Wax Xtatic Record Audio Stereo Shop in Marshalltown holds easily one of the largest inventories of new vinyl in Central Iowa, as well as the cleanest used vinyl section I’ve ever seen. Owned, organized and operated by John Blaubaum, the Marshalltown staple survived a mid-pandemic move in 2021 to its new space on Main Street. […]
Record Store Day
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Iowa’s record stores remain community hubs, weathering ups and downs in the vinyl market
For the music industry, 2021 was definitely a memorable year. With concerts and live entertainment essentially on ice for much of the year, consumers pivoted, directing their expendable income to physical products instead, resulting in a landmark year for record stores. Variety reported in March that 2021 marked the first year since 1996 that both […]
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Long live vinyl: ‘Record Store Day’ recommendations from the Staff of the Record Collector
This Saturday marks the seventh annual Record Store Day, an international celebration of independent record stores. Observed on the third…
