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Amoeba Music is an American independent music store chain with locations in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.It stocks media, primarily music, but also films and television programs via DVD and VHS.
Rasputin Music is the largest independent chain of record stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It was founded as "Rasputin Records" in 1971 in Berkeley, California by entrepreneur Ken Sarachan. It is named after an early 20th century Russian political/religious figure Grigori Rasputin.
Rockaway Records is a US independent music and memorabilia store located in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The store's specialties are rare vinyl records, autographs, posters, memorabilia, and other music collectibles. [ 1 ]
In April 2015, a few hundred people attended the store's Record Store Day. [7] In December 2016, the Record Alley received significant sales after Christmas. [8] In October 2017, the Hellions' first official release Hymns From the Other Side was made available for purchase at the Record Alley. [9]
The current record store chains in the UK are HMV, Fopp, and Rough Trade. The enormous increase in sales of vinyl records in the 2000s has provided an opportunity for growth in some sectors. According to a recent study, Brighton, England has the highest number of record stores per 100,000 residents in the world. [citation needed]
The term is a colloquial expression for vinyl records, comparing them to the color of licorice and the shape of a pizza. [2] James Greenwood opened the first Licorice Pizza record store in July 1969 in downtown Long Beach. [3] In the next fifteen years, multiple locations spread throughout Southern California.
The post The 10 Great Record Stores in America appeared first on SPIN. Mainstream stores pivoted out of the brick and mortar locales over the years, or closed altogether like Sam Goody, but not ...
Wallichs Music City was located on the northwest corner of Sunset & Vine and operated from 1940 to 1978. Owner Glenn E. Wallichs, along with Tin Pan Alley songsmith Johnny Mercer and ex-Paramount movie producer Buddy De Sylva, had founded Capitol Records, [8] starting in a small office on Vine Street in 1942 [9] and then moving to larger offices above the store in 1946.