Yuri’s Records

Yuris records has been in South Gate for ever, really my only reason for giving it 3 stars, it’s held its ground on street where mom and pop shops have closed down over and over again.
Yuris is that after thought store… When you can’t find records at Amoeba, or at Fingerprints. They’re records are over priced, and not a wide selection of music. 3 bins for Rap/​hiphop 3 for Rock 3 for indie… Not enough for me. Most of it is mainstream media, stuff you’d hear on Kroq. Vibe is okay, almost feels like the lady behind the register is staring at you to see if you’re gonna buy something. She also has a bit of an attitude, whenever I ask about pricing she replys with a snarky comment and tries to justify its price. They have Crosley Record players in there priced over $ 110! Are you kidding?! It also seems they priced then higher according to color variations. The same record player can be bought on Amazon for less than $ 70 with free shipping!
Other than being a record store, they also have smoking accessories bongs, pipes, and roll papers. The also have skateboard stuff, shirts, patches, and anything you’d find in a smaller less expensive shop in Hollywood.
Although this isn’t the place for me, it might be the place for you, just be ready to spend a lot of money.

I LOVE this place the people the atmosphere it’s incredible. Wax on Wax off this place still sells wax. Whether it’s a 12′ inch single or full length double sided album. Cd’s as well for those of you that are old school and still buy over the counter even though you may have an ipod and MP3 player. This place is always trending from the concert shirts sold here to the skater apparel and the decks on hand. Gone are the video games but that’s o.k. the air conditioning on a super hot day makes up the difference. You want buttons of your favorite bands they seem to be making a come back as well there are patches for you jackets or if you want to plug up that hole in your jeans. Posters of hot chicks/​women are still alluring as much as the metal, punk and rap musicians or your favorite bands. I hope this is all helpful for you that have never been there or frequent the place as much as I have and plus working there for 15 years or so helps me know about what I have stated here on this post.

So when I was in high school, there was a reason why I would commute to hollywood to get my goodies… This place is about what you would expect from a tiny record store… in South Gate. It’s small, doesn’t have much mech, and what they do have is pretty pricey. I’m honestly shocked they are still in business. I would guess the only reason why they are still in business, is because South Gate is so secluded that most of the kids who come here have no other place to go. Well, I guess that has it’s good side.

How’s a record store holding it down still, much less way out here in South Gate? I don’t know, but it works.
This place has been around since back in the days. It’s front has changed a bit and it original hip-​hop bud smokers place to it’s currrent skater dude incarnation keeps it pretty hip.
Bought my first band shirt of Porno’s for Pyros back in the 90’s. Yikes!

This place obviously caters to all the high school punk rockers who keep the Allen and Café Kashmere in business. I’m all about supporting independently owned local businesses but this place is nothing special.

Definitely not your scene if you’re over 15. Everything in their bins was either Fergie or overplayed M.I.A.
Where’s the underground hip hop and underground NY rock bands?
I didn’t even see the classics like Morrissey and Camp Lo, or even A Tribe Called Quest.
Cool for the kiddies that are still learning to ollie, not much else.
Latino version of High Fidelty? Not really.

Yuri’s is one of the last standing mom-​and-​pop style record shops in SG. They have everything from old school hip hop to new Indie punk rock (on VINYL — yeah remember vinyl?) really cool posters, t-​shirts, hoodies and accessories. Do you remember the Dead Kennedy’s? Yuri’s does! The people who work there are always willing to chat it up too. Great place to stop in and feel like you are in the Latino version of High Fidelity.