This venue doesn't know how to organize events! I've heard experiences from others too and today I got to experience it first hand. From what I thought it was going to be a goodnight vibe going out to support the line up/headliners. We arrived at the exact time the venue advertised the artist will perform. The bouncer told us they actually ended 2 hours ago from the original time they said. I was furious because not even a notification was sent to us that they changed the time. I would figure venues would notify their customers about the time changes but not even an email sent. Definitely not coming back for another events to this location. Poor communication management with their customers. read more

We came here on a Saturday night just before the band set up. It was a little tough to get into the records with the band there, so come early if you are after records. My husband said they had some nice rare unopened records for sale. He had a beer and the nice bartender fixed me up with a very pink and tasty Little Doll cocktail. We noticed you can bring food in, otherwise, some bags of chips at the bar. We got a good parking spot on the street. read more

Permanent Records - Can o' beer and a Little Doll October 2021 - Vinyl Records Near Me - Los Angeles, California

There are two stores (on the smaller side) on York Blvd, the cooler area of Highland Park, almost across the street from each other. Nice vibe, decent vinyl selection, the prices are a tad on the pricier side. It could be a tad confusing (they each have a different address), but if you have time, pop in each of them. Customer service is very nice, people working here are cool, chatty and know music! If you're in the area and love music, these places are worth at least some browsing! The sign on the door was a tad confusing for me "Yes, we're high", translates to they're open! read more

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The best place ever. Record store, bar, and outdoor hang. Cool Kids Comedy is off the hook - in the backyard secret scene... Yassss. read more

long time vinyl DJ since 1999 but Permanent owner would NOT honor my gift certificate purchased at the store by my younger brother Joe. I was told it never expired and really not cool at all my (former) friend to steal $100 from me. I've been buying for years from you, your L.A. stores and even at your Chicago store. Bad policy and business and treatment to a long time record buyer and customer.. buyer beware ! read more

Excellent selection, condition, location and customer service. This store is the definition of 'in the cut'. Essential for the newbie starting their collection as well as ardent collectors filling in blanks and all in between. Their SEALED classics game has few peers. Lastly, super clean 45's for next to nothing. Do yourself favor and pull up. read more

Great ambience, lots of records for all types of music. Two stores just opposite each other. How unique. This was my first time there and I liked the experience. Price was reasonable. Music was great. Artist names was clearly marked and easy to find. Recommended store. read more

Overrated and overpriced. Such a shame as I support vinyl but never again from here. Treats the customers awful!

Real cool bar and record store. Usually a good selection of records. Not the cheapest, but they're very reasonably priced for LA and for the quality of selection. Good place to see band as well. read more

Cool shop, one super frustrating thing is that they have 2 shops across the street from each other but both have the same sections. So for instance if you are looking for a Pharaoh Sanders record you have to look in the Pharaoh section of both shops. Would be way better if they divided their sections between both stores. Also if you are selling records Permanent pays way better ( at least in credit, I haven't sold for cash yet ) than Amoeba. read more

I have shopped at 100's of record stores in the world and Lance is easily in my top 10 owners. Lance knows his music, he is honest, friendly, wants to talk music and does his own compilations. Plus, he has the coolest sideburns in all of record store owners worldwide. Reading what peps are saying on yelp about "attitude" and "portlandia" is so not true. Their record selection (heavily slanted to all variations of rock) is in the top 10% of all record stores. Stock is always coming in and every week or so is a new buying experience. They get in a good amount of harder to find records including some great rare records. Prices are like any other store, 80% of them are standard store priced, maybe 10% is for less and 10% is for more. Normally the records marked up a bit are the rarer records and they can command those prices because they sell. I swear that within less than two months it seems that 90% of the wall records are sold, so apparently they cannot be overpriced as some yelpers have stated. In short.......Lance is Ace. In Lance I Trust. Will always and forever deal with this store. The people at this shop work very hard to supply the shop with great records and acquire the wax people are hoping to find. They are doing all the legwork putting in tons of hours each week and we should be thankful there are still great owners out there. I suggest you should take my advice and shop here. read more

I never understood why anyone shops at Permanent. The markup is way more than anyone else in the area and the staff are so pretentious and aloof they are practically a Portlandia sketch. Go to Gimme Gimme or Mono in the same area for a much better experience and better deals. read more

Picked up a ton of records, Beatles Rubber Soul and Revolver for $10 each, the Who, Crass, Harry Nilsson, Stray Cats, ELO. All of the records were cheaper than other stores in LA, some ridiculously cheaper. All play good, though some sleeves are worn. Really well-curated, the employee was nice. Really cool store at the back behind the bar. The bar itself is really nice and the atmosphere seems really homely and divey. I would go back to check out live music. Plenty of street parking. Nice outdoor area in front of the record store itself. read more

