10 Big Record Stores We Can’t Forget

In the late 1970’s, record store chains began to pop up all across the nation. Before that, most of us purchased records from retail stores like Montgomery Ward, Penny’s, Woolworth’s and K-Mart. Let’s not forget about the small independent record shops, too. Most of these big record store chains were located in shopping malls. They were individual companies at first, but were eventually gobbled up by Trans World Entertainment who later rebranded many of these stores into an F.Y.E.

 I have fond memories of spending hours in these stores. The best part was getting back home and listening to the cool music I had just purchased….especially if you had a “decked out” stereo system. I liked reading all of the liner notes that included information about where the songs were recorded, Info about the artist and who was playing what instruments. 

I still have most of my 45’s, tapes, CD’s and vinyl albums. It’s a collection!

How about you?