CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles
REHAB Records
2324 Cotner Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
www.rehabla.com

Home of Scratch DJ Academy – LA, REHAB Records, which stands for Real Experiences in Hip-Hop and Beats, is a top spot for all of your hip-hop needs. REHAB features a great selection of all of the new hip-hop, r&b, and dancehall wax that you need today as well as the classic records that are a must have for any collection. Created with a great design, the store has a giant vinyl wall upfront, the Scratch DJ Academy classroom in the back, and video games scattered throughout the space. If you’re looking to cop some great hip-hop records, take a DJ class, or just relax within a great atmosphere, swing by REHAB next time you’re in Los Angeles.


Beat Non Stop
7262 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Ph: 213.390.2121
Fax: 213.930.1416
www.beatsnonstop.com

You can do most of your record shopping on Melrose Ave. when you are in LA, so start with this place. Has a great selection of house music and dance tracks.


DMC Records
7619 Melrose Ave.
Ph: 323.651.3520
Fax: 323.651.3526
www.dmcrecords.com

This place is the joint for all you out of towners. You'll go into this place and find everything you need. Has a huge selection of hip hop, house, drum and bass, etc. Walk past all the crappy clothing in the front, and find your vinyl haven in the back.


Fatbeats LA
7600 Melrose Ave.
Suite J 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Ph: 323.655.8997
Fax: 323.655.8993

If you have been to Fat Beats in NYC, then you know the deal. Same place, same idea, same quality of inventory. Except for the fact that occasionally you'll spot some dope LA emcees and djs hanging out in this place.


Prime Cuts
7758 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Ph: 213-654-8251

Nice collection of rare, used funk, and disco classics in this place. Its a nice store to venture into off of Santa Monica Blvd. Stop suntanning, and get dusty up in this piece.


Street Sounds
7751 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Ph: 213.651.0630
Fax: 213.651.0631
www.streetsounds.com

Never been to this place, but have heard that it is quite a legend in the LA area for house music. They have an online store for all you out of towners.







Bay Area
Amoeba Music
2455 Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Ph: 415.549.1125

Start your Bay Area record hunt with a trip over the Bay Bridge into Berkeley because you'll be surprised to find a warehouse-like record store filled with new and used records - dope records at that. You'll find rows and rows of records, with crates of records at your feet filled to the top with $1-3 promos. Its a favorite spot for many locals.


BPM Music Factory
1141 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Ph: 415.567.0276
Fax: 415-567-0428

This is a legend in the dance music scene in SF. You'll find all the necessary tunes on wax that makes up the distinct funky deep house sound of San Francisco.


Cue's
6340 Mission St.
Daly City, CA 94014
Ph: 415.755.1110
Fax: 415.755.1115
Email: djcue@aol.com

This is the definitive hip hop record shop of San Francisco. Its repped by the ISP crew as well as the rest of the thousands of turntablist crews in the area. You'll find every damn break record that you need there, as well as replacement slipmats and needles, etc. for all your battle needs.


Groove Merchant
687 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Ph: 415.252.5766

A sexy jazzy record shop run by the guys that own the successful Ubiquity Record Label, as well as Luv n Haight and Cubop Record Labels. Like their labels put out, this record store is small, but filled with funky tunes, old and new. You'll find all the major producers from USA and UK and all over coming through to this spot to find that break that they have searched the world over for.


Rasputin's Records
2350 Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Ph: 510.848.9004

Another warehouse-like record store on Telegraph in Berkeley. If you didn't find it at Amoeba, then you'll eventually stroll down the block to Rasputin's and find what you are looking for.


Streetlight Records (on 24th)
3979 - 24th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
Ph: 415.282.3550

Streetlight Records (on Market)
2350 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
Ph: 415.282.8000

These stores contain crates and crates of promos, all for $1-5, so get digging. Steetlight was always the place to go for finding tunes for less than the market price cuz you could always find the promo you were looking for in the crates of Streetlight - so bargain shoppers, check these places out.


Tweekin Records
593 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Toll: 800.400.6995
Ph: 415.626.6995
Fax: 415.626.5206
Email: tweekin@netcom.com

Underground (literally) house / dance shop. If you are walking down the lower Haight area, look down, and hopefully you'll see a little window with the Tweekin logo illuminated. Find the stairway, and walk down to basement of hot dance records. My favorite is the back room, filled with broken beat, and acid-jazzy, Gilles Peterson-induced grooves.


Zebra Records
475 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Ph: 415-626-9145

A good hip hop and reggae shop. Its similar to Cue's in its inventory. But they also carry a decent house collection. But your interests should be in hip hop and turntablism, and reggae to truly appreciate this place. Also, you can find mixers, needles, etc.