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Record shop

A record shop or record store is a retail outlet that sells recorded music. Per the name, in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, record shops only sold gramophone records. But over the course of the 20th century, record shops sold the new formats that were developed, such as eight track tapes, compact cassettes and compact discs (CDs).…

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Record shop

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Record shop

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related to Further reading · 13
Record shop → Clark Davis, Flood, For, Garth Cartwright, Going, How African American Consumers, Music Retailers Created Commercial, Public Space, Records, South, Southern Cultures, UK, Winter
related to United Kingdom · 12
Record shop → According, Brighton, England, Fopp, HMV, In, Our Price, Prior, Rough Trade, The, UK, United Kingdom
related to history · 9
Record shop → Cardiff, CDs, Henry Spiller, It, Shellac, Soon, Spillers Records, The, Wales
related to Used market · 9
Record shop → CDs, Discogs, DVD, In, Internet, It, Some, This, US
related to Mongolia · 8
Record shop → Batbold Bavuu, Batbold Bavuu's, Before, Beijing, Dund Gol, In, In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
related to Kenya · 5
Record shop → Among Nairobi's, Congolese, James Rugami, Kenyan Benga, Swahili

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record records stores store shop cds vinyl shops music many largest sell independent chains century hmv also world's uk north

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posters of bands or singersinstance ofSome record stores also sell music-related items0.80text
related clothing itemsinstance ofSome record stores also sell music-related items0.80text
even merchandise such as bagsinstance ofSome record stores also sell music-related items0.80text
coffee mugs.Even when CDs became popular during the 1990sinstance ofSome record stores also sell music-related items0.80text
people in English-speaking countries continued using the terminstance ofSome record stores also sell music-related items0.80text
Sam Goodyinstance of000 residents in the world.United StatesWith the demise of chains0.80text
Best Buyinstance ofand at big box retailers0.80text
Walmartinstance ofand at big box retailers0.80text
Targetinstance ofand at big box retailers0.80text
Sam Goodyinstance ofUnited StatesWith the demise of chains0.80text
Record shoprelated to Further readingGarth Cartwright0.60section
Record shoprelated to Further readingGoing0.60section

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