We are a family business which was opened by Peter Driscoll in 1977 at 55 Elm Road - hence the reason it was called Fives. We had to move to new  premises on the Broadway about 18 months later because it took off and we desperately needed more space. Soon after, a second branch was set up in Rayleigh which Sandra (Peter's daughter), fresh out of school, was running. It thrived for 25 years  before closing in September 2006 with the owner Peter going into semi-retirement.

In October 2007 we celebrated our 30th year and Mcfly popped in for a special CD signing session, before heading to the Cliffs Pavilion,  Westcliff, for their much anticipated concert.

We used to have a lot of bands come in and do signings. We've had Billy Bragg, Donny Osmond and Snowy White down here and more recently the  Horrors and even a mini concert by the Rumble Strips in front of the counter.

Recently Wilko Johnson the legendary guitarist of the band Dr Feelgood dropped in to do an in store signing and meet the fans on the release day of his new album `going back home' on 24-3-2014

In more recent times Tom Hickox played a live instore at Fives Records and then to celebrate our 40th anniversary on the 28th of October 2017
we had Rick Wakeman in Fives Records for a record signing followed by a little party with friends, loyal customers and record company reps. There were a few speeches and then with live music in the shop and excellent food and drink a good time was had by all.

On the 4th May 2019 we had the wonderful Ethan Johns playing a live acoustic set in Fives Records as well as chatting and telling stories to everyone for 2 hours

On Record Store Day we have many artists performing throughout the day from the local area as well as DJs playing music to make it a fun and entertaining day for all vinyl enthusiasts. Our special friends Daryl and Jules Easlea arrange all the fantastic entertainment for RSD which goes such a long way to making it always a great RSD at Fives Records.

Also for the past couple of years Sandra (manager and now joint owner) has be appearing every few weeks or so on the BBC Essex radio show vintage vinyl hosted by Mark Punter every Sunday between 12-2pm. Sandras as well as some friends previous parts on the show can be heard on the radio page

With 50,000+ titles on CD and vinyl packed into the shelves and even more in our retail storage which is slowly being put up for sale on our Amazon and Discogs stores, there's not much the shop doesn't have and if we don't have it and if it is still  available we will order it for you, most ordered items can be got within a week or so.

You can phone and speak to a real person about any particular item that you are interested in. Customer service is something we are well known for, we have access to many large databases and can find quite obscure items or fill in the webmail form on our contact page and we will get an answer to you in very short time.

All major credit cards are accepted and we are happy to post to almost anywhere in the world.

All of our products are new, unplayed and in mint condition unless otherwise stated. We are constantly adding new titles  from our extensive storage and covering all genres and decades. Please note that we do not buy or sell second hand  vinyl or CD`s all our stock comes direct from the manufacturers.

We are also members of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). 

All our customers can be assured of the highest levels of customer service. Visit our Amazon or Discogs stores for many rare and deleted items on Vinyl and CD