Record Store Mode: curated record store tours

How do I start a tour?

1. Kebab (3 dots) > Driving.
2. Tap Record Store Circuit. It's marked Beta.
3. Pick your city.
4. How much time you got? Pick the shape of the day, or Custom to tick 2 to 8 shops and let it put them in order.

Driving Mode runs in the iPhone and Android apps. If the app closes mid-crawl, Resume your crawl picks it up. On a computer, browse the same tours at Record Store Tour, which also has Find stores near me.

Are there record store tours in Kansas City?

Yes, Kansas City / Lawrence: KC Core, Westport Tight Crawl, The North Run, Josey + Mills, South / JoCo Haul, and the Lawrence Pilgrimage out to KU. Every leg is a drive.

Are there record store tours in St. Louis?

Yes, St. Louis / Metro East: The I-44 Run, Cherokee Street, The Illinois Side and St. Charles Haul. Every leg is a drive.

Are there record store tours in Denver?

Yes, Denver / Boulder: Inner Denver Core, South Broadway Corridor, Northwest Haul, the Boulder + Longmont Pilgrimage and the Littleton Two-Step. Every leg is a drive.

Are there record store tours in Portland?

Yes, Portland / Vancouver: The Inner SE/NE Day, Downtown, Then North, Vancouver Crossing over to Vancouver, WA, The Oregon Coast Pilgrimage, and Sellwood to Oregon City. Every leg is a drive.

Are there record store tours in Paris?

Yes, Paris, on foot and by Métro, no car: Latin Quarter Dig, The 11e Crawl, Montmartre & the Goutte d'Or, Les Puces (the flea market at Saint-Ouen) and Marais & Les Halles.

How do the legs work?

• In the US every leg is a drive. Navigate hands it to your maps app.
• In Paris the legs are walks, with Walk there, plus one Métro ride on Montmartre & the Goutte d'Or, with a Métro button. A tour with mixed legs shows a summary like 4 walk · 1 Métro before you start.
• Apple Maps and Google Maps open walking or transit directions. Waze can't do either, so a walk or Métro leg opens your phone's own maps app instead.

What do I see at each shop?

• The shop's name and whether it's open.
• How it fits your shelf: a genre match, some of what you like, or off your shelf.
• The address, travel time, hours notes, and roughly how long to dig.
• An Insider note. Once you've arrived it turns into You're in — here's the move.
• I'm here, Skip, and Next stop or Finish circuit. A closed shop tells you to skip it or come back another day.
• On the way out, Bag anything? Buying nothing is the first choice.

Can I check if I already own a record in the shop?

Scan it: Add tab > Scan, or Cover for a sleeve with no barcode. A record you own says Yours. The rest is in How Gatefold stops you adding a record twice.