Like with any industry, record stores tend to come and go. Beloved vinyl emporiums may close , but over time, new shops will open up where entrepreneurial record collectors see a need, while older chains expand as they refine their successful habits.

Selling records in the age of digital streaming, when even the practice of buying entire albums digitally has decreased, is not as easy a job as it used to be. The chain music stores of the past are long gone, and CD sales fluctuate annually, yet the demand for vinyl records continues to increase each year. Thankfully, here in the Valley, there are plenty of independent record shops where record collectors can shop for new and used records as well as record equipment.

Of course, every record shop is different and has its own particular aud

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