Stumbled across this spot while walking around Midtown Sacramento. It's a small location, but…read morepacked with great finds and a lot of options. The staff was welcoming. You can find everything from CDs and cassettes to vinyl records, definitely worth checking out if you're in the area and enjoy browsing for music gems.

Loved rocket records. I stopped in with some friends just to look around and ending up finding the…read moreperfect gift for my brother. The selection of music is great, the prices were reasonable, and service was quick and friendly. I would recommend to anyone looking for a new record !

I bought My Turntable from Them. And They were very helpful guiding Me setting it up…read more Great Selection of Records. Thank You Delta Breeze Records!

Great customer service, good niche collection of vinyl, new and used turntables and turntable…read moreequipment!

Very knowledgeable and serious about vinyl quality. Expert knowledge. Very organized due to…read morepersonally made tags with ratings, quality rating and personal notes. Owner had great stories and made connections. Clean store. Best record store I have been too.

Ever since the early-1990's, I've always been a huge music fanatic as I've collected hundreds of…read morevinyl records (in 33 1/3 and 45 format), cassettes, compact discs, and now that we're well into the mid-2020's, digital. This takes me to a place that takes you back to simpler times from a musical perspective and this is none other than "MediumRare Records". Located at the WAL (Warehouse Artist Lofts) Public Market at the 11th and R St's in Downtown Sacramento, this small business has been in operation dating back to 2015. Hours of business here are 11am-5pm seven days a week. Since this business is in a large indoor public market, many of the neighboring businesses also have very similar hours of operation. What I particularly and thoroughly enjoy about this place is that they focus primarily on vinyl records. This includes a ton of genres including blues, soul, jazz, R&B, classic rock, the British invasion, big band, swing, classical, and much more. Many of the standard records are around the $15-25 range while they offer deep discounts on other records for less than $5. In addition, this place also offers quite a few CD's as well. I also like how this business focuses on major well-known artists/groups such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles as there are dedicated sections displaying their album art and other collectibles. I do want to point out that for the non-musical kind, this place also carries a neat (yet small) assortment of books and other vintage memorabilia. I also wanted to add that they buy, sell, and trade various forms of music (mainly records) as long as it is near-new condition. The service here was above average as I spent at least 30 minutes browsing the aisles of their diverse and unique selection. All in all, "MediumRare Records" is a must-visit place if you're a huge fan of vintage music as myself. Since I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was always into the huge music stores such as "Amoeba" and "Rasputin". So for Sacramento to offer this is a big plus. With a nice selection, decent prices, and a great area in a cozy public market, I am giving this small business an above average four stars.

One of the only vinyl records stores in all of Sacramento. Definitely one of the only ones we…read moreprefer. Great selection. The staff, nicest in the world. You can spend all day in there chatting about music and the way recording and distribution has changed over the years. Great place. I would stop by even if you don't have a record player or tape player. The nostalgia, the walk down memory lane when you Spin a record on your palms or stick your finger in a cd. Man I feel old. But my 13yr old gets me to Phono Select all the time. There is something for everyone.

Phono Select is quickly becoming one of my go-to record shops. They have new, they have used, they…read morehave rare - it's small, but what is out tends to be of decent quality. If you're into punk / metal / hardcore, they have a great selection, but I've also picked up some good hip-hop, jazz, folk, and country stuff here, too. The dude that works behind the counter is super friendly, chatty, and seems to genuinely appreciate people being there. The sign even says "Friendliest Record Store." I'll be honest - as a former record store employee with a terrible attitude that kind of put me off at first. But as I've gotten older and less unruly, it was appreciated when I was able to wax nostalgic about wax with him. Good selection of 7"s, too - and if you look at their website you can virtually check what's in stop before hitting them up. Oh, and they have sales - often! - that are noted on their Instagram page. Need more shops like this. Need more people to support shops like this. I'm a fan.

We checked out "404" day for their beats battle (4 heads playing their own beats on SP 404…read morecontrollers). It was pretty dope. But that place is tiny! It got real crowded up in there real fast. I wish they had more seating outside so people could just chill and enjoy the beats. It's probably more comfy on a regular day to come and dig through their records for that unexpected gem. My husband is a dj so he loved the 404 event and the vinyl that he found. Some (used) albums are pricey and makes you think, "why?" But small, local record shops are a thing of the past, so if you appreciate music, vinyl, and the whole beat community, go support Twelves Wax!

Nice little cozy hole-in-the-wall record store. The staff was super nice and welcomed us right…read moreaway. They've got a solid selection across a lot of different genres, with both modern and older vinyls. Prices range from about $5 to $200, but most records sit around $30-$40.

Incredible! Cannot rave about this store enough, particularly the fiction section. I felt like…read moreevery other shelf I was coming across some book that I hadn't thought about in a while, but that I had been meaning to read. The fiction section was vast & curated. I was impressed at the many quite recent publications alongside many other well-known (or lesser known but well reviewed) books. I assume they have many loyal customers engaging in buy-back. Feels like the type of place that I could stop by without any particular book in mind, and walk out with a purchase I enjoy (which is essentially exactly what I want in a bookstore). The bookstore itself has a very old-timey bookstore feel, with wooden shelves (a bit narrow), a bookish smell, some haphazard stacks of books, and the kind of reverent silence I associate with the library. I loved it.

Lots and lot of OLD but gently used books. Some odd balls for sure. Very well organized. Great…read moreprices staff was knowledgable

The Audio Nerd is one of the best record stores I've been to. Not it's a bit of a drive from me and…read moreso I can never visit as often as I'd like to, but I have never had a bad experience. The owner is very passionate about music and you can tell it from talking to him. He is friendly, was chatting with all the different customers about what they picked, and even gives good suggestions! I bought a record from a band I had never heard of before (Fox Medicine). They were in the metal section but it was cute and bright pink. I looked them up quickly and listened to a couple songs and told myself I had to get that record. The owner was chatting with me about if I liked them or not and I was honest about literally just discovering them. He gave me one of their posters free of charge! They had just performed at his store and so he had a few left. I didn't realize he was giving it to me until we were leaving, I thought he was just showing me the poster. That absolutely made my day once I realized he was just giving it to me. The variety in this store is amazing with loads of vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and even music equipment! Prices are very fair, and everything is properly labeled. Instead of me having to get my hopes up inspect the record, the front usually says the condition, pressing, if it's colored, etc. I don't have to waste my time inspecting it myself, as the staff has already done the leg work. They even have a bargain bin (wall) with great deals! Down on the floor was a box that had cheap project vinyl too. When I worked at a record store I remember teachers coming in looking for the cheapest ones they could find for a various lessons they had coming up. I'm glad The Audio Nerd has a box for people like them. The store is a little bit cramped with how small it is and with how much product they carry, but it is such a gem and so fun to flip through. You can spend an hour or two easily in there despite it being a small store. Live shows even happen here! They move some of the tables out and put a band in there. Shout out Hayden for always promoting upcoming shows there! And as if this place couldn't get any cooler, they also do punch cards too... Who has ever heard of a record store doing a punch card before? Absolutely amazing. If you are looking for a cool new record store, The Audio Nerd is a great place to check out.

This is the most disorganized mess of a "store" we'd ever seen in our lives--absolutely filthy with…read morepiles of junk everywhere. Selection was difficult bc their organization is a joke. I ended up finding 3 records to purchase. Got home & 2 of them are so warped they're garbage! Won't be back to this dump