Last Canadian Music Chain Closes

Published by Toronto Mike on November 13, 2007 @ 15:53 in Music

cdDid you know Music World was the last Canadian-owned national music store chain? Neither did I until today when I read Music World is under bankruptcy protection and will close its stores.

That makes HMV the last chain standing in an age of digitized music collections and downloads. There was a time in the early 90s when I would head downtown and hit HMV, Sam the Record Man, Music World and A&A Records. I'd usually go home with two or three CDs, too. Times have certainly changed.

How many CDs each month do you now buy in a non-digital format?

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Coach
November 13, 2007 / 19:52

I just saw the new Wintersleep CD is out now. I'm probably gonna make a trip to HMV just to buy it tonight. I still buy about 3 cds a month, I do get satisfaction from owning the final product.

New Wintersleep vid:
http://www.wintersleep.com/videoplayer.htm

CQ
November 14, 2007 / 11:18

I was thinking of Sunrise Records, on the other side of Yonge, but they're a regional chain. US based Tower was a very good d/t store in the late 90s.

Toronto Mike
November 14, 2007 / 12:25

I forgot about Sunrise. Back in the day, when buying concert tickets meant a wrist band and actually going to a ticketmaster outlet, Sunrise was key.

Jason | GetYourOJ.com
November 16, 2007 / 09:11

When was Toer Records good? I blinked and the few locations we ever had were gone. They never had a big selection either.

Oh, and let me personally thank Coach for keeping the labels alive.

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