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Inside Assai Records in Dundee: racks of vinyl round white walls under the shop's sign, with a crate of records on a wooden floor.
Dundee

Assai Records

A record shop on Union Street in Dundee, one of four Assai shops in Scotland, with vinyl, CDs, turntables, its own Obi editions and in-store events.

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There's nothing quite like an hour spent flicking through record racks, and Assai's shop on Union Street is the place to do it in Dundee.

It's one of four Assai record shops in Scotland, with the others in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and it's a bright, easy room of wooden floors and crates, with the vinyl sorted by genre round the walls. Alongside the records you'll find CDs and cassettes, Pro-Ject turntables and speakers, slipmats and cleaning kits, little books on classic albums, and T-shirts and hoodies. Look out for Assai's own Obi editions, limited pressings wrapped in a Japanese-style paper strip, and for signed copies, and keep an eye on its events, when artists drop in for signings and album nights. It's a few minutes' walk up from the waterfront and the V&A, and it's open every day of the week, so it's an easy one to fit into a day in the city.

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Before you go

Open every day.

Records bought online can be collected free from the shop.

Where
33 Union Street, Dundee, DD1 4BS.
Open
Monday to Wednesday 10.30am to 5pm, Thursday to Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 4.30pm.
Access
A step-free entrance, on Google's record.
Phone
01382 205671

Opening hours

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Monday
10.30am–5pm
Tuesday
10.30am–5pm
Wednesday
10.30am–5pm
Thursday
10am–6pm
Friday
10am–6pm
Saturday
10am–6pm
Sunday
11am–4.30pm

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Where it is

On Union Street in the centre of Dundee, a few minutes up from the waterfront, DD1 4BS.

Close byThe middle of Dundee and the waterfront.
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  4. Dundee Contemporary ArtsDundee Contemporary ArtsDundee's centre for contemporary art, with two galleries, two cinemas, a print studio and the Jute café bar on the Nethergate.Under a mile 1 min by road
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Gravestones and an obelisk monument among trees beside sandstone buildingsAttractionsThe Howff0.8 miles
The bronze Oor Wullie on the wall outside the McManus, pea shooter raised.AttractionsOor Wullie Statue0.8 miles

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