Remembering Record Stores

[cupboy]

How about a Wallich's Music City commercial? I bought many of my late release SQ records there after all other stores quit stocking them. One odd thing was I don't remember them ever selling quad reel to reel tapes, but they had a good selection of stereo ones including new releases. Went out of business around 1978.

Here's a useless Wikipedia entry for them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallichs_Music_City

Vintage record store commercials:

Tower Records TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PMnrnTEITw

Woolworth Stereo Spectacular '71 TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=bMq4303WnbI

Tower Records Japan TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHBvf_PU8eY&feature=fvwrel

Sears record dept. TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqXHGOG3Eek

Sam Goody got it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1EmHiPfN4&feature=related

Musicland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j5-gxQqtas&feature=related

Musicland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rmV2CBp1EA&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Musicland/Sam Goody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbxwau0YCs&feature=related

Sam Goody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyrqs3rawK4&feature=related

Record World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=sAJjU2My4Bw

Sears compact stereo & Korvettes ad w/shots of their record department: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I7l-jntCeQ

 

[Quad Linda]

How about a King Karol commercial (for all the NYC folks): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf05VdwciRc

 

[Quad Linda]

OK, Wallich's Music City it is.
Mel Blanc selling records outside Wallich's for Capitol (1:31 on video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6IMuRICNP0 He also visits Capitol and learns how records are made.

How about a Wallich's Music City commercial? I bought many of my late release SQ records there after all other stores quit stocking them. One odd thing was I don't remember them ever selling quad reel to reel tapes, but they had a good selection of stereo ones including new releases. Went out of business around 1978.

Here's a useless Wikipedia entry for them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallichs_Music_City

 

[hwkn]

Back when I was 13 I worked at a Sounds Good[I was paid in merchandise since I was under age to work].....then several years later I came close to working at Rose Records near where I work[they wanted someone who knew about classical music but I admitted that I really didn't know much.....I should've fibbed].

 

[Quad Linda]

Musicland (text in post #14 this thread), Muscatine Mall, Muscatine, IA


Does anyone else remember the conveyor belt in the tape case at Musicland?

Musicland had a store in most malls in the US. Woodfield, the mega-mall near my house actually had 2 Musiclands for over 10 years!

 

[LizardKing]

Parsons Books & Music..



This was a real old school bookstore but they also had a great Classical/Jazz music section...

I'll miss it!!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/9671914/Well-known-Parsons-to-close-down

 

[Quad Linda]

Insane:


Record City, Skokie, IL Price sticker:

 

[Doug G.]

Musicland here at Apache Mall always had the very latest releases right up front so you could see them from outside the store.

I remember more than once picking up one of those latest releases and then wandering back to the racks to flip through LPs for a couple of hours.

What a way to spend a couple of hours.

Doug

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I loved visiting Sam the Record Man in Toronto. Its been gone for years now. Im planning a trip there next week as a Valentines getaway. Its not the same witout Sams.

 

[Quad Linda]

Mainstream (Milwaukee chain) matchbook:


In the '90's and new millennium, Farwell Records in Milwaukee was a KILLER used store. Luke Lavin, the owner was a great guy to deal with, Honest, knowledgeable and personable. A great jazz selection! Store went out of business a few years ago because landlord raised the rent. Luke called it quits. Luke at computer in his great store:


Korvettes price sticker:

 

[Quad Linda]

Virgin Megastore Times Square. It had Sony (later Loews) Theaters inside the store, and a cafe:




Colony Records on Broadway:

 

[Quad Linda]

Crazy Eddie price sticker:


Spec's in Miami:

 

[Hepcat]

I loved visiting Sam the Record Man in Toronto. Its been gone for years now..... Its not the same witout Sams.

Truth.

 

[cupboy]

Here's an odd picture I saw on knbc.com

 

[The Rang]

All these pictures of huge record stores with deep, deep selections makes me wanna cry.
I miss them more than I can describe.

 

[seilerbird]

Salzers in Ventura California is still going strong after 50 years. I was his first employee and we had about 200 albums in stock at the time. I remember getting in a few cases of slapovers of Yesterday and Today that summer.

 

[dr. simple]

Record stores aren't the same, but they're still out there! Yesterday's catch:

 

[dr. simple]

By the way - the guy charged me $50 for all eight records!!!

 

[GOS]

By the way - the guy charged me $50 for all eight records!!!

Nice! I Love going to record shops these days....so much fun. I can spend hours sifting through all the crates of music.

 

[Snood]

By the way - the guy charged me $50 for all eight records!!!

Nice on the Buckingham Nicks :banana:

Which Crusaders is that?