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Camelot Music was a mall-based American retailer of prerecorded music and accessories and was one of the largest music retailers in the United States based on store count. [1] Camelot specialized in the sales of prerecorded music, especially vinyl LP, 45-rpm records, cassette tapes, CDs, and video/music accessories.
The store grossed over $1.3 million exceeding the average store volume by over 50%. Based on this successful store opening, numerous other Tracks Music and Video stores were added leveraging video rental and music sales under one roof. Previous Record Bar stores were primarily within mall locations whereas Tracks stores were free-standing.
Some malls that Record World stores were located in included Roosevelt Field Mall, Green Acres Mall, and Stamford Town Center however, many of the Record World stores were closed by 1989, and by 1990, the chain was completely defunct, due to TSS filing for bankruptcy. [10] In 1992, three Record World locations were acquired by MCD Records ...
It shows the Pathmarks Shopping Center, with a clothes store and a record store featured prominently in the photo. H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock - Getty Images Mall of America, 1992
Who didn’t like going to the malls in the 1970s, ‘80s and ... hang out in the record store or take a spin on the carousel. ... The department stores went out and other specialty stores left ...
Record Bar – malls; acquired by Blockbuster in 1993 and converted [150] Record Town – store name changed to FYE by parent company Trans World Entertainment; Record World – company also operated The Record Shops at TSS; was purchased by W.H. Smith after declaring bankruptcy in 1992; rebranded The Wall the following year [151] [152] [153]
See shopping photos from the 1970s and ’80s. Jeff Kleinman. August 9, 2023 at 8:55 AM. Some malls and stores are gone, except in our memories. Others have been renovated and expanded.
National Record Mart operated 20 Pittsburgh-area stores in the 1960s, at which point the chain began locating in regional shopping malls, including South Hills Village and Northway Mall (now The Shoppes at Northway). The first stores outside Pennsylvania opened in the 1970s, including Roanoke, Virginia, Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois ...