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How the 12-Inch Record is Saving the Local Record Store
Business Employment News Network - May 20, 2015
Where once upon a time the Main Street of every U.S. city sported a local record store, downloads, streaming and online retailers conspired --and largely succeeded-- in closing their doors. But what once bode certain extinction for these surviving shops has seemingly turned around, all thanks to a format of recorded music that virtually vanished with the invention of the compact disc–the vinyl record.