Atomic Records

Stopped in to Atomic as I was meeting friends in the area for brunch and thought there might be a cool record shop in the area that I hadn’t yet perused. So glad I stopped in! Living in central LA, most of the record shops are now so overpriced, it’s hard to walk away with more than a couple records and a shred of dignity in tact. Atomic is one of those places I wish I had found earlier in my record collecting days; lots of obscurities with $ 2-​$ 5 price tags in decent shape, and lots of great collectible records for far less than I’ve seen elsewhere.
Amoeba is great and all, but I find their used records these days too picked over, so I only shop there for new releases. This place is the exact opposite, not too many new records, but boxes and boxes of old gems waiting to be discovered. My one qualm here is how tight everything is packed (because they’ve got so much of it!), almost all of the records I bought had a pretty decent uniform warp to them from storage, still completely playable but probably could have been prevented with a little more breathing room.
Will be back again for sure next time I’m in the area!

I love used record stores, I buy vinyl and live near Atomic Records, it would seem to be a good match but I have personally boycotted Atomic Records because the main guy that works there is continually rude and weird. A very snobby crew. There are many other places that are happier, better and less expensive. Atomic Records doesn’t belong in Burbank, they are not cool at all.

Great shop for vinyl and knowledgeable and friendly staff. Highly recommended for vinyl collectors. I went to a lot of vinyl record stores on my trip to LA and I would put this one as a must on a true collectors list.

Best record store in LA! I had been looking for Linda Ronstadt vinyls for about a year now and the only place I could find them was online and they were crazy expensive. At this store, I ended up buying four because the prices were so great, and I also happened to buy an Abba vinyl for 50 cents. I couldn’t be happier. This place is wonderful.

My favourite record store in LA!
Awesome selection, kind staff and fair prices.
I bought an extremely rare Roy Ayers record (Coffy), as well as a Grover Washington Jr and an Isaac Hayes for 100 bucks: you don’t find them cheaper online

Quaint, little record store in Burbank. Here’s my experience, if you go there looking for something specific, you probably won’t find it. However, if you just look around you will probably find something that you want. By the way, they have great prices and a very knowledgeable staff. I enjoy going there.

This is a great record shop! There are huge selections! Lots of great deals, plus 50 cent records!
WOW!
Movies: dvds, vhs… cassettes. It’s all here and for unbeatable prices! I will come here each week and treat myself to some records!
They also buy! Bring your collection over or make a deal!
Good service. Real people without crappy attitudes.

Great place for records all types of music dvds cds as well very clean fresh place in burbank service was just amazing also they buy records and dvds cds and pays a fair price go check them out

I love coming here. The atmosphere is very friendly, and there is so much great music to choose from at very competitive prices. I’ve been back multiples times to buy, browse and everything in between since first discovering the store over the summer. Thank you Atomic for keeping your doors open and offering great vinyl and cds in an online buying world. See you soon.

Pretty cool place to check out if you are in the burbank area and want to buy some inexpensive cds, dvds or vinyl records. The staff if always friendly and helpful. Definitely one of my favorite records shops around. Only downside is that they dont carry any newer vinyls, but its still well worth checking out.

A brilliant selection of old school vinyl. A great place to go for Soul, Country and Jazz. I love the staff and the whole vibe. Highly recommend for all Vinyl fans.

The least sexy record store in America! Everything is just sitting around in card board boxes. Lots of old bloated white guys around thumbing through mostly dollar-​bin caliber records.

I bought my first LaserDisc here! They have quite the collection of them, so if you have a player this is a great place! Most of the «popular» records seem to be a bit overpriced in my opinion, but if you want to spend hours searching through to find the most random and rare gems, they have that option too! On my first visit, I quickly grew impatient having to sift through rows and rows and boxes and boxes, but I am new to collecting vinyl so I’m sure once I become more dedicated, I will love sitting here for hours. Great selection! Okay prices.

The guy who runs the shop was very helpful. I am an amateur collector (I just started this Christmas) so I barely know much. They had every artist that I was looking for and most of the records I bought were under $ 5. I did ask about a very rare psychedelic record by Yahowha 13 and the guy knew all about them. He told me I would probably only find the record on a collector’s shelf because they sell for hundreds and thousands. His knowledge of music was vast and I guess that is something you look for at a record shop. I even saw an Elvis record I already have for about ¹⁄₃ of the price I bought it for. I guess I was ripped off in Palm Springs. This place is great to find cheap records and to discover music from your favorite artists. Very cool place.

