The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Record Store - A Global History

Gina Arnold (Editor); John Dougan (Editor); Christine Feldman-Barrett (Editor); Matthew Worley (Editor)

Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways. Record stores speak volumes about our relationsh...