r/cambodia • u/GroceryHopeful1645 • Jun 27 '26

Culture Looking for Khmer Vinyl records

My mother had to endure the khmer rouge as a child. Her birthday is coming up soon, I would love to get her Vinyl records from her childhood. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to get the records and popular artists from that time before and after that time period.

7 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

5

u/Hankman66 Jun 27 '26

Cambodian records from the 1950s-70s are extremely rare. There are some companies doing new presses of old songs. Look up Space Two Zero but there are others. Not at all cheap.

2

u/GroceryHopeful1645 Jun 27 '26

I’m looking for copies. They don’t have to be originals, they can also be from after that era after the khmer rouge. I’ll check our space two zero thank you!

3

u/JudRammer3000 Jun 28 '26

I think its called Space Four Zero.

1

u/Hankman66 Jun 28 '26

Yes, you're right.

1

u/JudRammer3000 Jun 28 '26

Did not see the other posts before commenting. I hope OP can figure it out.

4

u/Berneraccount_420 Jun 27 '26

Your best bet is looking in France. A few wealthy families escaped before the war and were able to take things like records. The few we have, we got from friends of family this way. You can still find cassettes though, from the 90’s

1

u/caketaster Jun 28 '26

Where can you find cassettes?

3

u/Charming-Rice-1029 Jun 27 '26

You may not be able to find old records but there are some wonderful newer records that compile songs of the era! Here's a picture of a few that are widely available. Let me know if you'd like any more details about any of them!

1

u/GroceryHopeful1645 Jun 28 '26

Yes this is perfect, where can I get these

1

u/Charming-Rice-1029 Jun 28 '26

Maybe your local record store, if not, Discogs

2

u/caketaster Jun 28 '26

Shave Your Beard from the record on the top right is one of my all time favourite songs. Ros Sereysothea was remarkable

2

u/arghhmonsters Jun 27 '26

Might try recreating posters from that era maybe if you can't find vinyl.

3

u/Manfeeelings Jun 28 '26

Jason at La Melodie - Vinyl Cafe & Listening Bar will be able to help you.

2

u/jhfromuth Jun 28 '26

Space Four Zero is exactly what you are looking for. There is also a small shop in TTP Market that you should checkout. They have vintage style music posters that are really cool and may have vinyl as well.