Coool café
Back to Cafes 🏘️

Record Surplus

12436 Santa Monica Blvd, Sawtelle - US flagUnited States
4.6(580)

📃 About

Longtime music store specializing in buying & selling used records, CDs, books, DVDs & memorabilia.

📬 Contact & Social

⏱️ Opening Hours

Sunday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Monday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Tuesday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Wednesday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Thursday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Friday11:30 AM to 7 PM
Saturday11:30 AM to 7 PM

📍 Café location

🔮 Services

🖋️ Reviews & Comments

Highly rated by visitors. Rated 4.6/5 based on 580 Google reviews.

Google Reviews

C

C R

via Google
4
a year agoView on Google

Selections are pretty dope found some good jazz, r&b, soul. Rap section was kind of disappointing and dollar bin areas don’t have a super great selection in my opinion but maybe I didn’t look enough. Prices are a bit high for certain albums in my opinion, cds that I can find for $3-4 were priced at $8-10 so was a bit dissatisfied. Overall they have a decent mix of newer music and older music. Rock section looked pretty great. I found some nice 45s and a few sealed cds that I am excited about. Staff was friendly and store is nicely organized. Nice jazz section I was very excited to see that. I would definitely return. Parking is available on the street just be mindful of the meters and signs.

M

Martin Henry

via Google
5
a year agoView on Google

We walked into this place on a Saturday afternoon. I believe the gentleman who worked with us was either the owner or possibly the manager. He was polite, knowledgeable and friendly. We were selling about 600 vintage CD's. He said "we primarily sell rock and R N B." He suggested the best way for him to help us is to take a look at what we had. He was fast and knew exactly what he was looking for. 30 minutes later we walked out with $55.00 cash and a wonderful experience. Not only will I recommend Records Surplus but we are now devoted customers and big fans! Rock and Roll Indeed!

H

Harrison

via Google
5
a month agoView on Google

Amazing selection and super friendly staff. Best selection of soundtracks I have ever seen

K

Keith

via Google
4
3 months agoView on Google

One of my longtime favorite record stores. Good variety, nice collectible records selection. Pricing is bizarre, but fair

K

Korey Burns

via Google
5
2 months agoView on Google

I was worried when I read a few one star reviews for this place, but I always like checking new record stores out when I'm visiting a new city. I'm happy to say my experience here was fantastic. They have an excellent selection. Some really rare records here. The staff was also friendly and knowledgeable about what I picked up. Not sure what happened with those one star reviews, but I have nothing but good stuff to say about the staff here. Prices were a bit higher than I'm used to in Phoenix but a lot of the records were still sealed. I will definitely be back here if I am ever on the area again. Ignore the negative reviews and find some gems here!