Where was off the record, used album store? I remember most everything else, music odyssey, horizons west, etc. I just can’t place Off The Record. Help!
I grew up about two blocks away from Off the Record, and it was my favorite record store!
Off the Record was located at 2621 Wilshire Blvd, near the intersection of 26th in Santa Monica. They were the first record store I knew of that sold used albums and cassettes, but they sold new records as well. Used albums were typically $2-$5, and they graded them EX, VG, G, F, so you knew what you were getting.
I bought so many used LPs there, many of which I still own. They sold Richard Pryor albums to an eleven-year old me, which was really hip of them at the time. They also sold bootleg live albums, and I still have at least one double live Led Zeppelin boot I purchased there around 1980.
This really tiny, crappy ad is the only thing I could find on the interwebs:
By the way, we're all friends here! Dont be anonymous! Be onymous!
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