The Record Collector
7809 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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.
How we verified this listing
Sourced from a Google Maps listing (Apify Google Maps Scraper run, record store search, Los Angeles metro), categorized by Google as "Record store". No website field, so specifically flagged for its 1.7/481-review rating and verified via WebSearch cross-check against Yelp, BBB, and Chamber of Commerce listings, all of which independently confirm it as a genuine, decades-old rare-record specialist at this address; the low rating reflects a well-documented pattern of customer-service complaints (arbitrary pricing, hostile treatment) rather than the listing being fake, closed, or miscategorized.