Record Store Day in Los Angeles, California
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Los Angeles, California
Independent record shops open in Los Angeles, California right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- 2 Catz Clothing/Records
San Pedro clothing-and-records shop keeping the neighborhood's music history alive with classic vinyl, record listening booths, live performances, and a pond with live fish.
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- Amoeba Music
The world's largest independent record store; the Hollywood flagship reopened at a new Argyle/Hollywood Blvd location in 2021 after two decades at its original Sunset/Cahuenga site.
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- Angel City Books & Records
Self-described 'Santa Monica's last indie Book & Record Store,' selling new and used vinyl, CDs, and music DVDs alongside used books since 1998.
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- Arroyo Records
Highland Park record shop run by cousins Eduardo and Julian Rosario, occupying the York Blvd space formerly home to Permanent Records.
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- As The Record Turns
Four-decade-old Hollywood Blvd shop favored by film/TV music supervisors and prop masters for classic rock, jazz, soundtracks and memorabilia.
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- Asteroid Vinyl Cafe
Inglewood's first new record store in ~35 years — new and vintage punk, R&B, jazz and cumbia vinyl, a dollar bin, used books, and a coffee bar with rotating art shows and a Sunday chess club.
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- Atomic Records
Burbank record store on Magnolia Park's shopping strip that buys, sells, and trades vinyl, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays.
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- Audio Element
Second-generation, family-run Pasadena hi-fi specialist (13+ years) with a large new-and-used vinyl selection alongside turntables, headphones, amps and speakers, plus an in-store 'Turntable Bar.'
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- Bar Franca
Downtown LA hi-fi sound bar (Historic Core) relaunched fall 2025 under new ownership with a custom Danley sound system tuned for disco, house, funk, and jazz vinyl sets.
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- Bombassmuzik
South LA hip-hop record shop and streetwear spot near USC, operating since 1997; vinyl, CDs and BAM merch, and an official Record Store Day participant.
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- Boogie Maru Sounds
Torrance vinyl shop known for curated Japanese pressings, city pop and jazz, with in-store hi-end listening stations before you buy.
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- Canterbury Records
Longtime Pasadena record store on Colorado Blvd selling new and used vinyl and CDs, operating since at least 2000.
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- Caveman Vintage Music
Lincoln Heights vintage-instrument and record shop; buys, sells, trades and consigns guitars, amps, keyboards, drums, vinyl and stereo gear. Previously in Chinatown.
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- CD Trader
Long-running San Fernando Valley shop buying, selling and trading new and used CDs, DVDs and vinyl records on Ventura Blvd in Tarzana.
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- Choice Music LA
Koreatown Galleria K-pop specialist stocking new K-pop vinyl LPs alongside CDs, K-drama DVDs and Hallyu merch; flagship retail store for the Choice Music brand.
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- Common Wave Hi-Fi
Downtown LA's first home-audio hi-fi showroom, social listening space and record shop, doubling as a turntable workshop and repair center, near the Arts District/Boyle Heights border.
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- Commune Records
Old Town Pasadena record shop specializing in hard-to-find indie, jazz, rock, punk, hip hop, soul, world and psychedelic vinyl, plus music books and buy/sell/trade service.
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- Companion
All-day Venice cafe/restaurant designed as a living-room 'third space,' with a movable DJ booth and a 1,500-record house collection spun nightly during dinner service.
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- Cosmic Vinyl
Eagle Rock shop selling new and used vinyl alongside turntables and hi-fi gear.
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- Dark Brown Records
South LA vinyl shop that buys and sells records, with a brick-and-mortar storefront supplemented by online and eBay sales.
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- Dark Realm Records
Downey's underground metal record shop and label, founded 1994 by Rick and Bay Cortez of Sadistic Intent; stocks doom, thrash and black metal vinyl, CDs, shirts and patches.
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- Darling by Sean Brock
Sean Brock's live-fire restaurant with an adjacent vinyl-only hi-fi listening lounge featuring seven custom speakers by sound designer MAXV, vintage Tannoy, Accuphase amplification, and dual Technics turntables.
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- Daystar Records
All-genre, all-ages Burbank record store selling new and used vinyl and buying collections from Southern California sellers.
