Vol. VII · No. 29 · July 2026
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72 Records

Open today · until 19:00 · come in

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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This Side Of Paradise
Pl. 1 · Ric Ocasek · This Side Of Paradise · LP · Geffen Records · 1986 · graded Very Good Plus · €8
Very Good Plus  vinyl Very Good Plus  sleeve

I.   Owner's pick, this week

This Side Of Paradise.

Very Good Plus lp of Ric Ocasek - This Side Of Paradise. Europe pressing from 1986. Label: Geffen Records (924 098-1). Genre: Electronic, Rock, New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth-pop. Tracklist: A1. Keep On Laughin' A2. True To You A3. Emotion In Motion A4. Look In Your Eyes A5. Coming For You B1. Mystery B2. True Love B3. P.F.J. B4. Hello Darkness B5. This Side Of Paradise In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

Pressing notes · Stereo

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.

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Dancing Strangers
i.  LP · Strange Arts · 2021 Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Dancing Strangers — Dancing Strangers

Mint lp of Dancing Strangers - Dancing Strangers. Belgium pressing from 2021. Label: Strange Arts (STR003). Genre: Electronic, Rock, Electro, Industrial, New Wave, Post-Punk, Minimal. Tracklist: A1. Stranger A2. Age Of Decadence A3. Passion A4. 1981 A5. Suicide Pt 1 (Daydream) B1. Last Goodbye B2. Drifting Apart B3. Wrong B4. Suicide Pt 2 (Suicide Kill) B5. Something Real-Endless In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€26 Last one
ii.  LP · Beggars Banquet · 1981 Near Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Mesh & Lace — Various

Near Mint lp of Modern English - Mesh & Lace. Netherlands pressing from 1981. Label: Beggars Banquet (656 006). Genre: Electronic, Rock, New Wave, Synth-pop. Tracklist: A1. 16 Days A2. Just A Thought A3. Move In Light A4. Grief B1. The Token Man B2. A Viable Commercial B3. Black Houses B4. Dance Of Devotion (A Love Song) In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€30 Last one
Up In It
iii.  LP · Sub Pop · 1990 Very Good Plus  vinyl & sleeve

Up In It — The Afghan Whigs

Very Good Plus lp of Afghan Whigs, The - Up In It. US pressing from 1990. Label: Sub Pop (SP60). Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock. Tracklist: A1. Retarded A2. White Trash Party A3. Hated A4. Southpaw A5. Amphetamines And Coffee B1. Now We Can Begin B2. You My Flower B3. Son Of The South B4. I Know Your Little Secret In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€45 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

Tuesday — Saturday
11:00 – 19:00

Closed Sundays and Mondays — 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.