Record Surplus

Minus the busy street I love this location!!!! Great vibes love the setup inside. Great finds frond vinyls to cd, tape and 8 tracks. Found some great gems to sample. Found some classic Duke Ellington and George Benson. I always tell my producer friends from outta town to make sure they stop by!!!

Love the customer service felt like I was family!!!! That's a priceless experience and has me as a life time customer.

Totally love this place! Little bit of a drive for me but it was so worth it. Was looking for a vinyl of a pretty obscure movie and found it here for under 5 bucks after prices on eBay are three times that. Will be coming back for more!!!

I had a amazing experience! It's easy to get lost in here! For the most part this place is fairly quiet which I appreciated, giving me a meditative experience as I shuffle through the vinyls occasionally a customer come in with a big pile of vinyl or CDs to sell and they would be a little bit of communication at the counter, but easy to tone out,

I unfortunately placed an order at a restaurant across the street just before stumbling in here so I didn't allow myself enough time to properly shop, but I am blessed this amazing record store is local to me.

What I didn't notice is that many of their prices that they use are the same or similar pricing you would get that at say Amazon for brand new however some of the vinyls that they have available or not available on other sites and also you're supporting small business... for instance they have a Grateful Dead collection, which I called back for two days later and unfortunately it already sold and it was into the hundreds a collectible and unopened. So they have phenomenal items if you're looking for great collectible pieces, and they had some quite affordable used as well.

Chris the owner took his time and helped me take all my records out of my car.

I had many old vinyls! They were collecting dust and needed to be played and enjoyed.

Some were pretty warped but the others were valuable enough to be resold. I made $80 and I'm glad they will be loved and played by their new owners.

Very good experience!

Came in during half-time just to browse. Found some cool stuff for a good price and the staff was laid back with helping me.

Had a more quant, less commercialized feel than a lot of other record stores which is nice from time to time.

I'll definitely be sure to hop back in at some point.

I love coming to Record Surplus, and I always find myself leaving with something I didn't expect to find. They have quite a big selection of records, CD's, and tapes, and this store is my usual destination for Record Store Day. In terms of rock and pop records, the selection skews towards new/sealed/reissue records as opposed to vintage records. However, for other genres it is mostly vintage.

I find Record Surplus' blues, comedy, "Moog-ish" (experimental), and classical (particularly composers of the 20th Century) sections to be some of their more unique offerings, and with very reasonable pricing. I was able to snag some of my favorite records in my collection at this store, such as Luciano Berio's Sequenzas, "Two Synths a Guitar (And) a Drum Machine" compilation, some Bob Newhart sets, Park Hye Jin's "Before I Die", Nick Drake's "Pink Moon", Mulatu Astatke's Feb 1 2009 live recording, and the "New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media" compilation.

I highly recommend coming to Record Surplus!

I forgot about this gem in Santa Monica! Drove by it by accident and had to do a double take! New location but same great finds, great selection and a fun and productive bargain bin! Good, friendly staff, some incredible finds under the glass, and about $20 worth of 99 cent finds in multiple genres and a couple great soundtracks. Found a 3 disc Lindsey Buckingham 3 disc Solo Anthology (Thanks, Rhino Entertainment) for $12 (3 discs) - the guy was so prolific and had so many solo albums - didn't want to buy all his solo albums - this defines him (industry note: Rhino makes the best compilations - no one else even close to second place!).

Love this store! Amazing and just great! I got two George Harrison records ( which I never find)! And two Beatles records for less than 13 bucks! Also two cds for around 6-7 dollars (with tax). The interior is so cool and great service. I strongly recommend this store for other record collectors.

The Staff is very knowledgeable and the store is amazing. I came in today with a box of old records..unfortunately I had not cared for them properly. The team member went through my albums and 45's Due to the condition they were not worth much and many were not in good enough shape for them to take. I was impressed and would highly recommend for anyone interested in albums and CD's. Great store, great staff!

Never spending another red cent in this overpriced, unfriendly, bombastic westside locale. Recently purchased a new record from Record Surplus (they don't allow you to listen in store bc they don't have the means) which turned out to have a manufacturer's defect causing it to sound poor. When I asked if I could return it for store credit they told me to GFM. Real classy. Never buy from Record Surplus.