Vol. VII · No. 40 · October 2026
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72 Records

Opens today at 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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Pl. 1 · ABBA · The Hits Box · CD · Pickwick Music · 1990 · graded Very Good · €18
Very Good  vinyl Very Good  sleeve

I.   Owner's pick, this week

The Hits Box.

Very Good cd of ABBA - The Hits Box. UK pressing from 1990. Label: Pickwick Music (Box D 1). Genre: Pop, Europop, Ballad, Disco. Tracklist: . ABBA - The Hits 1-1. Waterloo 1-2. S.O.S 1-3. Dancing Queen 1-4. Knowing Me Knowing You 1-5. Lay All Your Love On Me 1-6. Super Trouper 1-7. Take A Chance On Me 1-8. I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do 1-9. Honey Honey ... 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 →
Changes
i.  CD · School Boy Records · 2020 Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Changes — Justin Bieber

Mint cd of Justin Bieber - Changes. US pressing from 2020. Label: School Boy Records (B0031707-02). Genre: Pop. Tracklist: 1. All Around Me 2. Habitual 3. Come Around Me 4. Intentions 5. Yummy 6. Available 7. Forever 8. Running Over 9. Take It Out On Me 10. Second Emotion ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€10 Last one
Maktub
ii.  CD · World Village · 0 Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Maktub — Orquestra Àrab De Barcelona

Mint cd of Orquestra Àrab De Barcelona - Maktub. Spain pressing from 0. Label: World Village (WV 498030). Genre: Folk, World, & Country. Tracklist: 1. Nuestra Plegaria (Trad. Issaoua) 2. Contigo 3. El Viaje De La Verdad 4. Sufí, I Parte (Trad. Turquía) 5. Sufí, II Parte 6. Gloria A Ti 7. Mi Paz 8. Mi Tierra 9. Maktub 10. Abénamar (Romance Anónimo) ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€10 Last one
Anthology 1
iii.  CD · Apple Records · 1995 Near Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Anthology 1 — THE BEATLES

Near Mint cd of Beatles, The - Anthology 1. Europe pressing from 1995. Label: Apple Records (7243 8 34445 2 6). Genre: Rock, Non-Music, Interview, Rock & Roll, Pop Rock. Tracklist: 1-1. Free As A Bird 1-2. "We Were Four Guys ... That's All" 1-3. That'll Be The Day 1-4. In Spite Of All The Danger 1-5. "Sometimes I'd Borrow ... Those Still Exist" 1-6. Hallelujah, I Love Her So 1-7. You'll Be Mine 1-8. Cayenne 1-9. "First Of All ... It Didn't Do A Thing Here" 1-10. My Bonnie ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€12 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

Monday
13:00 – 18:30

Wednesday – Sunday
11:00 – 18:30

Closed 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?