Vinyl Villains, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Proudly waving the banner for their “discerning taste in music”, Vinyl Villains sees nothing wrong in racking James Brown next to Captain Beefheart – and claiming the title of “the finest renegade record store in Edinburgh” in the process. You may have to dig deep here, but you’ll come up smiling, not least over the store’s own-brand carrier bags.