A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Record Shop 

    I remember records, The Beatles and The Stones, and record shops. There were a finite number of sections representing different genres, and a seemingly finite, albeit by the seventies very vast, number of artists. Then came imports, compilations which differed from the local ones, different packaging, etc. Now the record store just isn't the same. First off, they don't sell records. Most of them haven't for years. Some of the more obscure artists have disappeared altogether, replaced by newer ones…

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