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- De La Playa Records & Leisure
Highland Park hybrid space pairing a curated ~3,000-record vinyl shop with a 100+ option non-alcoholic cocktail bar, weekend vendor stalls, guest DJs and rotating local art. Opened June 2024.
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- Deadly Wax
Family-owned Granada Hills vinyl shop serving the San Fernando Valley with LPs, 45s and cassettes across classic rock, jazz, funk/soul, hip-hop and international sounds - no CDs.
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- Dedo Coffee
Specialty coffee shop and hi-fi listening lounge in Long Beach's Wrigley neighborhood, where co-owners hand-select speakers and spin their personal vinyl collection daily, including dedicated Sunday morning listening sessions.
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- Dudley's Records Vintage Vinyl
Torrance vinyl shop on Hawthorne Blvd offering new and used records, CDs, cassettes and music memorabilia with a vintage, curated feel.
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- Endless Noise
Recording studio that expanded into an integrated vinyl record shop and Turkish coffee counter, with over 2,000 unsorted vinyl titles for browsing.
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- Fingerprints Music
Long Beach's flagship independent record store in Bixby Knolls, operating since 1992 with a large selection of new and used vinyl, CDs, and in-store performances.
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- Foot Work Records
Community-driven vinyl record shop and event space in downtown Long Beach that also serves beer and wine (21+).
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- Freakbeat Records
Long-running Sherman Oaks record store with new and used vinyl across every genre, plus CDs, DVDs and music memorabilia; regular in-store sales events.
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- Gimme Gimme Records
All-vinyl shop in Highland Park stocking new and used records across rock, jazz, soul, punk and more; started in NYC's East Village in 1994 and relocated to LA in 2012.
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- Going Underground Records
Little Tokyo record shop in downtown LA carrying a broad new-and-used vinyl selection.
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- Gold Line
Highland Park cocktail lounge co-founded by Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw) built around a wall of ~8,000 vinyl records played by bartenders and DJs on McIntosh amps and Altec Lansing speakers.
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- Headline Records
Melrose Avenue punk-rock specialist selling vinyl, CDs, DVDs and collectibles alongside hardcore-punk T-shirts and patches.
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- Healing Force of the Universe
Pasadena record shop and event space named for Albert Ayler's 1969 LP 'Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe'; positions itself as a friendly local spot for in-store performances alongside its global vinyl selection.
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- High Fidelity
Intimate West Adams record shop run by Ray Limon and Stanley Swinger (former Aron's Records colleagues) since 2019, serving the neighborhood's historic jazz community with new and used vinyl, memorabilia and equipment; also strong in hip-hop.
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- HipHop Philosophy Record Shop
Hip-hop record shop, radio station and art gallery near downtown LA; vinyl spanning hip-hop history plus live events, by appointment after relocating from a flood-damaged prior space.
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- Jacknife Records & Tapes
All-format record shop — vinyl, CDs, tapes, video, books, art and memorabilia, buy/sell/trade — trading since 2011, now in Alhambra after 15 years in Atwater Village.
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- JDC Records
San Pedro record shop tracing back to the JDC dance-music distributor founded in 1977; stocks vinyl, CD and cassette across genres and hosts monthly Sunday Sessions events.
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- Licorice Pizza Records
Studio City boutique record store reviving the name of LA's legendary 1970s Licorice Pizza chain; new and used vinyl, in-house pressing plant, and a free-play pinball machine. Revived by Kerry Brown, once a customer who slept outside for a 1983 Bowie release.
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- Lovell's Records
Whittier's record store for over 70 years, tracing back to a 1930s appliance/radio shop that evolved into a full record store in the 1940s-50s; sells and buys vinyl, CDs, tapes and Blu-ray.
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- Mike Vague Records
New record shop that took over the longtime Bagatelle Records storefront in April 2026 under owner Mike Vague, stocking roughly 250,000 records plus tapes and memorabilia.
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- Mono Records
Echo Park used-vinyl specialist since 2011 on Glendale Blvd; tightly curated, no-filler stock strong in soul, jazz, funk, blues, punk and classic rock, and pays top dollar for collections.
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- Mount Analog
Woman-of-color-owned record, book and cassette shop; closed its original Highland Park space in 2018 and reopened at a new Silver Lake location on Hyperion Ave in 2020.