This review is for reselling your lps. I took in some great condition lps all close to Near Mint original 60s rock/ psych and 80s uk punk. These were all mostly titles that wouldn't sit long in the bins and the shop could resell fairly quickly. I dealt with the store manager who was rude & blunt on his buying preferences. He browsed through what he wanted pulling out about half the stack. He offered me a really low price for them. I was shocked knowing the prices he is selling these lps in his bins. Ive sold records to this store many times before with decent offers but this guy low balled me. A fun store to browse with nice overpriced wall candy. Oh yea, later same day I sold all the lps for more than double what they offered! read more

In the case of "VG" and lesser condition records, the prices are gouging for what you are being offered. I am surprised that they can keep the doors open with the beaten, ringworn copies of records that they have as the majority of their stock. My only guess is that people don't care or aren't knowledgeable about pricing in regard to condition. There is a grading system for a reason folks. People seem to be accepting this garbage out of ignorance or because they are "used" records, without realizing that there are cleaner copies online or elsewhere for the same, if not less. Why support brick and mortar if this is what is being offered? Until the fools get wise...... read more

There's two stores right across the street from each other- one has more bargain bins than the other. Staff in both are very friendly and inviting. I went in this weekend and they were having a $0.25 and $1 sale on bargain records and I found 8 in great conditions. read more

I came in for the first time last Saturday for the Ausmuteants in-store and didn't want to leave. The staff was really polite and down to Earth, and their selection is a good mix of highly collectible and/or weird stuff lining the walls and good quality punk/post-punk/etc staples filling the bins. I get really overwhelmed or tense in a lot of record stores because there's so much too-cool-for-school posturing or they're just trying to do too much, but I felt really comfortable here. I saw lots of stuff I wanted without having to sift for hours, and I feel like if I wanted them to find something or order something for me I wouldn't get made fun of. I got a book because I am so cool that I go to the record store and buy books (pushes glasses up nose, hits inhaler) and the girl who rang it up for us was super nice and gave us 10% off just because. I want to come back right now and curl up at their listening station until they kick me out, which they'd probably do in the friendliest and most non-judgmental way possible. read more

Besides being someone that is up to date on all most all types of music Lance really knows to operate a business. He is very knowledgeable when customers come into the store with questions on who is who in the music and record industry. He not only knows the digital end of the equipment he also knows how to wire a system. I couldn't ask for a better friend. My wife and I have known Lance for about 15 years now and he treats us the same today as he did when first met him. The prices are fair and the records are great. Keep up the great work Lance. read more

In the midst of moving out of my house of 23 years, we stumbled across a ton of old records that my grandma had been hoarding in a closet. I swung by yesterday with all of them to see if maybe Permanent Records would want to add them to their collection. Lance diligently went through all of the boxes pulling the ones that are resell worthy. Honestly, he was like a machine going through those things! Unfortunately for me, there is not a huge demand for Robert Goulet records cuz I had a ridiculous amount in those boxes!! Haha He did find a handful and offered me a really great price! Permanent Records is definitely worth the trip from the valley! They're super cool, honest, and just all around awesome people! read more

This little nook of a record store has great finds. I stopped in for the first time today and left with a handful of goodies. Will definitely return soon. Cheers, Permanent Records. read more

It's a bit pretentious but that's what you would expect on York in HLP. They have a decent selection but it's best to go with an open mind rather than with your mind set on something. I like that you can actually browse their new records on their website, though it's not totally reliable, as one of the two records they said they had was not actually there...again, open mind. They have two locations across from each other and they are both worth checking out. The smaller location has more rock. If you know what you are getting from the other location, you can pay all together at one location. Worth checking out if you are the store to buy records...excuse me, vinyl (eye roll). read more

A finely curated local shop. I find a record I *need* once a month - and that's LOT for me. Matter of fact, I dropped $75 on an EXC-/VG+, Funeral 12", just the other day. Best $75 I've dropped on a single record in months. It's great to have a local shop that you can count on taking a bite out of your wallet, once in a while. read more

Looked up this place since we were around the area and was happy to see some great stuff. Not too expensive, everything is well organized. The worker was very nice and helpful. Walked out happy with our new records. read more

Permanent Records - Vinyl Records Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Liked them when they were in Eagle Rock. I like them now. They always have good, unusual tunes playing. The selection is ever evolving and their prices are quite good. The folks there are personable and always welcoming. I dig the listening station updates. Always something new. read more

One star review due to the handling of record store day. Rather cynical to take photos of people who had waited for hours to get the Wax Trax record, when they knew full well they were going to be disappointed ( only 5 copies in each store ). Wax Trax was in both stores - but the one on the Hermosillo side only had that / no other RSD exclusives. There were about 20 people waiting in line - they could have come out before opening and told us that most of us were wasting our time if we only wanted Wax Trax. Particularly as there were no other RSD releases on that side. Instead they had us all file in there and took a photo of 5 happy people and 15 disappointed people. I also overhead staff saying they often only have 2 or 3 copies of RSD releases. I know that RSD is all about exclusives - but if it's that limited, it's kind of a waste of time. So very badly handled overall I think. Definitely will not bother going back in future for RSD - and it kind of puts me off going there in general. read more

My daughter & I go here all the time as well as the new location across the street. They always have a good selection of vinyl & everybody working there is really cool. Love the kitty cat at the new location:) read more

Ridiculously overpriced. I have buying records for about 35 years. This place is gouging customers.

