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'''Princeton Record Exchange''' is an [[independent music store]] based in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. PREX (as it is often referred to) was founded in 1980 by Barry Weisfeld, a quirky disco-loving music afficionado. Their store spans 4,300 square feet and houses 160,000 titles, the largest selection of any independent music store in the [[northeast]]. |
'''Princeton Record Exchange''' is an [[independent music store]] based in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. PREX (as it is often referred to) was founded in 1980 by Barry Weisfeld, a quirky disco-loving music afficionado. Their store spans 4,300 square feet and houses 160,000 titles, the largest selection of any independent music store in the [[northeast]]. |
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The store is typically most interested in [http://www.prex.com/sell-classical-cds.html classical cds] and [http://www.prex.com/music/jazz.html jazz cds], but will offer collection appraisals for any genre or format. |
The store is typically most interested in [http://www.prex.com/sell-classical-cds.html classical cds] and [http://www.prex.com/music/jazz.html jazz cds], but will offer collection appraisals for any genre or format. |
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Revision as of 22:14, 6 June 2006
Princeton Record Exchange is an independent music store based in Princeton, New Jersey. PREX (as it is often referred to) was founded in 1980 by Barry Weisfeld, a quirky disco-loving music afficionado. Their store spans 4,300 square feet and houses 160,000 titles, the largest selection of any independent music store in the northeast.
In spite of the growing competition that the internet has bred, the store maintains profitability by purchasing used cds and used dvds for resale. In peculiar contrast with most other internet business models, they do not sell music or movies online, but they do purchase collections online.
By turning the internet from an enemy to an ally, they've created national interest through public information services including rock discographies and jazz discographies. Such services have garnered their business good will from their target demographic.
Positive publicity in leading music journals has also contributed to their businesses ongoing success. The New York Times is quoted as saying, "Customers come from as far as Scotland and Japan or as close as around the corner. Since 1980, the Record Exchange here has flourished..." Billboard magazine has added, "With both bargain hunters and serious collectors, the Princeton Record Exchange has established a secure niche for itself." And major music groups have contributed, as LCD Soundsystem is quoted in Wired, "...if it wasn't for the Princeton Record Exchange, I might as well have grown up in the armpit of the world...The Record Exchange saved my life."
The store is typically most interested in classical cds and jazz cds, but will offer collection appraisals for any genre or format.
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