Album of the week

Ghana Special: Highlife

Seminal sounds from the golden age of Ghanaian music. Highlife, rock, and soul collide and merge with tradition and culture. New styles meet old styles.

Audio Sets

"I want to start listening on vinyl but don't know where to start with the player". How many times have we had that conversation in the shop?! So here we are, aiming to simplify that process for you. Each box set contains everything you need to start listening to your favourite records; turntable, stylus, amplifier, speakers and cables.
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The Weekly Drop

Every week behind the scenes, we're busy ordering and listening to lots of new music to bring you a carefully curated selection of new additions to the shop. The Weekly Drop is our way of bringing our new additions to the shop, to you.

The Listening Room

We are excited to open the doors to our new listening room downstairs in collaboration with our friends at Audio Note. Designed with creativity, flexibility, and community at its heart, this is a welcoming space to explore, enjoy, and share great sound together.

Welcome to Capsule Records

At Capsule Records, we strongly believe in the power of music and community. As an independent record shop, we started with the local area in mind. Since then, we have been on a mission to foster a musical community and make the joy of music accessible to all. 

Our stock is a carefully curated selection of LPs that we love. From soul, jazz, disco, electronica, and hip-hop to some bits in between, there’s something for everyone. For those who like to dig deeper, we also have crates like African Funk, Japanese Jazz and Modern Classical.

To help you discover something new or find an old favourite, we’ve stuck QR codes on the front of all our LPs that direct you to a listening link with information about the artist and label. If you’re without a phone, just ask, and we can play it for you on our tailor-made PMC sound system. So, take a seat in our beautifully designed coffee area, enjoy a drink of your choice (we also stock alcohol!) and relax.  

Our atmosphere in store is also aided by our weekly DJ sets, as part of our Capsule Connect initiative designed to support the local DJ community. We hope that by using our platform to promote local DJs and the venues that host them, we can bring the best of what Brighton has to offer to you. 

“Capsule Records are a breath of fresh air. Hugely knowledgeable, with a terrific collection of proper music, they go to great length to curate just what is right. My go to place!” - Dunstan Rickard

New to the shop - available for click & collect or UK wide delivery

Fred again.. release the next iteration of his USB series, with new songs.
USB002
Fred Again
Contemporary
£44.00
Maribou State's classic debut album celebrates ten years and is pressed for the first time on coloured vinyl alongside a second disc of bonus tracks from the era.
Portraits (10th Anniversary Edition)
Maribou State
Electronica
£34.00
Sîn’ is crafted in a musical language built on melodic palimpsests, via an array of digital, electric, and acoustic instruments.
SÎN
Ko Shin Moon
Middle Eastern
£29.00
Iconic 1998 debut album by the hip-hop duo Black Star (Mos Def/Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli). This is the 2014 reissue.
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Black Star
Hip Hop
£38.00
For a prolific artist like Gerardo Frisina, almost two years without a new release feels like an eternity. His brand-new 12″ EP, Soul Drum, breaks the silence, offering three new works composed by Gerardo—four if we consider the two versions of the title track. This EP anticipates the full album already in progress, scheduled for release at the end of 2022.
Soul Drum 12" EP
Gerado Frisina
Electronica
£18.00
With seven releases - including this one - on Schema Records and three - considering also the Cosmorama project - on Milano 2000, Stefano Tirone has tightened his collaboration with the Edizioni Ishtar group.
Body & Soul - The Disco Experience
S-Tone Inc.
Disco
£27.00
Archival reissue of the garage-psych Zamrock masterpiece (1974) “Electrified by a diet of James Brown, the Stones and Deep Purple, WITCH were the stadium-filling kings of 70' Zamrock." MOJO...
Introduction (Opaque Red Vinyl)
WITCH
African Jazz/Funk/Psych
£34.00
This landmark recording from Now-Again’s comprehensive overview of Zambia’s premier garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-,afro-rock ensemble WITCH, We Intend To Cause Havoc! Is now available in a never before seen color variant.
In The Past (Opaque Green Vinyl)
WITCH
African Jazz/Funk/Psych
£34.00
The 50th anniversary edition features the original album plus a bonus material of studio rarities (additional x2 LPV) including previously unreleased alternate versions and demos presenting Pink Floyd's eighth studio album in a brand new way that demands repeat listening
Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary 3LP)
Pink Floyd
Indie/Rock
£65.00
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Captain Planet returns with his sixth full-length album, DIG—a high-energy project that channels the global spirit of his world-renowned DJ sets. Having lit up clubs and festivals across Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the U.S., Captain Planet is celebrated for his ability to fuse Afro, Latin, and Caribbean traditions with hip-hop, dancehall, and electronic funk. With over two decades of experience, he delivers a sound that is as eclectic as it is unifying, built to move dance floors worldwide.
Dig
Captain Planet
Contemporary Funk
£30.00
45th anniversary expanded edition with 4 unreleased bonus tracks Including never before heard song “Like A B-Film”.
Telekon (45th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Gary Numan
70s & 80s
£45.00
Celebrating 40 Years of one of Britain’s most iconic and era-defining bands, The Factory Singles is the definitive tribute to a group that reshaped the sound of UK music.
Happy Mondays The Factory Singles (2LP)
Happy Mondays
90s & 00s
£30.00
Sofie’s SOS Tape’ is a compilation of 26 hip-hop, soul, electronic and alternative tracks curated by Sofie Royer - who has since gone on to release three solo albums on Stones Throw, the most recent of which is ‘Young-Girl Forever’.
Sofie's SOS Tape (2LP Clear Vinyl)
Various Artists
Hip Hop
£33.00
Johnny Griffin called upon his fellow master practitioners of the tenor saxophone John Coltrane and Hank Mobley for his second Blue Note album A Blowing Session in 1957.
Blowin' Session
Johnny Griffin
Jazz
£30.00
This is an unmistakable lineup of artists and songs that bumped and thumped the dance scene into the genres we know and love today!
RE:VERSAL 002
Various Artists
Electronica
£27.00

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