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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1982)
Doug Nash/Records Stores hope for ‘record’ sales Eugene record merchants carry on optimistically, despite an industry-wide sales decline and a campus community that leaves stores empty over the holiday season. The recession that sent record companies reeling in the 1970s has yet to let up "Business right now is the same as last year, when we cut our stock close to 50 percent," says Leslie Kerr, employee for Everybody’s Record Company on 5th Avenue Many people are simply unable to afford the $7 99 tab for a new LP, she says But Christmas, at least for her establishment, is a source of happiness "Things will really pick up between now and Christmas,” she says, adding that prices for older albums have been dropped to $4 99 as an added shopping incentive At Earth River Records and Tapes, located on the mall, all Top 28 cuts are reduced $1 to attract Christmas bargain hunters And manager Monte Cohen says the year-old store is gaining a good reputation despite an almost invisible advertising budget "Things are definitely better than last year," Cohen states "More people know about us now We re gonna stay " Rock and roll is the big mon eymaker, and Cohen expects many new releases through December, mostly by well-known faces on the recording scene. Led Zepplin, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Devo and Rod Stewart are all making holiday appearances on the charts "Christmas is gravy-train time for the record industry," comments Bob Lee owner of just-opened Face the Music, on 13th Avenue across from the Bookstore "Right now, they're really flooding the market with known, established artists ' Due to his campus location. Christmas will not bring a boost in sales. Lee says "Holiday times tend to be slower because the students go home, and students are my clientelle ." Indeed, tor those outlets close to campus, the yule season has an unorthodox affect "Business will be a lot better in January when the students come back with money," manager Alan Lee of Play it Again Sam, a used-record store, comments. Despite the appealing prices ($3 25 for a single LP). the store was forced "by economic reasons” to close its downtown shop ‘‘So far this month, we re do ing about as well with one store as with two," Lee says In contrast to normal' stores, where Network and Benatar are hot and anything over two months old is outdated, Sam's best-selling music are old 1960s acts "The major ones — the Stones, Who, Doors, and Janis Joplin — do very well.” Lee blames the "many choices open to a person — like video games and computers" — for the industry's fall. Most, however, find the record Give the Gift of Fitness! Make youi New Year s resolu tion now to get fit in 1983 Give yourseif, your friends or your wife a gift certificate for a 10 week class in Dance Aerobics! 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