The place where albums come to wait for their new owners. You can even ask about opinions on scratches from the crew that work here. Be sure to check out The Attic section where the bargain basement price of .91 cents will yield some great vinyl finds.

Best selection Ive come across in a long time. I found a lot of what I was looking for, and a bit of what I didnt know I needed. Staff were all extremely helpful, knowledgeable, and attentive.

Lots and lots of different LPs, some CDs and some movies too; reasonable prices and friendly knowledgeable staff.......

Excellent selection of all types of records! From hip hop to jazz to opera, they have something for everyone. Would recommend to check this place out.

They had everything I was looking for! Great organization, WIDE variety, and a pretty healthy stock. So happy I came here. Check them out and make sure to stop by the dollar section. Theyve got some hidden gems for the musical nerds.

Friendly and professional staff. Awesome sericey

Great selection of jazz, country, and older classics, plus some pretty cool rarities and collectables. Mostly very fair prices, walked out with a Gauntlet Hair record for $7! However, as a metal head wouldve really loved if they stocked more metal, and same goes for hip hop. Totally get that this is a used store and you largely stock what you can get your hands on, but dont know that this will become a spot I go to regularly.

Wide selection of new & used. Prices are great. Super friendly staff. As with all large used stores, pot luck whats in stock.

The people were very nice and the variety provided is beyond sufficient.

One of the few remaining record shops around! Love that it’s here. Wish they had a bigger selection and slightly lower prices, but otherwise grateful.

They dont have chairs so you can sit down while your friends shop

Great selection of new and used vinal. Very reasonable prices

Fantastic people. Fun selection.

Location has gone downhill since pandemic. Prices have increased; quality of selection has gone down. Looking forward to Amoeba opening on 4/1. Also the employees seem nice but arent.

Daft punk - random excess memory, j.cole-2014 Forrest hill drive, kanye west

Staff was super helpful, nice selection

My husbands favorite place.

If you visit one record store in Los Angeles, make it Record Surplus. There are many reasons. Price and selection are top notch. The staff is always kind, welcoming and considerate. They will talk music with you, answer questions, and walk you over to the artist or section you are looking for. The store is family owned and operated like you are in their home. This is a mission driven operation, aimed at celebrating music, providing an honest service and setting the tone for an enjoyable and thoughtful shopping experience. Can not recommend this place enough.

They follow covid protocol. I did not find what I was looking for, but they still have a great selection.

Small CD inventory and unfriendly/unhelpful customer service. The redeeming quality is how cheap the CDs I got were

Its one of the last places on the west side where you can find vinyl records. They are pricey but have a big selection of new and high quality used albums.

OK place - smaller than I expected. I did enjoy their fairly sizeable rock and jazz collection. Could use more metal.

It was ok not bad love the two guys working there they where pretty cool the prices were not great but they were not bad

Large and great selection of vinyls, friendly and extremely helpful staff

Great store...if you love the music, this is the place for good memories...

Always finds some great cheap vinyl gems!

Great selection, friendly staff, COVID protocol and precautions taken. Thank you!

Not many stores like this are left, so better enjoy them.

Great selection of CDs.... and good prices! Staff is always knowledgeable.... and very helpful!

Very cool store. One of the last of his kind. You Can feel the passion of the team...

Fine selection and nice staff, but the prices are just too high

I love that they have a mix of new and old music. Very well-rounded selection. If you search well enough, you are likely to find some good stuff for such low prices. The store and selections are also well organized and clean.

Great selection and better pricing than most.

Great selection and great price!

This place has changed. Parking was fine, but the selection of music was limited. I live in Culver City, but will drive to Canterbury Records and Amoeba Records, on the other side of town. BTW, there was only one staff member (a tall young man wearing glasses), that was helpful. The other employees were into their conversations with regular customers or whatever else they were doing. I purchased several items, but will not return, EVER!

The store has a great selection of vinyl, plus the staff is knowledgeable and friendly.

Very good classical vinyl selection.

Great to have a real record shop that is open for business! Thanks

One of the best places for vinyl in the area

This place is legit. The whole spectrum of music, new and used, and the people working there really care. And their covid precautions are significant. I hope this place never leaves the Westside.

