I'm thinking of opening a record store.
What are some titles that I absolutely NEED to have in stock? I'm talking about the most essential records that any record store should have. Feel free to also include essential music related movies. I'm thinking of carrying shit like The Wall and Magical Mystery Tour on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Rap and Classic rock because thats what will sell the most
Depends on who you want to cater towards.
Plenty of second hand music stores or record stores have a pretty defined niche. Or you can go broader and just order represses of stuff from Led Zeppelin, Prince and Queen while ordering 2-3 copies of every big indie and hip hop release.
people don't uh.... buy albums anymore, man.
Except they do
*goes bankrupt in 3 months*
The entire Skinny Puppy discography
what state are you in, OP? i'm willing to work for you for cheap. you need a lot of the obvious staples like Pink Floyd, Beatles, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys, David Bowie and if you're near a college campus you could consider stocking slightly hipper stuff like Godspeed, Sonic Youth and Swans
if people want records they will use ebay.
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sorry OP
people only buy records from urban outfitters these days
how do they exactly?
The little blue vinyl bar is getting bigger
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the industry is literally selling millions of vinyl more each year
You’re pretty retarded if you seriously can’t see the increase of vinyl sales, vinyl gimmicks, RSD hype, etc. over the last decade.
look at the decrease in sales overall. music doesn't sell
We're not talking about sales overall we're talking about Vinyl sales which are increasing
so 1 more person each year buys a fucking vinyl for the first time big deal
>One hundred thousand copies of My Bloody Valentine - Loveless on vinyl
>1 more person each year buys a fucking vinyl
I know you are retarded but can you literally not see the graph above that shows that vinyls are being sold in the millions and increase about two million each year?
Yeah you’re retarded alright, thanks for confirming. Stay oblivious my man. No point in you being in this thread anymore though.
You need Live After Death on DVD. Maiden will definitely sell.
is this rhino records
Well aside from the 2 independant shops, there's a couple media outlets & they'll have what you mentioned +metallica, iron maiden, zeppelin, sabbath, wu-tang, bob marley, kind of blue, it all looks the same & unteresting after a while, but those will always sell
dont open a store until you figure that out yourself
not trying to be a dick, its serious advice. if you dont already know, youre definitely not gonna be able to adapt to/predict trends, etc.
He doesn't need to, he just needs to browse Yea Forums and post bait threads about how shit everyones taste is.
>I'm thinking of opening a record store.
Reconsider.
beat me to it
Look retard. I know you want a brick and mortar place to call your "business". It isn't going to work. Renting a building is stupid expensive. Anything you sell, people can just buy online from eBay or music sites. Your best bet is to just run an online shop through eBay.
>the record exchange
gonna assume OP is a fellow Idahoan
buyer’s market
yeah i was thinking of doing the same thing, sort of like a record store/coffee bar type deal so my income isn't solely reliant on vinyl
exactly, don't put your eggs in one basket, vinyl, weed pipes, amateur tattoo artists
no one buys albums in-store except for retards who collect vinyl and think that talking with the attractive girl at the counter means they have a social life