Dan is very knowledgeable and helpful. I been going here for years. The condition of used records…read moreis well above the average used stuff. I find a good range of material at fair prices. Nice record resource to have in the area. On-line is fine but a good brick and mortar is a gem. Gil - G

Needle to the Groove is like a needle in a haystack! An awesome hidden gem…read more Service: awesome friendly and helpful Selection: perfect, we always find awesome items. From hip-hop to country. Value: I would say the records are quite reasonable. They also have vintage music related items a set of Beatles dolls and drum set.

The store owner was super helpful in helping me find artists I was interested and even gave me a…read morefew $1 samples for free (yes, there is a sale in the back). I've been listening to some of the vinyls I purchased and they're all excellent quality so far. I highly recommend this store if you are in the area searching for some vinyls -- all budget friendly, the store owner eager to support you and pretty much a wide selection!

This is a great little record store with lots of really cool, hard to find records. The prices…read morereflect people's renewed interest in vinyl so don't be surprised to pay at least $25 for almost anything you find there. They do have a really extensive collection of super cheap records in their back room, but unfortunately, most of the ones I found of interest were very scratched up, and I passed on purchasing them.

The jazz selection is quite small, they had some collectible records if it weren't for the…read morecondition. They know what they have so don't think your going to get over on anyone. I probably overpaid for a potentially awesome record only to discover it was being sold on eBay too which revealed, what appears to be a pretty deep scratch I didn't notice while in the store when looking at it with the shop owner. I will play it hoping the scratch is only esthetic.

Very cool little spot that my daughter was so glad to find, definitely some bargains to be had here…read moreand the girl that was working (maybe the owner) was so nice. Just make sure you check on the hours before you head out!

I have been going here for over a year and it is a great place to rent an instrument, as well as to…read morehave my daughter take instrument lessons. The staff and owners are super nice and knowledgable. Also, my dad took his vintage clarinet to another shop for a tune up. After less than a year, pads were falling off, and it didn't sound great. He brought it here, and after they found and repaired a crack that the other place missed and did their own tune up, he says it sounds like it is brand new!

We used this spot to rent an instrument for middle school. They are super helpful and very…read moreknowledgeable. They have very fair rates too. Will use again in the future.

It's a pretty neat cool music vintage store. The minute you walked in, you can smell the old…read morevintage of it. They have bunch or vinyls, cassette tape, CDs, video tapes, blueray DVD and so on. I always find the ones I'm looking for , if not, I always come back to take my chances that they will finally have it. The staff are very helpful. You should try and check out this place. If you are a GEN X, you are going to love this place.

Another rewarding experience at Streetlight Records. My daughter said she gets the best deals here…read more Walked away with 2 vinyls and a bonus was she spotted some cool little button pins with her favorite artist. I think the records were only about $5 each. (The button was $2.98 lol). Don't be thrown off by the worn down strip mall it's located in. Another bonus is the Community Center and Bascom library is situated just next door (on the other side).

A very cool little record shop on B street in Downtown Hayward!!…read more The hip hop figures caught my attention as soon as I walked in!! Lots of records to browse through, and if you're looking for anything in particular, they are quick to help you in here. And even though I am mostly a hip hop head, and they have a lot of that, all the genres are represented well in here!! A very good record store, don't let the size of this place fool you!!!

Cool little spot. Nice selection, they didn't have any of the albums I was looking for today but…read morethat's okay. I'll definitely return. I felt a little awkward in that the owner/worker - not sure who he was just chilled on a couch chatting up a couple of guys and didn't acknowledge my existence once. I learned way more about his personal life than I think I wanted to know but that's okay too.

Cool spot! Came here with a friend on Thursday morning. There is a huge selection of used vinyls…read moreand equipment. They also offer cassettes and some books. The vinyls were grouped by music genre. They were in better shape than the $2 piles. The $2 vinyls weren't sorted, so it was fun to see what was available. As we were paying, the owner said that he regularly rotates what's out. Would come back to browse again! I found out about this place when I had purchased a few vinyls over at Minasan in Japantown and was told they were sourced from here. There is a small parking lot in the front, which was empty at the time, otherwise there is street parking nearby. There is a middle school nearby so the streets might be busier when school gets out.

Very helpful and knowledgeable staff. Nice selection. Reasonable prices. I was able to return a…read morerecord without a hassle after learning I had already purchased a copy.

Great variety of records! I came on a Friday afternoon and was easily able to get street parking in…read morefront of the store. All the records are well organized so it's easy to find what you are looking for.

I love this place, the staff is awesome and they have a great selection. My only "complaints is the…read moreweird hours that make it hard to visit. They are only open 3 hours early afternoon and they close at 6pm other days. If you work till 5pm like myself that makes it very hard to ever get there before they close. Other than the operating hours this place is amazing.