Excellent source for you musical habits

Visiting Los Angeles I wanted to catch a couple of good used vinyl stores. I was most excited about Amoeba records But honestly Record Surplus was the best place we went to, blew Amoeba away. The prices were reasonable, the quality of the vinyl was good and they had a great selection. I found a couple things that Ive been looking for for a long time at a good price. The set up was good, there were listening stations so you can hear the records before you buy them. The staff seemed knowledgeable and were helpful and friendly. If I had only one place to go for used vinyl in LA, this would be it.

Friendly staff and a great selection of product!

Wide selection, great prices.

Such an amazing store, I was in awe of all the things I found

Used LPs & CDs is what Record Surplus does best! Used items are priced accordingly; conditional records are inexpensive and rarities are reasonably marked. Unlike some local record stores, there is no price gouging here.

Big store, tons of LPs, CDs, DVDs, and BDs. Lots of great finds here, reasonable prices, and a wonderful staff.

Great knowledge in-store. Many bargains, ideal find for any LP, DVD and Tape lovers. Priceless :)

I have to say Record Surplus is the best in LA great records great staff i,m in there almost every day there selection is incredible and current they make me very happy thank u guys.

Lots of inventory and cool classic records. Good organization. Not an overly helpful staff.

Been to many shops over the last 40 years as a dj. This one is legit.

Great prices, great selection

There is a lot of unexpected vinyl here of all genres. RnB, rap, rock, metal, punk, country, and so on.There is a section, I think its called The Attic, which is on the main floor. This section is a glorious scavenger hunt with some real gems.There are stations to listen to what you want to here.Staff are very easy going.

Vintage and totally awesome. My youngest are totally into vinyl records these days. What once was old is new again

Huge store full of music and movies!! I can spend a couple hours here just browsing every section. Be careful youre gonna want to buy everything. They also have a vhs section which I love.

Always great stuff, priced fair, and Im always impressed by the condition. There are so many record stores out there that are quite frankly ripping you off selling thrashed stuff. Everything I bring home sounds excellent!

This shop seriously has it all. Top notch wide ranging selection both new and used. Super friendly staff and a shop you feel welcomed at. Highly recommend. One of my favorites

Lots of options for records. Wonderfully laid out by genre. Huge selection. Listening stations for potential record purchases. Used selection. Rare items against the wall. Cheap DVDs on the back wall. Fast staff at the register. Will absolutely be coming back here again.

Liked the store! Great deals! Love the area they call the Attic. Most items were 91 cents some more, but still inexpensive/discounted.

Cool funky old school record store. If you wanna feel 1998 go here!

This is my happy place. Best staff and selection!

Cool little selection of music and movies, prices were decent. I got a kick out of the Rob Zombie section pictured below.

Great finds! Nice selection.

Looking for that special CD, record or movie? This is the thanks. You can sample by using phonographs free of charge. Every time I go there I find a great bargain with items starting at $0.91. Go there, do it now.

This place never seems to change over the years. Good place to kill some time and feel some nostalgia. Good selection of records.

A great place with a wide selection. Great service and support, I will definitely buy there again.

It IS one of the last record stores, and its AWESOME!! Great selection and service - love it!

Love this place! The guys who work there are super helpful and sweet. Its where i get all my music and DVDs!

Amazing Vinyl and 45s with Laser Disc on the side. Great help too.

Great store, friendly staff, had a new order record I had been looking for at a great price. Also saw many unique and rare records. A must visit record store in LA! Beats the bigger more popular options...

I am, many years later, rewriting my old 2014 review. My partner and I went back each year to Record Surplus, and loved it. Fine selection of $1 a disc albums as well as their regularly priced stock of records and CDs. It is a place every out of town record collector should visit. We bought and enjoyed. Now that my partner as passed, I’ll not be back, but have great memories and the purchases I made at Record Surplus. Thank you, guys, it was fun.

I have mixed feelings about posting a review because I don’t want too many other people to discover this unassuming gem, but I also feel great about helping to publicize one of the last remaining truly great used record stores!I love this place and all that it represents - shop here!!!!

Love this place... My fave place in this area for sure! Guy behind counter, very nice and down to earth, which goes a loooonnnggg way in record store 👍

I love the collections of music history from vinyl to cds movies box sets cool!cool! cool !

