We sell Records, Tapes, CDs and various music oddities you can't live without. Cactus Tees Shop Events About Us CActus Music is Houston's historic independent record shop. While that's still just a fraction of streaming music revenue, it may be enough to lure more album manufacturers, which largely left the marketplace, to return and feed the new demand. Cactus Music Houston's Historic Record Shop A place to hang out, discover new tunes, and suddenly realize there really are other weirdos out there. The RIAA report says vinyl accounted for 70% of all physical music sales, worth $1.2 billion, last year. "It warms my heart to see young people get interested in that, and really digging into the heart and soul of what music was, and has become now," says Bob Wicker, who is thrilled to see vinyl's resurgence. In an era where parents and grandparents relied on compact discs, the album is the preference of younger music lovers. Cactus Music Houston, TX The Exchange Cleveland, OH Independent Records Denver, CO Looney Tunes Long Island, NY Newbury Comics 28 total stores in Boston, MA area Record Theatre Buffalo, NY Record & Tape Traders Washington D.C. RELATED: Aldi suffers Easter marshmallow blunder: 'We can’t even defend this one'Īs a new generation of music lovers discovers the experience of putting an album on a turntable and setting the needle down, it seems more than nostalgia. They might stream the tracks, but the stuff that's really great.if it's a statement from the artist like a new album, they have to own the whole thing." "I think what you see is there's a return of the 'bookshelf' mentality," explains Cactus Music owner Quinn Bishop, "People stream everything. With more streaming options, and fewer retailers selling CDs, vinyl was primed for this. The Recording Industry Association of America’s latest year-end report finds vinyl sold more units than CDs in the U.S. Play Sam Turner and the Cactus Cats on SoundCloud and discover followers on SoundCloud Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and. More and more, the choice for that 'physical representation' is the age-old vinyl LP. Cody Ortiz says he's working on building his record collection, "I love the idea of having a physical representation of the music I love." Its origins trace back to Harold Pappy Daily’s outpost, Daily's Record Ranch, which opened in 1946. On a warm spring day, there is steady traffic in Houston's Cactus Music, with people flipping through the thousands of old and new albums, looking for music they might like to own. HOUSTON Cactus Music is Houston's oldest independent record store.
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