Vinyl Destination is a curated destination for vinyl lovers in Kuwait that was created by Farah Bishara (DJ Bonita) simply because we didn’t have any record stores in Kuwait. Even though CDs are dead, vinyl is still pretty much alive and no store sells them. When Virgin Megastore closed down we kinda lost our last music store since all our favorite music shops from the 80s and 90s had closed down including:
Bells (got my first CD from there, Paula Abdul Spellbound 1991)
IVC
Soul II Soul
Subway
Swan Lake (got my first tape from there, Ghostbusters soundtrack 1984)
The Video Club
White House
Vinyl Destination started off as a pop-up event back in October and since then it popped up a couple of times before going into hibernation for the summer. But recently, Vinyl Destination launched an online store. There is a pretty decent selection for sale, not too many and mostly one of each vinyl, but not a bad start and they’re also priced pretty reasonably from 10 to 15KD.
So if you’re looking for vinyl this is your best bet unless you want to go rummage through random piles in the antique basement. www.vinyldestinationkuwait.com
9 replies on “Vinyl Destination – A Local Online Vinyl Store”
“We’re vinyl-y here!”- I love a good pun.
My favorite music shop from the 90’s was subway.
forgot about that! will add it
Not White House i.e. my dad’s best friend’s shop i.e. my first summer job ever. 😀
FUCKING miss that place!
“Physical media is outdated”
Crazy how life works. Was just looking at it on instagram the other day and now here you are posting about it..
Nowhere to buy CDs and vinyl in Kuwait? No music stores? Please tell me this isn’t true….:(
I find it a bit ironic people are ditching “outdated” CDs but are into “vintage” vinyl
Very ironic, and these records cost more than CDs! 😵