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A record shop (or record store) is an outlet that sells recorded music. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Although vinyl records and audio cassettes are no longer sold in the majority of music stores, in favor of compact discs, people still use the term "record shop", in conjunction with "CD shop" or "music shop". A gramophone The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a Magnetic tape sound A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

Originally record shops were private run and independent businesses, meaning that prices could differ greatly from town to town, store to store. Today music shops are largely chain owned and thus prices are fairly similar regardless of the wealth of the town. In the United Kingdom the national chain style of selling records and tapes took off with Our Price, itself originally a small independent business founded in the early 1970s that expanded nationwide. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Our Price was a chain of record stores in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland from the 1970s until the late 1990s This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Competition (like any major business) is fierce, proven by the closure of Our Price in 2004 after several rival chains emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, including HMV, Virgin Megastore and MVC. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label Virgin Megastores is an international chain of Record shops founded by Sir Richard Branson on London 's Oxford Street in January or February Around the world, the traditional record stores (chain or independent) are currently suffering from mail order (most notably on the Internet), as well as supermarkets selling recorded music, and digital downloads. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good

Because of the above, several major chains in the UK and North America have closed or shrunk in recent years. In addition to Our Price, Andys Records, MVC and Media Play have ceased trading. Our Price was a chain of record stores in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland from the 1970s until the late 1990s Andys Records was a UK music retailer that traded from 1969 to 2003. Media Play was a chain of retail stores founded in 1992 by Musicland that sold movies on video DVDs music Electronics, Video games, books Tower Records closed all its British and United States outlets in recent years. Tower Records was a Retail music chain based in Sacramento California, USA The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Even chains that are still major players such as Virgin have had to close some stores (most notably their ones at Gatwick and Heathrow airports). Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. Virgin also had to drastically reduce their presence in the American market. Sam Goodys, a major player for many years, has also closed dozens of stores recently, and Canada's long running Sam The Record Man finally closed the door's of its flagship store in downtown Toronto in the summer of 2007. Sam Goody is a Music and Entertainment Retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. Sam the Record Man is a Canadian record store chain that at one time was Canada 's largest music recording retailer with 130 stores

Spillers Records in Cardiff, Wales, founded in 1894 by Henry Spiller, is reputed to be the oldest record shop in the world[1]. Spillers Records, established in 1894, is the oldest Record shop in the world Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It originally specialised in the sale of phonographs, cylinders and shellac discs. In 2006 it was reported that it could be forced to close by a sharp increase in the rent for its premises. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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