Fingerprints C D's & L P's

Fingerprints is something of an little bohemian oasis on the upper crust sidewalks of Belmont Shore in Long Beach. A big little record store, the selection is heavy on Indie rock, but there are small but well-maintained sections of jazz and classical as well. Hip older rock--timeless stuff like the Stones and all kinds of psychedelia--is represented pretty well in the stacks. They make a strong effort to get limited edition vinyl pressings and have some great rare vinyl. I don't think they pay especially well for used music--they aren't bad, but they aren't as good as Rockaway or Amoeba--but they do buy just about everything. They have unbelieveable in-store performances...Jonathon Richman, Dave Alvin, Iron & Wine, even Patti Smith have all played there. more

This is indie store has a pretty large selections, particularly of LPs. They have used and new CDs, magazines, used and new DVDs and VHS. Used and new LPs and a random assortment of toys and books. They pay really well for used CDs, more than any other store I have been to (including Amoeba and Amazon.com). The only downside is that I have bought two used DVDs there that have had weird problems. THey are playable, but one is missing the extras and menu and the other has a weird music soundtrack that sounds messed up. I haven't tried to exchange them because I'm lazy and the movie still plays. But I wish this wouldn't have happened twice. One time I special ordered something and they called me three months later!!! That was bad, and I'm not sure if that is standard. more