Sam Goody: An American Music Standard - Post-Mortar
Growing up with the modern music industry, Sam Goody gave countless customers the pleasure of a good deal and a positive shopping experience. Over the years, the chain deviated from these initial values. What happened? That's what we take a look at today -- how a king among record stores, a gold standard of music retail, became a hollow, overpriced shell of its former self.
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Main Theme:
Branches by DanoSongs
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Special Thanks to Mike Kalasnik
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Video
pannoni14, Old Skool Television, All My 78's, althazarr, Inter-Pathé History, Tucker Time!, The Dead Media Group, retronewfoundland, Betamax King, Jason Collins, mdftrasher, Tech for PC & Mac, KDA112360
"A Night Alone" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"George Street Shuffle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - A Change of Industry
2:31 - Striking Gold in the Fifties
5:01 - Shrinking in a Shopping Mall Revolution
6:37 - The Rise of an Entertainment Giant
9:20 - A Different Note in the New Millennium
13:14 - Final Words
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Alex Nuelle 2021