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Does Anyone Record Stores

TnyjMuzic	Date: June 21, 2008 @ 11:45 PM I used to buy records everyday way back in the days when record stores ruled the earth. (I don't know everyone age here) but all of these record store places no longer exsist. R.I.P: Record World Camelot The Wall Record Town Tower Records Sam Goody Music Plus Strawberries Coconuts. FYE (may be in danger, I know of one that went out of business)
leedsquietman	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 3:18 AM Sam The Record Man with it's huge spinning discs outside was a big loss for Toronto, that was part of the landscape and culture for so long. HMV continues to exist here, they made smart business decisions going back at least 6 or 7 years ago to put as much effort into promoting DVD and Video Games as well as CD audio and are still alive because of that. The big bulk sellers like Walmart, Best Buy and Futureshop all seem to be doing OK selling CDs too, but once again diversified and of course, the temptation is you might drop some cash on some electronics or (in Walmarts case) food, clothes, medicines etc. as a side benefot to those stores. Music is probably their least profitable area of business but it does lead to sales spilling over into more profitable areas.
TnyjMuzic	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 3:51 AM Absolutely Leeds, The Best Buys, and Walmarts it's have cornered the market with it's diversity of products but maybe it's just me but i can still see going to a store specificly to buy music. I know things like I tunes makes it easy to shop from home but the idea still makes sense to me. Best Buy can't order special recordings like the record store chains could do.
TnyjMuzic	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 3:52 AM Oh yeah...Virgin Megastore is still here in the heart of Times Square.
leedsquietman	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 4:13 AM I guess it depends on what you intend to buy. Rare/back catalogue recordings are not handled by th ebig bulk sellers, there are still some record store only chains (such as sunrise records here in Ontario) but increasingly, you can order his stuff online from the record label, many now offer download or CD ordering online, 4AD records (the pixies, the breeders, throwing muses, dead can dance, red house painters etc) being one example.
TnyjMuzic	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 4:51 AM You can order rare/back catalog recordings directly from the record labels? Many of the major label have closed up shop as well but i will have to look into that. Thanx for the info.
zedsalt	Date: June 22, 2008 @ 5:32 AM Locally, we have an exception to the rule regarding brick-and-mortar record stores. The difference between Method's two stores and the struggling Karma records is that he has listening stations (hear it before you buy it). And he was doing that decades before the internet hit this area!
Veracohr	Date: June 25, 2008 @ 1:55 PM Ah, all those big ones can keep dying off. Let the little ones take over.
AgentMGD	Date: July 14, 2008 @ 11:20 AM there's a cool record store here in Chicago called Record Breakers. they have a wide selection of vintage vinyl, 45s as well as cassettes, 8-tracks too. there are few others around town that i love to visit.
broken	Date: July 16, 2008 @ 12:51 PM I think eBay is now a good source for vinyl records. I usually collect them in digital format from a few online trackers, 24/96,000hz in flac.