Breakaway Records

Breakaway gives small records serious attention. LPs share the selection with 45s, while soul, jazz, hip-hop and records from further afield run through a catalogue that also covers rock, punk and electronic music. The shop opened in 2008 and moved to North Loop in 2010, later expanding there. Stereo equipment is another part of the business, so the visit can be about what plays the record as well as the record itself. Its web shop and Discogs stock are selected slices of a larger physical inventory; a blank search result is not the whole story.

New and used records, including LPs and 45s, plus CDs, tapes and other media. Turntables, receivers, speakers and accessories give the shop a hardware side as well.

Breakaway buys records, CDs, tapes and other media. Coordinate large collections or a guaranteed same-day offer by email. Equipment appraisals also need coordination; the shop cannot value an item accurately from its title alone.

211 West North Loop Boulevard. Make North Loop its own part of the day, with Love Wheel on Justin Lane as a farther-north extension rather than a neighbouring storefront.

Bring a list of missing singles as well as missing albums. The 45s are a reason to widen the search, and a song’s release history may not fit neatly into an LP collection.