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Article List

• November 21, 2013 - New York Times - Records Are Dying? Not Here

• March 27, 2013 - Glendale News-Press - It's a matter of record: Burbank's Atomic Records and Backside

• December 30, 2012 - Detroit News - As one record shop closes, vinyl music plays on in another

• April 20, 2012 - Boston.com - New vinyl album releases give record stores a kick

• November 20, 2011 - Salon.com - In an iTunes age, do we need the record store?

• June 9, 2011 - NJ.com - Curmudgeon Records closes its doors for good

• April 16, 2011 - Wall Street Journal - One-Day Record-Store Revival

• February 1, 2011 - Charlottesville News & Arts - Plan 9 Changes Location

• August 13, 2010 - The Tennesean - Anita Wadhwani: Nashville indie record stores' sales spin in right direction

• January 3, 2010 - Delaware News Journal - Delaware music shops get creative to compete with downloads, chain music stores

• September 24, 2009 - Los Angeles Times - L.A. independent record shop is still in a groove

• August 20, 2009 - CNN Money - You can make money off online music

• June 14, 2009 - New York Times - Retailing Era Closes With Music Megastore

• May 13, 2009 - Medill Reports - Resurgence in vinyl helps record store in recession

• April 26, 2009 - Los Angeles Times - In a digital age, vinyl albums are making a comeback

• April 18, 2009 - Charlotte Observer - Record stores band together

• April 17, 2009 - Detroit News - Record Store Day spins profits and good beats at Metro Detroit shops

• April 17, 2009 - Associated Press - Record Store Day celebrates indie retailers

• April 10, 2009 - Detroit News - Street Corner Music moving to Oak Park plaza

• April 10, 2009 - Toledo Free Press - New record store shakes up Adams Street

• January 8, 2009 - OC Register - Closing date for Virgin Megastore at The Block

• October 28, 2008 - Reuters - AC/DC back in "Black" with global smash

• September 23, 2008 - Chicago Daily Herald - Independent music stores haven't yet disappeared from suburbia

• June 23, 2008 - New York Times - For Tom Petty Fans, the True Sound of Vinyl, Also Captured on a CD

• April 19, 2008 - Lafayette Journal Courier - For some, record stores live on

• April 19, 2008 - New Jersey Star Ledger - It's Record Store Day. Play it again, Sam!

• April 18, 2008 - New York Times - Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing

• April 18, 2008 - Dallas Morning News - Retailers hope Record Store Day turns up volume at mom-and-pop shops

• April 16, 2008 - Timeout New York - Platter Up

• December 27, 2007 - Los Angeles Times - Virgin Megastore to close shop

• December 16, 2007 - New York Times - For a "Dinosaur," an Exuberant Second Life (Looney Tunes Reopens)

• December 3, 2007 - Detroit Free Press - The same old song: Music store closing

• November 7, 2007 - Washington Post - Eagles soar past Britney to top of charts

• November 4, 2007 - The Ledger - Two Young Entrepreneurs Unafraid of Risk of Going on Records

• August 20, 2007 - Billboard - Almighty Taps Hans As VP

• June 29, 2007 - ABC News - Long Live the Record Store

• June 28, 2007 - Orange County Weekly - Locals Only

• June 13, 2007 - Reuters - McCartney's Starbucks album heats up U.S. charts

• June 9, 2007 - Billboard - Commentary: Retail Recovery

• May 9, 2007 - Columbia Free Times - High Fidelity

• March 22, 2007 - NARM Awards - Almighty Retail Named NARM Related Supplier Finalist For Third Consecutive Year

• March 16, 2007 - Chortler - Shout! Factory Has Revamped Its Website

• March 9, 2007 - PhillyBurbs.com - Internet killed the record store?

• March 4, 2007 - Sacramento Bee - New groove for Solomon

• February 28, 2007 - USA Today - Exclusives aim to pull music fans into stores

• February 28, 2007 - New York Newsday - Latin record shops thrive despite changes in music business

• February 23, 2007 - Montpelier Bridge - Buch Spieler Sails On Despite a Music Industry Decline

• November 20, 2006 - Austin 360 - In Austin, Niche Indies Rule

• October 20, 2006 - Sacramento Bee - Tower brand could survive

• October 15, 2006 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Tables have turned on record stores

• October 14, 2006 - Sacramento Bee - Small labels lose valuable ally in Tower

• October 6, 2006 - Desert Sun - Record Alley remodels

• September 27, 2006 - Music & Copyright - Niche Marketing of CD albums continues to rise in the US and Physical Sales overall decline

• September 22, 2006 - CNN.com - Indie stores confront a new era

• September 19, 2006 - New York Newsday - 34 years, and that's not all, folks

• August 18, 2006 - The Roanoke Times - Plan 9 Music puts new spin on 5 Record Exchange stores

• August 3, 2006 - The Hollywood Reporter - Nervous music retailers face hazy digital future

• July 16, 2006 - New York Times - The Graying of the Record Store

• July 13, 2006 - Rolling Stone - The iTunes Holdouts

• July 11, 2006 - Roanoke Times - Record store's "last dance"

• July 5, 2006 - Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader - Quimper Sound moves, expands to change with times

• June 6, 2006 - Billboard - NARM Nominations Announced

• May 10, 2006 - Detroit MetroTimes - Out of the Groove

• March 18, 2006 - Billboard - Indies in a bind

• January 16, 2006 - Los Angeles Business Journal - Slipped Discs

• January 6, 2006 - Los Angeles Times - Indie record stores doing slow fade out

• December 26, 2005 - Los Angeles Times - The Music Stops for Indie Shop

• December 1, 2005 - Rolling Stone - Fall Sales Dry Up

• October 13, 2005 - Desert Sun - Music snobs rejoice: Independent record stores still thrive in desert

• September 12, 2005 - Salt Lake Tribune - Twilight for Starbound Records

• August 18, 2005 - New York Post - Oldies are now singing a new tune - Music stores go digital

• July 2005 - Rolling Stone - Record Biz Still Sinking

• June 18, 2005 - Billboard - NARM Noms Announced

• March 21, 2005 - CMJ - Hart of the Matter

• February 16, 2005 - MSN - Genius Loves Company

• October 12, 2004 - Rolling Stone - Wal-Mart wants $10 CDs

• July 10, 2004 - Billboard - Almighty Institute To The Rescue

• January 14, 2004 - Creative Loafing Charlotte - Manifest Destiny

• December 29, 2003 - New York Times - on the rise of mass marketers

• November 13, 2003 - Rolling Stone - Best Buy snags rights to band's new DVD

• October 9, 2003 - USA Today - Best Buy wins sales rights to Rolling Stones DVD box set

• October 6, 2003 - Reuters - Stones Paint It Black For Retailers

• May 31, 2003 - Billboard - Retail Track

• May 9, 2003 - Hits - Rerap





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