, airplane-​like aisles, let alone break into the racks spring-​loaded with 33’s. And God forbid there’s another person in there…
That’s it — everything else at Redscroll is dandy. I will even call it a «day out» because when I somehow work up a big enough whopper to justify getting over there to Wallingford, I usually spend minimum two hours pounding the racks while avoiding calls from home. And isn’t «escapism» what I’m dabbling in anyway, when in the year 2014, I’m figuring out creative ways to travel to Wallingford (of all places) to buy — and in some cases RE-​BUY — records that I threw out in 1994???

This is the greatest record store! Do yourself a huge favor and shop here as soon as possible. The selection is immense, the staff is friendly, and you will leave with a big smile plastered all over your face!

Best store. Knowledgeable staff, good prices, good vibes.

I love this place. I also love that I live within 15 minutes walking distance from it! They have a huge selection of records, and I love the gems hidden away in the book section. I also loved the used section. They have a lot of «found in my parent’s attic» types of records, but sometimes, that’s exactly what you need on a rainy day as you sip some tea. The staff there is not overly friendly, but they don’t give off the «my music taste is better than yours» vibe. These guys have also bought an ad in my old school paper, and I really appreciated that support. Overall, I can’t recommend this place enough. Don’t be intimidated; just go in and browse! You won’t be disappointed.

Redscroll is awesome. They get new stuff on vinyl all the time, they have lots of old vinyl stuff divided well by genre, and they always have boxes in the back room of new arrivals of used vinyl; I’ve found a lot of gems in those boxes.
Their selection of vinyl is absolutely incredible. They’re wonderful, really. It’s insanely great. They also have CDs in the front of the store.
They participate in Record Store Day every year, when they get in limited editions and several copies of some specific RSD artist releases (last year there was some Clapton stuff and I think a White Stripes special release). On that day, get there RIDICULOUSLY early and be prepared to stand in line for an hour or two. They handle the traffic really well, but there’s a LOT of traffic and they’re a small store.
Stop in; this place is a diamond.

Fantastic store in the middle of nowhere Connecticut — although metal and hardcore are the genre du jour, there is plenty of stuff for everybody (a fantastic used vinyl room in the back is loaded with real clean vinyl, all priced reasonably)…small ding for having new stuff that is somewhat disorganized, but I’ve gotta guess this is more a result of being overwhelmed by incoming inventory!
I’ll be back for sure!

We were on an East Coast record buying extravaganza and our first stop was in Wallingford. I found the shop to be extremely well organized and very easy to find my way around. They carry new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes, and zines. Prices were fair on the vinyl and really cheap on the used CDs but I can’t speak to the pricing on the movies or anything else. The staff was really friendly and helpful. Someone brought their Boston terrier in while we were there so they’re pet-​friendly, as well.
They had quite a bit of vinyl, organized into rock, metal, jazz, experimental, punk and dance as well as a new arrivals bin. The entire back room was mostly used rock and metal vinyl and the experimental/​dance/​punk was in its own room to the left. I loved that they wrote the album title and artist on the poly bags for easier browsing. Some of it was in front-​facing bins that you could easily sort through but much of the rest of the rock was in Ikea Expedit shelving and I found it a little difficult to read through everything by spine only. It was well maintained and alphabetized but I did have to wallow around on the floor a bit while I shopped.
Overall, a nice store with a pretty varied selection! We walked away with ten or so albums, some of which was kind of niche. Other reviews are correct, they have a large selection of Killing Joke and Mission UK vinyl (at least a little less now because we bought some of it).