Welcome to Crooked Beat Records

Discover rare, unusual, and independent new and used vinyl

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Soft Open Hours
Monday 1:00 - 7:00pm 
Tuesday / Wednesday - CLOSED
Thursday/Friday 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Saturday 11:30 - 7:00pm 
Sunday 12:00-6:00pm

  (703) 244-5003

THE RSD BLACK FRIDAY LIST IS IT IN!

RSD Black Friday is 11/27! We are building our order list over the next couple days and we want to hear from you. What titles are you interested in? Browse at https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases and let us know what you want. We can't promise we'll get everything we request on your behalf but we will do our best! Email your list crookedbeat@crookedbeat.com

Stop by during our soft opening!

Crooked Beat is back on the Avenue!  We are excited to welcome you in.  See our hours above.

WAYS TO HELP CROOKED BEAT

Important Announcements!

  • Largest Selection of New Vinyl in the DC Area

  • We specialize in Indie Labels such as Dischord, Touch & Go, Merge, Matador, Cherry Red, Soul Jazz, Sub Pop, Jagjaguar, Secretly Canadian, Constellation, K, Domino, Sister Polygon, Epitaph, Anti, Hellcat, Numero, Temporary Resiliance, Dead Oceans, Fat Possum, Norton, Third Man, Light in the Attic, Colemine Records... and many more (including the big labels).
Visit our collection of New Vinyl

  • Diverse Collection of Used Records

  • We stock thousands of used vinyl records in all genres including Classic Rock, Soul, Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Soundtracks, Jazz and so much more! New albums are stocked every day.
Visit Our Used Vinyl Collection

  • DC and Regional Recording Artists

  • Crooked Beats celebrates DC and the local region which have a rich history in music. DC has been vastly influential in most music genres including Jazz, R&B, Bluegrass, Punk, and Go-go. We stock local emerging artists and established DC legends.
Visit our collection of DC Regional Artists

Largest Selection of New Vinyl in the DC Area

We specialize in Indie Labels such as Dischord, Touch & Go, Merge, Matador, Cherry Red, Soul Jazz, Sub Pop, Jagjaguar, Secretly Canadian, Constellation, K, Domino, Sister Polygon, Epitaph, Anti, Hellcat, Numero, Temporary Resiliance, Dead Oceans, Fat Possum, Norton, Third Man, Light in the Attic, Colemine Records... and many more (including the big labels). Visit our collection of New Vinyl

Diverse Collection of Used Records

We stock thousands of used vinyl records in all genres including Classic Rock, Soul, Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Soundtracks, Jazz and so much more! New albums are stocked every day. Visit Our Used Vinyl Collection

DC and Regional Recording Artists

Crooked Beats celebrates DC and the local region which have a rich history in music. DC has been vastly influential in most music genres including Jazz, R&B, Bluegrass, Punk, and Go-go. We stock local emerging artists and established DC legends. Visit our collection of DC Regional Artists

New Releases and Reissues

  • Connells
    Darker Days
    $28.00
    $28.00
  • Cameron Winter (Geese)
    Live at Carnegie Hall
    $32.00
    $32.00
  • Fontaines D.C.
    Dopamine Chamber
    $28.00
    $28.00
  • Amy Winehouse
    Back To Black
    $70.00
    $70.00
  • Amy Winehouse
    Back To Black
    $31.00
    $31.00
  • Genesis
    From Genesis to Revelation
    $57.00
    $57.00
  • Freak Slug
    Amulet
    $26.00
    $26.00
  • Echo And The Bunnymen
    Apples For Isaac
    $33.00
    $33.00
  • Greta Van Fleet
    Palace for the People
    $50.00
    $50.00
  • Greta Van Fleet
    Palace For The People
    $50.00
    $50.00

Back in Stock!

  • Robben Ford and Bill Evans
    Common Ground
    $50.00
    $50.00
  • Bjork
    Debut Live
    $36.00
    $36.00
  • Alice In Chains
    MTV Unplugged
    $38.00
    $38.00
  • Ben Folds Five
    Ben Folds Five 30th Anniversary
    $46.00
    $46.00
  • Richard Thompson
    Live from Austin TX
    $40.00
    $40.00
  • Oliva Rodrigo
    NPR Tiny Desk Concert
    $39.00
    $39.00
  • Bad Bunny
    Un Verano Sin ti
    $57.00
    $57.00
  • Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
    A New World Record
    $28.00
    $28.00
  • GENA
    The Pleasure is Yours
    $33.00
    $33.00
  • B-52's
    B-52's
    $44.00
    $44.00
  • B-52's
    wild planet
    $44.00
    $44.00
  • Amy Winehouse
    Look Across The River
    $30.00
    $30.00
  • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
    Bird And Diz
    $27.00
    $27.00
  • Various Rockin' Rollin Santa Claus
    Rockin Rollin Santa Claus
    $27.00
    $27.00
  • Misfits
    Hittsville Passaic NJ XMAS 81
    $32.00
    $32.00

Just In Used Vinyl

  • Yusef Lateef
    1984
    $55.00
    $55.00
  • Charles Mingus
    Let My Children Hear Music
    $33.00
    $33.00
  • Various (Musical Selections)
    This is Stereo Narrator: Ralph Camargo
    $5.00
    $5.00
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
    Giselle: The music...the pictures...the story
    $17.00
    $17.00
  • Wes Montgomery
    So Much Guitar
    $50.00
    $50.00
  • Charlie Mingus
    Tijuana Moods
    $48.00
    $48.00
  • Herbie Hancock
    Mwandishi
    $30.00
    $30.00
  • Bob Dylan and the Band
    The Basement Tapes
    $30.00
    $30.00
  • Marty Robbins
    This Is Much A Man
    $10.00
    $10.00
  • Bob Dylan
    Greatest Hits
    $18.00
    $18.00
  • Fuzz
    III
    $20.00
    $20.00
  • Peter Paul and Mary
    Late Again
    $8.00
    $8.00
  • Black Sabbath
    Attention Volume Two
    $28.00
    $28.00
  • Miles Davis
    Milestones
    $75.00
    $75.00
  • Carly Simon
    Coming Around Again
    $8.00
    $8.00
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Come See Our Store

Our brick & mortar store relocated to 2101-B Mt. Vernon Avenue, AlexandriaVA 22301 oin downtown Del Ray.  Street parking is readily available. 

Metro Directions

Metro Access: 

Walking: Head south on Potomac Avenue. Take a right on Glebe Road. Take a left on US 1 (Richmond Highway). Turn right on East Raymond Avenue. Turn left on Mt Vernon Avenue and you will find us located on the same block as Velocity Co-op.

Bus: From the Potomac Yard Metro, take the 33 bus (King St Metro via Mt Vernon Ave) to the Mt Vernon Avenue and Windsor Ave.

Walking: Head south on N West Street. Turn right on E Braddock Road. Turn right on Mt Vernon Avenue and continue for .9 miles.

Bus: From the Braddock Road Metro, take the 10B (Ballston) bus to Mt Vernon Avenue & Windsor Avenue stop.