I really feared the worst coming home to visit and finding their former location gone. So I was in shock when I saw them on Santa Monica, alive and well! Walked in and it was just like a step back in time. Pretty similar layout, and I found some great deals as always. So happy..!

Great selection of both records & tapes with an old school vibe. Good people work here.

Always a good selection of vinyl. I get some here for my dad who is collecting records for years. Highly recommended!

Great place for vinyl! Large selection and great prices. Very friendly and experienced staff, maybe they were the owners.

Great shop decent prices, friendly staff, free parking.

Horrible Owner the guy offered me .50 cents for twenty dollar records$$$ he had this Asian guy like telling him which one to get. I had a 50$ Notorius BIG record he wanted to give me $1 for do not shop here or definitely sell here. Another horrible addition to the record world.

Amazing shop!!!!! I loved it and I bought some amazing vinyl!! 100% recommend!!!!

Great place to find everything music media related. Vinyl, CD, tape... DVDs..etc. lots of cool stuff, and friendly knowledgeable staff.

I stopped by this record store on a whim and was pleasantly surprise. It was pretty busy and seemed to have a good amount of records in addition to DVDs and CDs as well. The have mostly used records, but do have a selection of new records as well. The staff were friendly, calm and helpful. The prices were reasonable and the quality of the used records that I looked at were pristine. I would definitely come by here again.

Awesome lil store so many old records CDs laser disks etc to sift through!

A rare gem of store. Originally the store was on pico blvd for over 20 years. When the new owner took over and moved the store to its new home on Santa Monica Blvd. I was wondering if it was going to survive the change.It has and nice that I can still go there and shop.Great place for cds, lps, vhs, dvds blue rays and other past trinkets.I always am astounded to still find something cool to buy and add to my collection of trinkets.Switching to blue ray now I have found a lot of great films and even some rare films on regular dvd as well.Owner Neil is very friendly fellow too.

Best gym in Los Angeles if you don’t like it here please go somewhere else . More time for me. On the machines and I don’t have to pick up after you and wAtch you talk and text the whole time . I don’t have to smell you or ask you to hurry up . I don’t have to smell your dirty feet or hear you clean your nose in the bathroom or wait for you to get dressed.if-you hate this gym good continue to hate it go bother 24 hour freekoes instead . Bunch of no good for nothings

Great selection of memorabilia and all types of records from the 60s on up, anything you’re looking for or an album you’ve been searching for I’m pretty sure they have it.

Fun place to browse. Good finds in the Bargain Bin.

Nice selection of CDs, Vinyl, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and 4K Discs!

Record Surplus is a funky fun place to peruse used CDs and DVDs. And they are always playing something interesting.

Great prices, interesting selection. Just when you think small record stores arent around any more, you find this gem. Only thing, they need to carry more blues records.

Tons of variety records. Decent prices. Love this place

Great selection of new and used albums!

This place is fascinating you can spend hours finding very hard to get merchandise employees here are very polite and courteous not to mention very knowledgeable and helpful I highly recommend this place Santa Monica and Centinela

Best place to find rare or old records. Friendly staff and great collection.

Large variety of records, cds and cassettes. Staff was very helpful and kind. Opening hours are very pleasant!

Best local record store on the westside of Los Angeles. Ive been going here for about 20yrs now and I still finds great deals at Record Surplus.

If youre looking for that old classic movie or C.D. People are knowledge and this place is great!!!!!!!.#

While visiting LA in late October, I drove to Record Surplus. I was looking forward to the experience. What a mistake! The prices on Classical compact discs were too high, the stock, somewhat lean, and the environment, very warm to hot. After taking my purchase to the counter (I had 6-7 CDs), the clerk wanted to know if I was also buying the vinyl on the counter, to which I said, No. He rung up the sale, then asked if I wanted a bag. Now after buying 7 CDs, a bag might be necessary to carry them. He never offered a thanks nor did he seem to appreciate my being there. The other clerk acted very weird, too. I drove many miles out of my way to visit Record Surplus--never again!!. The next time I am near there, it will be to visit the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica Pier--a much more pleasant experience. Buy at Amoeba instead!!

One of the last true record stores in LA, not some overpriced “specialty boutique”.Been going there since Mike Sr owned it when it was on Pico.