Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
By: Gary Calamar
3.82
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
�There’s nothing as glamorous as a record store.” � Paul McCartney In this era of digital d…
Want to Read"The record store was a place of escape. It was a library and a clubhouse"-Gary Calamar, Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
"There’s a vast fraternity of record collectors, and the record store was their hub. There was not a lot of information on these groups or the labels so you’d gather [there] and it would be like a library. - Lenny Kaye quoted"-Gary Calamar, Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
"National Record Mart began when Hyman Shapiro and his sons Sam and Howard opened their first music store in 1937. A tiny storefront in downtown Pittsburgh, they called it Jitterbug Records and sold used jukebox records for a dime apiece."-Gary Calamar, Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
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By: Gary Calamar
3.82
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
�There’s nothing as glamorous as a record store.” � Paul McCartney In this era of digital d… read more
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"The record store was a place of escape. It was a library and a clubhouse"-Gary Calamar, Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
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"National Record Mart began when Hyman Shapiro and his sons Sam and Howard opened their first music store in 1937. A tiny storefront in downtown Pittsburgh, they called it Jitterbug Records and sold u…"-Gary Calamar, Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again
