Vinyl Record Stores in Los Angeles, CA

The Hollywood flagship of Amoeba Music, the self-described world's largest independent record store, selling new and used vinyl, CDs, and film across genres from indie rock to K-pop, with in-store buy/sell/trade and regular live performances.

A Hollywood vintage-vinyl dealer operating since 1987, specializing in original pressings across classic rock, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and soundtracks, with a client list that includes film/TV music supervisors alongside private collectors.

A Melrose Ave punk specialty shop billing itself as "The Punk Store," selling vinyl, CDs, and EPs alongside band merch, and backing local acts through its own Local Shows Project.

A Los Angeles used-vinyl and hi-fi equipment shop carrying an eclectic mix of hip-hop, jazz, funk, and rock/metal pressings, with collectible titles typically priced from $35 to $125.

A hip-hop specialty shop combining a record store, an internet radio station that runs never-repeated new music, and a rotating art gallery of local talent, functioning as a community gathering spot for DJs and collectors.

An LA record shop leaning into dance, electronic, industrial, noise/experimental, and global sounds, run as a curated online-and-in-store catalog for adventurous listeners.

The Pico Blvd location of Nivessa Records, a large-inventory LA record store (a top-25 US seller on Discogs) stocking new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and collectibles across a dozen core genres, with same-day cash buy/sell/trade.

The Hollywood Blvd second location of Nivessa Records, a large new/used vinyl, CD, and cassette retailer with 200,000+ titles across its two LA stores, known for hosting community events and live showcases.

A Melrose Ave record shop and label focused on dance singles, funk, soul, jazz, reggae, and rare/off-beat pressings, a second location for a shop-and-label operation that originally opened in Highland Park.

A neighborhood record shop in LA's Palms district selling new and used vinyl across rock, soul, indie, electronic, and punk, plus turntables as an authorized Audio-Technica reseller, with an in-store used-record buying service.

A Melrose-area vinyl and hi-fi shop pairing new/used record sales across rock, jazz, hip-hop, and soul with turntable and audio-equipment sales (Rega, Technics, McIntosh), plus a notable rare Japanese-pressing specialty section.

A veteran Melrose Ave shop in operation for over 50 years, specializing in rare and out-of-print classical and jazz vinyl. It carries an unusually low aggregate rating and a reputation, per public reviews across multiple independent platforms, for idiosyncratic and often contentious in-store service, so this is a real, long-running specialist shop best visited with tempered expectations rather than a false-positive listing.

A Hollywood vintage-vinyl and memorabilia shop a block from Amoeba, stocking LPs, 45s, 78s, cassettes, and vintage audio gear/jukeboxes, and doubling as a live-performance venue by night.