Siren

We recently purchased some records from Siren via Discogs and decided to check out their store while in Monterey for a trip. The store is bright, clean and well-​organized with a moderate-​sized selection of music. They have an «adopt-​a-​record» section where you can buy vinyl that was returned by other customers at a very low price. There are sticky notes describing the reason each item was returned (noise, skipping, warping, etc), so you can decide whether or not it’s worth paying for. I got 2 records from this bin and both of them play fine on my turntable… at 5 $ each, that’s a pretty good score. The woman working in the store was really friendly — she even gave us a discount on our purchase, which was nice and unexpected. On top of that, I was super happy to find some of the Record Store Day 7“s that I hadn’t been able to get locally — that alone would have made the trip worthwhile for me, but I like the store enough to make the 100 mile trip again in the future just to stop in there.

Ordered vinyl online and received a damaged vinyl. Returned the vinyl and yet I still have not yet received my refund for it. Still waiting for a response from them, nothing yet. Been dealing with this for months and they said they were going to do it but never did. What kind of business is this?

You won’t find much in the way of original (classic) labels/​original liner notes here, but the compilations, live recordings, etc. are well worth checking out. Lots of CD variety & things you won’t find elsewhere. I’m not into handbags, but they sell those here, too, along with a variety of pop/​rock/​other music posters, DVDs… Really good prices (on the CDs, at least – I didn’t check out the other media). This place is a hidden gem, just off North Fremont St.
Support your local music store.

Vinyl records, eclectic CDs, and boxed CD/​DVD available here!
Plus purses.
Cute, clean little record shop next to a furniture store. A little on the pricey side, but everything is wrapped in plastic so it must be new.
What I found interesting was all the new music that I didn’t think would be available on vinyl.
I’ll be back to see what’s new soon!