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 double the space of our upstairs storefront and 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.
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, our entry in the CIMS coalition and served as an indy record shop pioneer in selling used records and CDs online.
Rick Stoner, a marketing agency executive, Glancey Holdings founder and UW-Madison alum, acquired Strictly Discs from Ron and Angie in November 2023.
Second Location
The Warehouse
In 2021, we expanded into our Cambridge facility, which houses over 500,000 LPs, 45s, CDs, tapes and Hi-Fi units.
101 W Main Street, Cambridge, WI
Retail Expansion
In Fall 2024, we remodeled and developed 1,000 sq. ft. of the 5,000 sq. ft. Cambridge space, with our warehouse now open for retail Thursday - Sunday.
Now
A New Generation of Indy Vinyl Retail
Today, General Manager Evan Woodward, Operations Manager Ed Slavin and Assistant GM Mark Chaney run the day-to-day as minority partners, alongside Cambridge Manager Dan Donahue and a kind, knowledgeable part-time crew.
Rick focuses on business operations, marketing and growth: the Cambridge renovation and storefront opening, the Strictly Record Club, and acquiring large collections and record shops in different U.S. markets.
If you own a large collection or record shop yourself, or think your local shop might be ready to pass their bins to the next generation, we'd love to hear from you.