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Groove Yard

4.5 ★★★★★ 45 Google reviews · Record store · CD store · Used CD store

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Music store with vintage & new jazz LPs & CDs in many styles, along with other genres.

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5555 Claremont Ave
Oakland, CA 94618

+1 510-655-8400

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Hours

Monday 11 am–6 pm
Tuesday 11 am–6 pm
Wednesday 11 am–6 pm
Thursday 11 am–6 pm
Friday 11 am–6 pm
Saturday 11 am–6 pm
Sunday 12–5 pm

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What's in the crates

The genres crate-diggers actually call out in reviews of Groove Yard — not self-reported, earned.

🎷 jazz 19 mentions

“Great place for jazz tell the owner what you are looking for and he will help very knowledgeable.”

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🎸 rock 3 mentions

“Every Saturday at 11, the owner releases a few creates from his personal collection There's also a large amount of Soul, Rock, & Vocal records”

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🎺 blues 2 mentions

“Just wish I could browse the blues section, but it’s been covered with stacks of vinyl last two times I visited.”

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What customers say

Oh man, Groove Yard is such a gem!! Get in there!! Went there this morning for the first time and found all kinds of super stuff - I really appreciate that Groove Yard has great music (both hard-to-find and huge selection of other things too), but I didn't feel like I needed to be a connoisseur or expert or anything…

★★★★★ — Moe, 2025-02

Great little shop packed with gems alot of hard to find items. Lots of Mofi analog productions type of items. I blew my budget in a short amount of time but what I got was awesome. Great place for jazz tell the owner what you are looking for and he will help very knowledgeable.

★★★★★ — Jason, 2020-10

Great diggin spot! One of the vinyl gems in the Bay Area; Rick is a fascinating guy. Highly recommend!

★★★★★ — Flora, 2024-09

Absolute must stop for records in the Bay Area. Esp if you love Jazz. We are lucky to have a shop like this. The owner has a long history in the business and only sells the best records.

★★★★★ — Justin, 2025-01

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