https://www.lostrecordstores.com/home daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/4836629f-a481-4836-b12f-35f9986af3e1/Book+Soup+April+4.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/e6491a4d-6866-4abc-ae9f-1c156b88a975/IMG_2444.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/31a801c5-8f26-45ad-a175-cf0e4a3e1170/Black_KCRW_Logo_Wordmark%2C_2022.png https://www.lostrecordstores.com/map daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/ce4acde8-15fe-4222-9ba2-ceca9d36e466/Version+1.0+Lost+Record+Stores+Map+2025 https://www.lostrecordstores.com/photos daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/bcb8e6b9-089d-4d7f-ba56-cf7e3a6321bb/Fat+Beats.jpg Photos Fat Beats 7600 Melrose Ave. Suite J Los Angeles, CA 90046 Photo credit: Fat Beats An icon on Melrose Avenue. They also had a location in NYC. Their first LA store was on Vermont in Los Feliz. Fat Beats is still operating and you can find them online. All of their retail locations closed in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/5f4cdeef-f062-4609-bff9-5f1490d1c158/Arons+Ed+Ruscha+1975+7753+1%3A2+Melrose+Ave.png Photos Aron Record Shop 7753 1/2 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 1975 Photo Credit: Ed Ruscha A rare photo of the very first T Aron’s Records location before they moved a block east on Melrose to the larger spot most folks remember from the 80s. The cover of Frank Zappa’s “Apostrophe (‘)” can been seen in the window. This photo comes from Ed Ruscha’s photos of Melrose Avenue collection, recently made available to the public by the Getty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/4f3b5af5-144c-4fd9-a809-15d6224ec761/renes.jpg Photos Rene's All Ears Records 7701 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Owners: Siblings Rene Cortes Jr. and Rita Cortes Right behind the record store on Spaulding was Rene’s Body Works and Auto Painting, an auto body shop run by their father, Rene Cortes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/bfbabbda-9b26-4637-b744-f9fba4d1a4b0/beat-non-stop-2.jpg Photos Beat Non Stop 7262 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles CA 90046 From the archives of SIN Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/036e2e7f-b775-4ae8-953f-1057ae5a9dd4/DMC+Records+Second+Location.png Photos D·M·C· Records 7619 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Screenshot taken from a 2001 episode of the dating show, Blind Date https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/a0ab4a7a-61ab-43ce-8821-7b45f7da7044/old-skoo-raver_0013.jpg Photos Veronica at Street Sounds 7751 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 First location on the second floor. Photo credit: DJ R.A.W. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/77eacbb8-dc19-46c1-a1ad-cf6387016d54/Melrose+Music+2009.jpg Photos Melrose Music 7301 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 2009 Photo The Melrose Music sign is still there, but it is now a comic book store called Mega City One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/ee57e2e3-b949-4ed7-8c4c-dd937143428e/Bleecker+Bob%27s+1999+7555+1%3A2+Melrose+Ave..jpg Photos Bleecker Bob's Golden Oldies Record Shop 7555 1/2 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Photo credit: David Butow This was their third location that they moved to on Melrose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/6a460104-a479-4163-92df-e133ea1eab3f/Wax+City+Records-6.jpg Photos Wax City Records 7427 Melrose Ave Unit B, Los Angeles, CA 90046 2016 Photo Credit: Wax City Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/10c216dc-c253-4db0-bef5-4aee7b51c86c/2016_11_HighlandPark_Edit_0004.jpg Photos Discoteca Cuatro Hermanos 5237 N. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90042 2016 Photo Photo Credit: Jessy V. Castillo This photograph was part of the “Public Notice" project, which documented the places impacted by the gentrification push in the mid 2010s in the Los Angeles area. -Dyanne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/e221f811-fecd-48b1-8c2c-a98ebb8d609e/3399101-R1-E016.jpg Photos UponShop 3910 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90029 2004 Photo 35mm Photo Credit: Dyanne Cano UponShop was a record store in Sunset Junction that sold amazing hip hop records. I had my first concert photography show there in 2004. It was run by Azul and Andrew. -Dyanne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/ffd5566c-3408-4bd6-9f3c-e9b918292b0f/beatmarket_diggers.jpg Photos The Beat Market 1606 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 