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- Mxxnshine Records
Brick-and-mortar record store in historic Uptown Whittier, roughly 90% vinyl with a large cassette selection too.
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- Nivessa Hollywood
Large Hollywood Blvd record store, sister to the Mid-City Nivessa on Pico; new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, VHS, DVDs, books and collectibles, 250,000+ items across both stores.
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- Nivessa on Pico
Mid-City record store, the original Nivessa location before the Hollywood Blvd sister store; new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, VHS, DVDs, books and collectibles.
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- On Maritime Records
Highland Park record shop known for in-store DJ classes and listening stations; deep stock of soul, funk, disco, dance 45s and rarities. Opened by brothers Daniel, Isaac and Adlai Franco; a second store opened on Melrose in 2025.
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- On Maritime Records (Melrose)
Second On Maritime Records location, opened May 2025 on Melrose Ave; sister store to the Highland Park shop, focused on dance singles, funk, soul, jazz, reggae and rare oddities.
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- Only The Wild Ones
Abbot Kinney natural-wine listening bar running a vinyl-only rotation through Klipsch x Ojas speakers, Accuphase amplification, Technics turntables, and a Euphonia rotary mixer.
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- P.M. Sounds
Black-owned San Pedro record shop specializing in jazz, with a brightly colored storefront and crates of vinyl curated by owner Erving Johnson.
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- Permanent Records Roadhouse
Part record shop, part dive bar, part live-music/comedy venue in Cypress Park; the LA expansion of the Chicago-founded Permanent Records label/shop, opened in 2019.
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- Poo-Bah Record Shop
Long-running Pasadena record shop/label with listening stations, new indie/hip-hop/electronic vinyl, used records across genres, and concert tickets.
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- Pop Overbite Records
Eagle Rock vinyl and cassette shop specializing in international disco, synth-pop, new wave, funk, psych and ambient. Grew from a pop-up into a permanent Eagle Rock Blvd storefront in 2023.
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- R & G Records
Curated Inglewood record store with vintage gems, rare pressings and new releases, anchored by a 32-foot 'grail wall' of rare and original pressings. Open daily.
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- Radiation Records
Anaheim record shop founded in 2011 specializing in punk, post-punk, goth, and metal vinyl, also known as Radiation Records / Puke N Vomit Records.
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- Record Recycler
Vinyl-only record store on Crenshaw Blvd in Torrance, buying and selling vintage LPs and 45s since 2001.
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- Record Safari
Pet-friendly new-and-used vinyl shop with its own parking lot, on the Atwater Village/Los Feliz border.
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- Record Surplus
Sprawling used and new vinyl/CD warehouse near West LA/Sawtelle with over 100,000 titles; operating since 1985 and a regular Record Store Day participant.
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- Record Swap (PCC Flea Market)
Pasadena City College's monthly flea market sets aside its Del Mar Blvd parking structure for a standing row of 50+ vinyl and used-music vendors, officially billed by the college as one of Southern California's best record collections; first Sunday of each month, 8am-3pm.
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- recordfanatics
Culver City record shop on Venice Blvd; active Instagram documents a fast-turning, well-organized used-vinyl selection.
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- Resident Vinyl
Indie record store inside Contra Coffee in Old Towne Orange, curating indie, punk, hip-hop and classic-rock vinyl plus turntables.
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- Resistor Records
Vinyl shop in downtown Monrovia carrying new and used records across rock, soul, jazz, punk, post-punk, and krautrock, plus turntables and audio gear.
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- Revolution Records
Little Tokyo vinyl and vintage shop (relocated from its longtime Melrose/Fairfax spot) dealing rare and out-of-print vinyl, tapes, 45s, posters and vintage tees; now operating inside Space City Vintage.
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- Rockaway Records
Founded in 1979, this Silver Lake institution shifted from walk-in retail to an appointment-only model for rare vinyl, autographs and music memorabilia.
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- Run Out Groove Records
Independent vinyl shop in Burbank's Magnolia Park carrying new releases, preorders, and indie exclusives across rock, hip-hop, jazz, R&B, electronic, and more.
