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Personally, it's a sad day to see those stores going under. If anyone
cares to recall, the reverse chain of ownership was Turtles -->
Wherehouse? --> Blockbuster -->Tracks-->Record Bar.   I used to be a
lower-managment-type personage at the Franklin St, South Square, Univ.
Mall, and Northgate Mall stores.   Back In The Day, Record Bar was a
locally-owned "chain," started, I believe, somewhere in the vicinity of
the Ghost of South Square.  Several of the founder's kids worked in the
stores at different times.  He built the chain by riding the "mall"
phenomenon. Nearly every mall in a five-state area had a Record Bar in
it, and they were THE coolest places in the 80's. Workers with pink hair
& nose rings, local music sections, etc.  Corporate homogenization sux!

The digital age has been hard on music retailers of all types, not just
the Big Companies. With the added competition of the Best Buy-type "loss
leader" CD sales, it's no wonder the little guys have had a hard time.
I'm still mourning Poindexter, and I never even had a chance to adopt
Radio Free Records.