My whole experience from beginning to end was awesome! :-) you don’t understand how cool these guys (and girl) are to visit. Its like you want to grab a beer with them afterwards and shoot the breeze.
So I called on the phone Tuesday morning. They answered the phone pretty quick, and very courteous as well, answered all my questions, and were very knowledgeable and upfront.
Thursday I made a trip to the store. Easy to find parking, staff is very knowledgeable. I went in to sell some records yesterday, and these guys offered me more than triple what Freakbeat wanted to rape me for. Atomic selection is also about 5 times bigger than similar shops. AND you could tell that the customers in Atomic we’re happy to be there and shop there.
They’re 50 cents to a dollar section is huge, we’re talking boxes and boxes upon boxes of stuff available like has to be over 2000 records to choose from. just an idea, but if I was filming a music video, or decorating a house/​bar/​lounge/​party and needed these for background art to put on the wall, it would be a major score!
Final analysis: awesome place to be at, easy to get to and park, prices are extremely reasonable, and they give you the most money when you need to sell your records. Happy happy happy!!! :)

One of my favorite record shops. Period.
The staff is knowledgeable and the vinyl selection is vast.
Their well-​organized bins are full of fairly-​priced records in great condition. They’re constantly buying collections, so the stock is always turning over. This isn’t a place I go to with a want list (although they have helped me find a few of my wants), but instead I show up 3 or 4 times a month with a few bucks and a little time, and I always walk out with something that makes me happy.
Their rock, jazz and soundtracks sections run pretty deep, so if that’s your thing, give yourself plenty of time to dig.

Went in today with my gf and the clerk w/​glasses did not acknowledge us
But when some other white dudes walked in, he said «Hi guys welcome.»
This place is racist as well as overpriced junk. No new vinyl at all.
I hope this business fails. We traveled from over an hour away to visit this place and we are deeply disappointed.
Bonus tips
1) better luck finding something cool at flee markets tbh
2) go to amoeba. There’s no better record store. I promise.

Cute place decent selection. I always leave with something and my boyfriend likes to look at movies while I’m busy with the records. Its clean and does not have that dusty stuffy smell like allot of places do. I dont like that Yoko ono’s music is mushed together with john Lennon… Very annoying… She is her own person! I did buy her album approximately infinite universe from here at a nice price. I love that album! All in all the prices for things aren’t too bad its not like ameoba were any thing decent will cost you 30 $vommit!
If ur in the area visit its nice only
other thing is that some employees come off as cold.
But what ever I ain’t here to make friends ~

My parents asked what I wanted for Christmas this year and I answered I wanted a record player. A record player they asked? You’re 28, don’t you just buy music online? «Well, yes, sure» I answered, but just digital music you lose half of the art that goes into making an album — the cover art, the inserts, the lyrics, the photos and stories, all the things that go into enhancing the music listening experience.
So, they happily obliged and since they got rid of their collection years ago assuming them all to be irrelevant it’s now up to me to get my collection going.
I’d passed Atomic many times before, as I just live up the hill on Magnolia in Burbank and so I knew where to go. After browsing for an hour I walked out with Pink Floyd (isn’t Dark Side of the Moon a must have?), Cat Stevens, Peter Paul and Mary, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Simon and Garfunkel. I guess it’s a good thing I love the music from long before my time. Walked out with those for under $ 40. The owner commented that he’d pulled Dark side of the Moon that say knowing he’d be selling it to someone.
From what I gathered the two men running the place were the owners and are brothers. They were perfectly nice guys, who seemed to know what they’re talking about, and were making small talk with the customers in the store.
Would go back again. Apparently the stock changes with what comes in to the store so I’ll have to go back another time to see what they may get.
Only 4 stars as I would have liked to see some more modern music selection. Like I said I’m only 28 and while I dig the oldies, it would be nice to have items in the vein of Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Wilco, etc., but perhaps that stuff just doesn’t come in their doors.

My little brother does some animation class down the street and I never usually go but this time I went and down the street was a record shop! I was extremely happy to find one! And they opened up an hour before my brother got out so I had time to browse! I came home with a Louis Armstrong cassette for a buck and some oldies record sets for $ 4 each and eat box set had 3 records in it! The only thing I didn’t find was some reggae in the 45’s and that was my main thing I was looking for but I couldn’t leave empty handed! Love it here!