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- Salt Box Records
Little Tokyo record shop in downtown LA, near Going Underground Records on 2nd St.
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- Sea Breeze Records Tapes & Souvenirs
Long-running South LA shop near Exposition Park/West Adams with bins of vinyl filling the floor and tapes and CDs lining the walls, alongside souvenirs and gifts.
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- Sibylline Records
Artist-owned and operated record shop in Pasadena's Playhouse District specializing in used vinyl and cassettes across deep cuts and vintage titles.
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- Sick City Records
Echo Park vinyl shop on Sunset Blvd.
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- Sound Platters
Palms-district neighborhood record store selling new and used vinyl across all genres, and an authorized Audio-Technica turntable retailer.
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- Sounds of Music
East LA vinyl shop specializing in Chicano soul, oldies and souldies since 1964. As of an April 2026 LAist report the shop remains open but is running month-to-month financially.
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- Steady Beat Records
San Pedro used-vinyl shop from the Steady Beat label/recordings crew, also carrying new Steady Beat and select label releases.
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- Str33t Records
Vinyl record store on Main Street in Alhambra, opened November 2021 by owner Angelle Laigo, offering new arrivals, staff picks and community events.
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- Sunset & Vinyl
70s-inspired cocktail lounge hidden above 800 Degrees Pizza near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with an in-house vinyl collection patrons browse and queue up for the bartenders to play.
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- Supervinyl
Hollywood record shop near the Paramount Studios lot specializing in curated new and used vinyl.
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- The Airliner
Historic Lincoln Heights dive bar with a renovated upstairs hi-fi sound room designed to feel like the inside of a speaker box, built around vintage Klipsch speakers (Heresy, Cornwall, Klipschorn AK3) and a large subwoofer.
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- The Artform Studio
Highland Park hybrid hair salon and boutique record shop curated by producer Adrian Younge and Sherry Younge, stocking soul, jazz, hip-hop and psychedelic vinyl.
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- The Battery Books & Music
Used bookstore and record shop in Pasadena's Playhouse District; buys, sells and trades books alongside vinyl LPs and CDs, and hosts regular live music evenings.
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- The Midnight Hour Records
San Fernando record shop and community hub at the San Fernando Mall since 2021, stocking metal, punk, goth, hip hop, reggae, soul, cumbia and indie vinyl, CDs and cassettes.
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- The Record Collector
Melrose Arts District institution founded 1974 by Sanders Chase; over 500,000 rare records with 300,000+ classical and 100,000+ jazz LPs. Clientele has included Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler. Owner now retiring.
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- The Record Parlour
Hollywood vinyl shop and listening lounge housed in a 1920s bungalow off Selma Ave, with an estimated 250,000-plus records in stock.
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- Third Eye Records
Vinyl shop on Long Beach's Retro Row carrying new, used, and imported records across psych, prog, reggae, jazz, soul, and rock, open since 2002.
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- Toxic Toast Records
Collector-focused Long Beach record shop specializing in punk, ska, metal, and rare Japanese pressings, plus band merch.
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- Twelves
Downtown Long Beach shop opened October 2019 by respected collector Hector Waluyo, curating funk, soul, Latin, African, boogie, disco, R&B and blues vinyl.
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- Under the Radar Records
Independent Lawndale record shop specializing in new and used vinyl from mostly independent labels - punk, metal, jazz, rap and soul - plus tapes, CDs and turntables.
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- VIP Records
Legendary Long Beach shop, the last surviving VIP Records location (chain founded 1967); widely credited as the birthplace of G-funk, where Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg cut early demos. Its sign is a Long Beach historic landmark (2017).
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- We Share Records
Sawtelle/West LA shop specializing in Japanese vinyl — city pop, jazz, funk and electronic handpicked from Japan — opened by longtime DJ Tsugu Itagaki after a decade running it as a traveling pop-up.
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- Zizou
French-Moroccan wine bar and restaurant in Lincoln Heights built with sound as part of its design, hosting hi-fi/vinyl listening pop-ups in its garden and dining room.
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- Zoinks Records
Record store in the heart of downtown Pomona buying, selling and trading vinyl, CDs, DVDs and cassettes; also offers DJ and live sound services.
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See the full record store listing for Los Angeles, California.