18 Things You Remember About Shopping at a Record Store in the 1970s

Step back into a 1970s American record store, when buying music meant walking past poster-covered windows, flipping through rows of LPs by hand, checking every jacket, and deciding what your budget could bring home. This video recreates one continuous record-store shopping trip through 18 physical memories that once made buying music feel completely different. 1. Poster-Covered Storefront and Window 2. Deep Rows of LP Bins 3. Genre and Alphabet Divider Cards 4. Flipping Through LPs One by One 5. The Album Jacket That Stopped You 6. Turning the Jacket Over to Read Track Lists and Credits 7. New Releases and Record-Label Displays 8. Whatever the Staff Had Playing Over the Shop Speakers 9. Checking the Price Sticker Against Your Budget 10. The 45 RPM Singles Section 11. 8-Track and Cassette Racks Growing Beside the LPs 12. Music Magazines, Posters, Buttons, and Patches 13. Browsing Used Records and Checking Their Condition 14. Hunting the Cut-Out Bins 15. Record-Care and Blank-Tape Accessories 16. When the Record Store Was Also a Concert-Ticket Outlet 17. Looking Up or Special-Ordering a Record Through Phonolog 18. Carrying the Square Record Bag Home and Protecting the LP If you remember shopping for records in the 1970s, tell us which store you visited and which part of the experience you remember most. #nostalgia #recordstore #1970s #shopping #vinyl #memories #american