Music Man Murray

2009 | BEST VANISHING RECORD STORE

It's a shame that in a year when three fledgling vinyl shops have opened within three miles of one another -- Vacation, Origami and Territory -- the granddaddy of all L.A. music vendors is closing operations. The mid-city-based Music Man Murray has serviced the Southland for no less than 47 years, specializing in the rarest of rare old music: pre–World War II jazz recordings on 12-inch, long-lost R&B classics on 78s, small-press '60s rock on 45s, and even 19th-century Edison... More »