Best Vinyl stores in L.A.

whatup dekay? aron's (one 'r') is terrible now for used lps. they do have a small selection of new jazz lps on 180 and it's worth calling because of that but not taking a special trip unless you also want cds. they have a better selection of trance/hip hop lps as well and a smattering of other stuff like shuggie otis. speaking of trance and hip hop and pop vinyl fetish on vermont in los feliz is pretty good.

I do all of the above -- but also check Record Rover on Venice Blvd. near Centinella. Small, but I've gotten good stuff there. You can get a tatoo next door and Japanese female 'rasslin videos next door to that. Then do lunch at the bowling alley across the street. Finish up with some sashimi and Sapporo to take home at Mitsuwa Market, within a few steps, and you are set. Oh, there's a costume shop down the street if you into that kind of thing... what a neighborhood. Love it.

Kubla: Too bad about Arons, another one bites the dust. I run across a lot of good vinyl in the WLA/LA/Hollywood area thrift stores "Out of the Closet's" in particular, but alas, do not have a rig. I may start picking them up anyway, just in case I change my mind some day.

dekay you're right it is very sad. i hate to say it but chains like the glendale WoW are simply the best places for jazz cds now. just their miles section is about 10 feet x 3 feet and they have all kinds of hard-to-find japanese coltrane pressings. i hate walking in but what's a flitchen to do? i think that's why i try to nurture my vinyl problem - so i can still troll around the mom and pop shops and wash my hands of the corporate stench and assuage some of my guilt. too harsh?

which 'out of the closet?' the one on santa monica blvd or the one on fairfax? is it worth a drive down there for lps?

Kubla: Both of those and many of the others. It's hit and miss, but they get new (old) collections in all the time and always have many on hand. I just started checking out the vinyl recently, but have purchased at least 300 CD's from them in the past year. I don't know how to check them to see if they have been "plowed", but they are only about a buck, so take a chance.