Aron's Records opened it's doors in 1965 on Melrose Avenue across from Fairfax High School. This happened when the man behind Aron's, Manny Aron, took his own collection of used classical records and put them out for sale in his new store. The rest is history. Eight years later, this little record store outgrew its first location and moved a block east to a larger space. Shortly after that it took over the space next door and doubled in size. In 1990, he made the most dramatic move to the present store on Highland Ave.

Ask the typical person on the streets, where do they buy their music? They'll probably tell you, 'At Tower Records or at Virgin.' But, if you were to ask the die hard music fan where they buy their music, they will tell you, 'Aron's Records on Highland'. Aron's Records was considered the music mecca of Los Angeles. This is the place where one could find, obscure indie titles, imported music, vinyl, DVDs, VHS and the best used CD selection anywhere. Until November 11, 2002, this is the day that would be the beginning of the end for Aron's Records. This is the day that Amoeba Records moved into the neighborhood. A bigger place that basically had everything you could find, as far as music and video go, at Aron's, but ten fold. But what Aron's lacked in volume and size compared to Amoeba, they made up with quality, customer service and vibe. The Rocker and I are old school rockers that don't look at music stores, just as a place where you buy music. A music store for us is like a going to the public library or going to place where we could hang out with our friends like, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and the guys in The Wildhearts, just to name a few. We remember when Jim Wilson of Mother Superior and The Henry Rollin's Band use to work there. We could spend hours, I kid you not, in a music store. I don't think there is one music store in the Los Angeles area that The Rocker and I have not checked out. The one store that we have always been faithful to out of all the music stores in L.A., including Amoeba, is Aron's Records. What was so cool about going to Aron's was the anticipation of what we might find. That "big score", I can't count the number of times The Rocker and I would yell out, "SCORE!", when we found a hard to find CD. The other thing the both of us enjoyed was the parking lot sales that Aron's would put on. It was an event that brought in hundreds, if not thousands of people. Rain or shine, the people or what we call, "The Die Hards" (you know who you are), came out with boxes or bags in hand anticipating the opening of the lot. Aron's also hosted in-store band performances, with bands like Phantom Planet and Puffy Ami Yumi.

So if you liked the movie 'High Fidelity' or just liked Mom and Pop record stores, then you, like us, will surely miss the place we called home for many years. To everyone that has ever been associated with this L.A. landmark, we Thank You and sadly say, Goodbye.