Vol. VII · No. 24 · June 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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Pl. 1 · Steam Horse · Magic Smile · 7" · M Records (21) · 1980 · graded Very Good Plus · €25
Very Good Plus  vinyl Near Mint  sleeve

I.   Owner's pick, this week

Magic Smile.

Very Good Plus 7" of Steam Horse - Magic Smile. Belgium pressing from 1980. Label: M Records (21) (AMO 101). Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Tracklist: A. Magic Smile B. A Foolish Run 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 →
God Save The Animals
i.  LP · Domino · 2022 Near Mint  vinyl & sleeve

God Save The Animals — Alex G

Near Mint lp of Alex G (2) - God Save The Animals. US pressing from 2022. Label: Domino (WIGLP507). Genre: Rock, Pop, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Folk Rock, Experimental. Tracklist: A1. After All A2. Runner A3. Mission A4. S.D.O.S. A5. No Bitterness A6. Ain’t It Easy A7. Cross The Sea B1. Blessing B2. Early Morning Waiting B3. Immunity ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€30 Last one
ii.  LP · Domino · 2023 Near Mint  vinyl & sleeve

Live From Union Transfer — Alex G

Near Mint lp of Alex G (2) - Live From Union Transfer. Worldwide pressing from 2023. Label: Domino (WIGLP526X). Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Experimental. Tracklist: A1. Headroom Piano A2. S.D.O.S. A3. Runner A4. Hope A5. No Bitterness A6. After Ur Gone A7. Ain't It Easy A8. Mission B1. Blessing B2. Early Morning Waiting ... In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€35 Last one
Follow The Rainbow
iii.  LP · Epic · 1979 Very Good Plus  vinyl & sleeve

Follow The Rainbow — George Duke

Very Good Plus lp of George Duke - Follow The Rainbow. Europe pressing from 1979. Label: Epic (EPC 83336). Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Jazz-Funk, Funk, Disco. Tracklist: A1. Party Down A2. Say That You Will A3. Funkin' For The Thrill A4. Sunrise A5. Festival B1. I Am For Real (May The Funk Be With You) B2. Straight From The Heart B3. Corine B4. Pluck B5. Follow The Rainbow In stock and ready to ship from 72records, Belgium.

€10 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.