Vol. VII · No. 36 · September 2026
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72 Records

Closed today · open Wednesday from 11:00

Notes on
listening,
gathered slowly.

A small, owner-run vinyl shop in central Brussels. Mostly second-hand, hand-graded, written about with whatever attention each record deserves. We don't algorithm. We bought it because we thought you should hear it.

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Mars Balnéaire
Pl. 1 · Flavien Berger · Mars Balnéaire · 12" · Pan European Recording · 2014 · graded Very Good Plus · €40
Very Good Plus  vinyl Very Good Plus  sleeve

I.   Owner's pick, this week

Mars Balnéaire.

Very Good Plus 12" of Flavien Berger - Mars Balnéaire. France pressing from 2014. Label: Pan European Recording (PAN038). Genre: Electronic, Pop, Electro. Tracklist: A1. Mars Balnéaire A2. Océan Rouge B1. Les Véliplanchistes B2. Radio Rover In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

II.   This week, in the door

New arrivals.

Hand-picked this week. Each one a single copy. Three shown below in detail — the rest in the grid.

Dig all records →
Very Dionne
i.  LP · Scepter Records · 1971 Very Good Plus  vinyl & sleeve

Very Dionne — DIONNE WARWICK

Very Good Plus lp of Dionne Warwick - Very Dionne. France pressing from 1971. Label: Scepter Records (2C 062-92562). Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Soul, Vocal. Tracklist: A1. Check Out Time A2. Yesterday A3. We've Only Just Begun A4. Here's That Rainy Day A5. The Green Grass Starts To Grow B1. They Don't Give Medals To Yesterday's Heroes B2. Walk The Way You Talk B3. Make It Easy On Yourself B4. Going Out Of My Head B5. I Got Love In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€9 Last one
ii.  LP · Vogue · 1973 Very Good Plus  vinyl & sleeve

Les Grands Succes De Dionne Warwicke — DIONNE WARWICK

Very Good Plus lp of Dionne Warwick - Les Grands Succes De Dionne Warwicke. France pressing from 1973. Label: Vogue (LDM. 30252). Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Soul. Tracklist: A1. I Say A Little Prayer A2. Don't Make Me Over A3. Hey Jude A4. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me A5. Trains And Boats And Planes A6. Anyone Who Had A Heart B1. Walk On By B2. This Girl Is In Love With You B3. Blowin' In The Wind B4. Love ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€15 Last one
iii.  LP · Fonal · 1971 Very Good  vinyl & sleeve

Hawaiian Guitar — John Liem

Very Good lp of John Liem - Hawaiian Guitar. Spain pressing from 1971. Label: Fonal (MM-S 17). Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Pacific. Tracklist: A1. La Paloma A2. Ay, Ay, Ay A3. Doctor Zhivago A4. Solamente Una Vez A5. Aloha Oe A6. Vaya Con Dios B1. Ojos De España B2. Los Niños Del Pireo B3. Maria Elena B4. Now Is The Haur ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€9 Last one

Also this week

III.   Dig

By genre,
by format,
by mood.

Or use the search if you already know. Most titles are single copies, most of them second-hand.

Open the full catalogue

Or by format

LP · Single · CD · Cassette · 7" · 10" · 12"

IV.   Inside the room

The shop has
fairy lights, a listening
booth, and time.

Interior of 72records — records on the walls, fairy lights
Pl. 3 · The front room, looking toward the listening booth.
Turntable booth at 72records
Pl. 4 · The booth — we'll cue anything you'd like to hear.
Crates of records at 72records
Pl. 5 · The crates, mid-Saturday.
Hands cleaning a vinyl record
Pl. 6 · Cleaning before grading — one record at a time.

V.   On selling to us

If they're
not being
played, bring
them in.

A short note on what we buy →

We're open to buying records — single titles, full collections, the box your uncle left you. The way it works is straightforward and we'd rather you knew it before walking in:

  1. Come in Tue–Sat afternoons, between 13:00 and 18:00. No appointment needed for a box or two; email us first if it's a hundred records or more.
  2. We go through it with you, in front of you. We'll tell you what we'd take and what we wouldn't, and roughly why. We won't talk down a record we want.
  3. You get an honest cash offer. The whole conversation takes about half an hour for a hundred records.

We pay better than expected for clean second-hand jazz, soul, electronic and reggae, and worse than expected for the things every shop already has too many of. Ask, and we'll be honest about which side any record falls on.

VI.   Visit

Come in, stay a while.

Address

Rue du Midi 72
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Hours

Wednesday – Sunday
11:00 – 18:30

Closed Monday & Tuesday — we're listening too.

By metro

3, 4 to Bourse
Three minutes on foot

72 Records storefront on Rue du Midi

The Wednesday letter

One email, twelve records, every Wednesday.

No marketing, no discounts, no AI recommendations. The same dozen we'd put in your hands if you walked in that morning.

Are you sure?