Our Story
Peace, Love, Records.
Founded in 1988 and and located in Madison, Wisconsin, Strictly Discs is home to one of the largest used vinyl collections in the United States.
Weekly New Releases
Upstairs
All new vinyl and new/used CD titles are located on our main 'upstairs' floor.
GM Evan Woodward publishes our Thursday night weekly newsletter Words on Sounds, which features each Friday new release, reissue and import with lovingly knowledgeable wit.
600+ Fresh-Used Arrivals Every Friday
The Basement
A must-stop for record collectors since it's expansion in the mid 2010s, 'the basement' features some of the best, rarest and/or attainable and affordable used wax in the land.
All of our vinyl is graded on the Goldmine scale and has been host to visitors from all over the world from every walk of life.
Second Retail Location
The Warehouse
Our Cambridge facility houses over 500,000 LPs, 45s, CDs, tapes and Hifi units and is now open for retail.
101 W Main Street, Cambridge, WI
Retail Expansion
After remodeling and developing 1,000 sq. ft. of the 5,000 sq. ft. space, our warehouse is now open for retail Thursday - Sunday.
The Beginning
Founder Ron Roloff
Ron founded Strictly Discs in 1988 as the CD became the rising medium for physical music while the vinyl record nearly went extinct.
Alongside vinyl's early resurgence In 2010, Ron left his role in the shop and began to hit the open road in search of used wax.
Then
Ownership Transition
Ron's wife Angie took over day-to-day operations in 2010, overseeing Strictly Discs 13+ year growth as the largest record shop in Wisconsin, their entry in the CIMS coalition and served as an indy record shop pioneer in selling used records and CDs online.
After a 17 year career as a marketing agency executive, UW-Madison alum and Glancey Holdings founder Rick Stoner acquired Strictly Discs from Ron and Angie in November 2023.
Now
A New Generation of Indy Vinyl Retail
Today, Rick runs the business with GM Evan Woodward, Operations Manager Ed Slavin, Assistant General Manager Mark Chaney and Cambridge Manager Dan Donahue, alongside a kind and knowledgeable crew of part-time staff.