Just went in today October 23,2019...nice store, nice people as well. They seemed to be busy with more important things and that's perfectly fine...they are probably friendly if you speak to em but I didn't want to get in their way...as for pricing i think it's pretty great...bought mogwai and fugazi for $30 , can't beat that anywhere else but a pavement lp was $40 bummer maybe next time thank you at permanent records awesome ! read more

My girlfriend and I gave his place a try last week and were surprised by the number of records this place has! There's a good variety of stuff (most of the other reviewers pretty much hit it on the nail) and there's plenty of records to gloss through per genre. My only complaint would be the prices and conditions of the records. Most of the records here are on average $15-$25 and while some of them are in pretty good condition vinyl wise, the covers are sometimes a mess. We bought a Cure record that had some wear on the cover (no biggie for us) but the record loops in some areas and it just felt not worth the price. Either way not complaining too much as we did walk away with 4 records and perfectly happy with all of them. read more

Best record store location in Los Angeles, with a huge variery to select from, all reasonably priced. It's a great resource for anyone looking to build their own personal collection, and the entire staff is extremely knowledgeable and honest in how they handle any question. Eric, in particular, has helped me out many times in the past. Look for him if you have any questions. read more

Best record store in LA. Prices can be a little high, but their inventory is exceptional, and there is nary a "limited" "variant" Blink 182 mall rock bullshit "splatter" "coke bottle clear" record to be found anywhere. read more

I didn't get the blonde gentleman's name with the long hair, but he was legit. Helped me with my search and blessed my collection with the soundtrack or Purple Rain. Boom!!!! Thank you boss read more

A great selling experience! As a middle aged person going to sell my old records in a hip neighborhood, I was prepared for some serious bad record store attitudes, but I could not have had a more pleasant experience. Lance was extremely friendly, and maybe it was because I established that I knew what my records were worth, but he paid fairly and I ended up with a nice mix of cash and trade (that I thought was priced very fairly, btw). The other people working there were nice too, and I enjoyed some quality time petting the store cat! read more

Just popped into Permanent on a leisurely Monday afternoon. Loved it. Super friendly staff. Pretty good prices and a good selection. They had my favorite Kink album, Lola vs. Powerman, which I've never seen in a store before and had to be purchased for a ridiculous price online. So that's big time. Check the place out! read more

Diverse selection and friendly, knowledgeable staff. The prices for what they have are definitely fair. read more

When ever I'm in east LA, I have to stop by. Great selection, and cool staff. Definitely worth it. I always find some good deals. Don't be discouraged if you see some high prices on some of the records that seem more common. They are very good at pricing based on the grade of records and rarity of the pressing. Overall very fair prices. I always walk out with more than I intended on buying! (: read more

I loved this store! A GREAT FIND!!! Had a bad experience at another local store "Mount Analogue".. Walked into this store to be greeted by a VERY friendly store kitty ( LOVED IT! ) Both times I came to this store, the persons at the counter were very helpful in accommodating my needs. I will be back on a regular basis, not only because of the kitty ( :D ) and the exceptional customer service, but, because of the selection and QUALITY of their vinyls!! GREAT job guys!!! read more

Gtreat place ! Not only was it very organized but had a very welcoming atmosphere, guy over the counter was helpful. Awesome place.!

I buy a lot of vinyl. I am familiar with a number of stay-the-course record stores in the Los Angeles area. I am glad they are still here. Permanent Records (PR) also sells on discogs under LA_Rarities. But I decided to visit the store in person recently to pick up some LPs purchased online. First, I believe PR staff tries to be helpful. Their style might lack bedside manner, but I long ago gave up expecting to see John Cusack in the vinyl stacks biz. Prices are fair for purchase (no experience selling to PR) and the store is laid out decently. I think each title, especially used, is individually priced - so being certain of which pressing might be best. I bought the "LA Pressing" of Fear of Music (FoM) here which goes for significantly lower online ($15 for NearMint instead of $20 for VG+). However, other FoM pressings are much more pricey (north of $50). Also, I purchased 3 other LPs from PR and 2 were below market. So, there is a give & take. BTW - I saw the other comparisons, and I visited the other Highland Park record store - and did not find it a better experience (disinterested staff instead of attitude?) nor a better value (unless you wanted vinyl of questionable quality). The PR online guy did spout a lot of rules to me, but I think he was simply trying to be helpful, not off-putting. Bottomline, pleased there are brick/mortar places to visit when I tire of online browsing and grateful PR is stacking for us. read more

Definitely my favorite record store in the LA area! Really great selection of psych rock and garage, and a lot of local artists too!