Timewarp Records

Way overpriced records and they don’t have any 45s. Staff seamed annoyed that i asked if they had 45s.

I collect a lot of vinyl & was excited when they opened up in my hood. However, disappointed with selection. All vinyl is used, vintage and way over priced. Average price for used record $ 40. If I’m going to pay those prices I will buy a brand new reissue of the same record! One positive note is they have live music on weekends, trying to be a part of the community.

I was so excited to find this record shop. I really wanted to love it. The selection is amazing and they have stuff I couldn’t find elsewhere. Even though the prices were a bit high, I was willing to pay a bit more for vinyl I really wanted to add to my collection. I bought a few records and more or less assumed the quality of the vinyl was sufficient considering it would have been at record surplus for that price range. I would have checked but the store is actually quite dark.
Unlistenable. Snap crackle pop. I expect a certain amount of ware on a record from ’72 but the price should reflect it.
Very disappointed. A record of that quality should have been $ 5-​$ 6 not three times that.

Prices have only gotten worse. $ 35 for a beat up copy of Lou Reed’s «Berlin??» $ 20 for David Bowie’s «Let’s Dance»?? $ 10 for stuff you can find for $ 2 at a swap meet? Something tells me that they aren’t catering to people who know their way around a record fair, rather their target is the big floppy hat wearing, Coachella attending, «I just got a record player for Christmas how do I vinyls?» crowd. Not the record store Mar Vista/​Venice needs, but the one it deserves. I’ll just take my ‘bidness to Permanent Records, Fingerprints, or Gimme Gimme thank you very much.

Came in here by chance about a month ago when I was in this neighborhood for something else. Decided to stop in when I saw «vinyl» on the sign outside.
Serious record and music collectors in L.A. know their options, so off the bat I’ll just say that the prices for used CDs at Timewarp are not competitive: $ 8.99 for an old U2 or R.E.M. release is not realistic for the market.
I browsed thru at least 75% of the CDs on display and it appeared most of it was priced similarly. I didn’t have a lot of time to browse the vinyl selection so won’t comment there.
What I did like about this store is that the collection is well organized and I could find what I was interested in very easily.
But I hope the owners here take a tour of other music shops on the Westside (Record Surplus at least) to see how their competition prices CDs. Maybe they don’t care? Maybe the music side of the business here is not their bread and butter vs. musical instruments and other related services?
I’m big champion of independent music stores in L.A., and I know they have to make up the difference somehow to pay rent and stay in business — I expect prices in the $ 20 range on new vinyl and hard-​to-​find pressings and reissues.
But the owners at Timewarp need to realize they have to have a «loss leader/​bargain» section to attract foot traffic — they can’t charge top-​price for everything in their used CD sections.
Freakbeat over in Sherman Oaks is a music shop that does the bargain deals right (buy 2 get 1 50% off etc.).