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A New Record Store Is Opening Soon In Freehold, NJ That People Are Really Excited For!

If you were a teenager in the 80's like myself, then there's a good chance you belonged to the Columbia House Record Club. You remember the deal you would get like 8 albums for a penny! Then you had to buy several albums at regular price to finish your agreement.

Story by George W. Forman Saturday, April 22nd is Record Store Day, a day to celebrate independent record stores throughout the country.  Many of your favorite artists will have limited edition releases for the occasion, including Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Prince, Madonna, The Beatles, and newer artists like The Lumineers and Sia...

It's funny how things that we grew up with are suddenly cool again.  Many Millennials have a keen interest in listening to music on vinyl, even though there are plenty of recordings available on CD and online.  Many record shops, which for many years replaced their album bins with CDs, are back to carrying vinyl again...

Even amid HBO’s current difficulty launching new hit dramas, The Sopranos remains sorely missed almost a decade past David Chase’s infamous ending. Chase hasn’t fully crossed out the idea of returning to the Soprano family in prequel, but a new chat sees the showrunner discussing a filmed alternate ending, as well as changes at the network that might have put buddy Terence Winter’s Vinyl into its current state.

Here it is 2016 and we actually have a day set aside to celebrate those shops that sell our favorite music.  In this digital age, with so many people streaming and downloading music, there aren't as many record stores as their used to be...

When I posted yesterday asking "What was the first single or album you ever bought?" the responses here and on Facebook were great.  It made me smile to read how you remembered your first trip to the record store or department.  Some of your purchases included The Partridge Family,  David Bowie,  KC and the Sunshine Band and Crosby Stills Nash and Young...

Saturday was a day to remember how we first started listening to music.  On vinyl.  All around America, music shops celebrated "Record Store Day.  Some popular artists released special recordings just for that occasion.  Many stores are seeing renewed interest in vinyl albums...

It was on this day in history the "album" was introduced