2002-2004 Photo Photo Credit: Ryan Randolph I owned a record store in Hollywood from 2002-2004 called The Beat Market…We catered to DJs and had several in-stores featuring Cut Chemist and J.Rocc. -Ryan Randolph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/79134d44-c004-4cca-be26-08d105c016c3/Wombleton+Color+Photo.png Photos Wombleton 5123 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 2016 Photo Photo Credit: The Vinyl Guide Podcast on YouTube Wombleton was a gem in Highland Park. I once found an OG press of Dead Can Dance’s Into the Labyrinth there. The decor was dark and moody, and the proprietors were friendly. -Dyanne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/2670593d-d88e-4fc4-8194-7166e43c6598/Dolphins+Laist.jpg Photos Dolphin’s of Hollywood Records 1065 E. Vernon Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011 Photo Credit: Dolphin Family courtesy of LAist article. Dated 6/23/2015. Dolphin’s was a fixture of the famed Central Avenue jazz scene. Owner John Dolphin also had a label of the same name. It was a hub for the Black community for many years, and was part of the famed Central Avenue jazz scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/a2431837-2317-4624-be04-2c012621559e/Westlake+Mall+710+S.+Alvarado+crexi.com.jpg Photos Record Store Discos Exitos No. 2 710 S. Alvarado St. Los Angeles, CA 90057 2010s Photo Photo Credit: Crexi This record store was located inside the Westlake Mall, which was also one of the many swapmeets along Alvarado. I grew up blocks away and vividly remember these small businesses along Alvarado in the 1980s. -Dyanne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/538ea66f-04ec-4881-aacc-3e65fa89f678/100_0426.JPG Photos db cooper’s Wholesale Music Exchange 1725 W. Verdugo Ave. Burbank, CA 91506 March 24, 2006 Photo Photo Credit: Nicholas Gitomer This is when they were closing so you can see everything starting to get boxed up through the windows. -Nicholas Gitomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/a9ac9822-a206-412c-ad2f-aa3d1d399057/Record+Trader+1990.png Photos Record Trader 7321 Reseda Blvd. Reseda, CA 91335 1990 Photo Photo Credit: Former employee Naomi Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/c2552571-ec79-4786-8f6a-69805439b225/vinyl+fetish.png Photos Vinyl Fetish 7305 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 1980s Photo Photo Credit: Patrick Houdek on Flickr I went to this specific location often in the mid-1990s as a teen. They had the best CD imports and 45s (punk and goth), which are still part of my collection today. -Dyanne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/58eb5ad4-3489-47ed-a2a3-8a5f0fae4460/IMG_1244.jpeg Photos Backside 139 N. San Fernando Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502 Mid-2000s Photo Photo Credit: Kadrian Alvarenga I once went to an in-store performance [at Backside] by the band RUFIO in high school. It got crazy - people were crowdsurfing in-store but the ceilings were so low that they were popping the ceiling lights out of the roof. I got to take photos with the band members aftewards. -Kadrian Alvarenga of Latin Gold Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67d655024695f80e7125efd2/ec00a778-8134-4a96-a969-4cb3ebee02ca/anotherbluemeanine.jpeg Photos Another Blue Meanie Records 22520 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA 91364 1980s Photo Photo Credit: Former employee Carlos “Cake” Nunez ...I worked at Another Blue Meanie Records in Woodland Hills between 1985 until it closed on October 31, 1986. The store was located off of Shoup and Ventura Blvd and was a collectors’ record store. I still have very fond memories of working there and my salary was $3.85 an hour! 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The text says: "Join researcher and editor Dyanne Cano for a talk and panel discussion celebrating the release of the Lost Record Stores Map, Version 2.0, which is the second map in a series that documents shuttered independent record shops in the greater Los Angeles area, dating back to the 1890s when the first phonographic records were sold commercially in downtown Los Angeles. Dyanne will be joined by a panel of past and present L.A. record store owners and staff, including Ray Limón of Aron's Records and High Fidelity Records, Chris Vagnoni of Record Surplus, Naomi Park of Record Trader, and Azul Amaral and Brennan Pope of UponShop to discuss the rise, fall, and rise again of vinyl records and the subcultures that emerged from these L.A. shops in the 1990s and 2000s. 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