Darkside Records
Independent since 2011! The Hudson Valley's largest selection of New & Used Vinyl, CDs, Cassettes, Turntables, Movies & More. Over 20,000 LPs in stock! Questions?
Shop online 24/7! Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie, NY is the Hudson Valley’s largest brick & mortar independent record shop, three-time Best of the Hudson Valley ‘Best Record Store’ winner (2015, 2016, 2019) and 2020 Chronogrammy winner for best record store! Located at 611 Dutchess Tpk (Rte 44), Darkside specializes in the sale of new and used music, movies, hifi audio equipment, video games, bo
05/29/2026
New Darkside Exclusives just launched!
In conjunction with our friends & , we’re excited to announce 2 brand new Darkside Exclusives variants - Fraggle Rock & a Hey Arnold repress on reversed color splatter!
**Both titles will be available in-store & for shipping next week due to a freight delay from the holiday this week**
Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: The Best Of on Black Ice w/ Neon Green Splatter, limited to 200 copies
Hey Arnold! The Music Vol. 1 now inverted on Nein Green vinyl w/ Black Splatter, limited to 300 copies Hey
Click the link now to preorder yours for pickup or shipping 📦
MUNA live is a different kind of magic ✨ Don’t miss the chance to catch the Get So Hot Tour this year.
05/25/2026
We’re preparing for another drop tomorrow morning, but this record was too cool not to post (and drop) right now!
An original 1991 Kill Rock Stars compilation with first run screen printed cover, hand numbered #59/1000 by Tinuviel and with both inserts! What makes this one extra unique is the hand drawn and signed illustration on the back by of Kicking Giant!!
$250 and available now on the site (and in store since Friday 👀)
Thanks for checking in, and we’ll see you tomorrow morning for a big ol batch of
05/23/2026
🍌 The Velvet Underground & Nico & Darkside Records 🍌
***We are open normal hours Memorial Day & weekend (10am - 8pm today & Monday , 11am - 6pm Sunday)***
Yesterday a 1968 East Coast 3rd Pressing of this record store classic came on in and it was too sweet not to share! Available now in store on the wall (along with a a freshly stocked rarities wall) and then available on the website Tuesday morning for
Price: $400
-Banana is intact (although shows signs of original owner peeling a little slowly to see 👀👀 and then re sticking)
-Light Surface Rashing, play tested through nicely
-Some Sleeve Staining
05/22/2026
SURPRISE!
SS26, a new single from is out today!
We open at 10am & you know the rules - no calls, no holds, in-store only & one per person. Extremely limited & once they’re gone, they’re gone.
See you in the bins 💚
05/19/2026
With the nice weather here, we’d like to remind swimmers and beach goers to watch out for sharks and please keep them away from your vinyl 🌊🦈🩸
We are back at it with another edition of on this beautiful sunny Tuesday morning! Just like the sun we are bringing the heat with a HUGE batch of preowned items for you to browse and buy-
Today’s batch:
400+ LPs, 1200+CDs 😱, 75+ Cassettes, 900+ Movies 😱, 100+ Shirts and even 20 games!!
Swipe through to see some of today’s vinyl highlights, then hit the site or come on in to browse the full drop! Sign up for our email list to get the full drop in list form sent to your inbox once our drops go live!
Get yourself something nice- you earned it and you deserve it
05/16/2026
It’s not every day that a 1st Press Nirvana Nevermind walks (Swims? Floats?) into the store…. but today is that day!
Nirvana- Nevermind 1st Pressing with original inner sleeve- $1000
Available now in store (no holds or shipping) for the weekend and then Tuesday morning on the website for our drop!
05/15/2026
OUT NOW! I Am The Avalanche - The Horror Show Darkside Exclusive pressing limited to 300 copies, pressed on half black and half white vinyl.
Twenty-two years into their career, I Am The Avalanche are making the most powerful music of their lives. Returning with the announcement of their fifth studio album, ‘The Horror Show’, the Brooklyn punk rock cornerstones deliver an album forged in grief, courage, and the refusal to stand still. It’s the sound of a band walking through fire and emerging scarred but unbowed.
05/12/2026
Scotty Doesn’t Know, so we are going to tell him (and all of you) that we are taking a brief break from this week.
Don’t worry though- even though there’s no drop this week there’s still plenty of preowned to shop through! Slide through to see some non 12” Vinyl highlights that are available in store and online while supplies last!
And while on the site make sure you sign up for the email list so you can get every used drop sent to you in list form once it goes live in the morning!
We’ll see you in the bins
05/11/2026
Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is almost here 💜
Why wait until morning when you can hear it at midnight?
Join us on the night of June 11 into June 12 as we celebrate the release of Olivia’s brand new album the second the clock strikes twelve. We’ll be spinning the record in-store, giving away freebies, offering special gifts with purchase, and one lucky attendee will take home a special grand prize.
Come scream-sing with fellow fans and be among the first to hear the new album 🦋✨
📍 Darkside Records 🕛 Midnight Release Event 📅 June 11–12
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32 Cannon Street
Poughkeepsie, NY
12601
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10am - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 8pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 8pm |
| Friday | 10am - 8pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 8pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 6pm |