RECORD STORES    
Aron's Records    1150 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles / (213) 469-4700
The largest independent used/new music dealer in Los Angeles. They carry just about anything and everything in CDs, tapes, and vinyl.
Beat-Non-Stop    7262 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles / (213) 930-2121
The have loads of shit in all your favorite techno and hip-hop flavaz. They have clothes, too, but they're pricy.
Bionic Records    9541 Valley View, Cypress / (714) 828-4225
                               5942 Edinger, Suite 105, Huntington Beach / (714) 846-2585
                               2466 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton / (714) 526-1912
A fine independent record store chain specializing in punk, ska, and hardcore. But punk mostly.
Canterbury    805 E. Colorado, Pasadena / (626) 792-7184
DMC Records    7621 1/2 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles / (213) 651-3520
Great place for djs to git da lowdown on techno and hip-hop vinyl.
Dr. Freeclouds Mixing Lab   145 E. 19th St., Costa Mesa / (714) 650-0909
Located in Costa Mesa, they have an arsenal of techno records for djs. Owned and operated under the dictatorship of Ron D. Core and Simply Jeff.
Fingerprints    4612 E. 2nd St., Ste. B, Long Beach / (562) 433-4996
Greene Records    227-B E. Chapman Ave., Orange / (714) 639-3111
A decent record store located in old-town Orange Circle on Chapman serving up a tasty platter of punk, hardcore, and ska. This place always seems to have at least one thing I really really want whenever I go.  No homepage available.
Higher Source    9122 Adams Ave., Huntington Beach / (714) 965-5997
Haven't been here yet but I've heard it's growing and they've got a dope record listening station with an aquarium in the middle of it! Goddam creative. Only techno-heads apply.
Mad Platter    10117 Hole Ave., Riverside / (909) 351-6910
Record Rover    12204 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles / (310) 390-3132
Record Surplus    11609 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles / (310) 444-6244
Rhino Records    Westwood    1720 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles / (310) 474-8685
                              Claremont    235 Yale Ave., Claremont / (909) 626-7774
Street Sounds    7751 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles / (213) 651-0630
Techno and hip-hop.
Tempo Music/Video    USC University Village    3355 S. Hoover St. / (213) 765-4922
                                       Century City    10250 Santa Monica Blvd. / (310) 277-1916
                                       Sherman Oaks    14006 Riverside Dr. / (818) 461-0869
                                       Northridge    10141 Reseda Blvd. / (818) 886-0707
                                       Newhall/Valenica    23566 Lyons Ave. / (805) 259-5512
                                       Montrose    2270 Honolulu Ave. / (818) 541-9595
                                       Simi Valley    2808 Cochran St. / (805) 583-5448
                                       Goleta    189 N. Fairview / (805) 683-1482
                                       Isla Vista    6540 Pardall / (805) 685-9695
                                       Santa Barbara    1835 Cliff Dr. / (805) 963-1133
Vinyl Fetish    7305 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles / (213) 935-1300
                        1750 Vermont, Los Angeles / (213) 660-4500
Good place for getting harder-to-find Britpop and other import stuff.
Vinyl Solutions    18822 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach / (714) 963-1819.
THE best record store in the greater Los Angeles area dedicated to the punk rockers of yesterday, now, and future. Sorry, but they don't got no homepage.
Virgin Megastore    Los Angeles    8000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood / (213) 650-8666
                                  Burbank    Burbank Media Center (neark Ikea) 851 N. San Fernando Road / (818)
                                  295-6905
                                  Costa Mesa    Triangle Square (at the end of the 55 Fwy) / (714) 645-9906
                                  Ontario Mills    10 Freeway/15 Freeway / (909) 481-8585

 

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