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- From: rob@xyzoom.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
- Subject: Re: Store for CD's: incredible selection
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.223031.1156@xyzoom.info.com>
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- Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood CA
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:30:31 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.201939.4592@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- >
- >I visited the same newly-opened Virgin Records Megastore in Los
- >Angeles that Rob Lingelbach did, and came away with several
- >conclusions:
- >
- >1. There's more show than substance. In the classical department there
- >are about ten versions of Bach's "Well Tempered Clavichord" prominently
- >displayed, but the rest of the Bach collection is very weak and badly
- >organized.
- >
-
- I didn't check the classical section. That's too bad they don't stock
- it and show it better. There are a number of large window displays of
- classical artists, that made me think Virgin might be accentuating
- this department.
-
- >2. The prices for just about everything are way out of line, compared
- >with Tower Records just down the street. When people twig to this
- >Virgin will have to drop prices or they will go belly up within
- >the year.
-
- I'm a little surprised at this comment, as each of the three disks I
- bought were priced at $11.99, and I haven't seen any disks by these
- same (obscure) jazz artists for less than $12.99, and more often
- $13.99. As for Virgin going belly up, I'd be curious to know what
- portion of their operating revenue is spent on the record stores;
- didn't Mr. Branson start out with just one small record store? He now
- has an airline and two film & video postproduction houses, among other
- things (oh, there's that island in the Caribbean, Necker Isl.).
-
- > HMV seems a lot smarter than Virgin. At the
- >HMV store near Carnegie Hall in New York the prices are quite
- >competitive with Tower just down the block, and the collection has
- >both breadth and depth.
-
- What does HMV stand for, and do you think they may come to L.A.?
-
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