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Bye fidelity: Virgin vacates Sunset Strip in '08
I know, records are just so 20th Century. But for some of us, there's nothing quite as awesome as a perfect piece of fresh vinyl, like the sweet Mark Ronson remix of Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” that I picked up on 45 at Amoeba Music last week.
So I'm sad to report that the Virgin Megastore on the Sunset Strip is closing at the end of January '08. The same Virgin shop that hosted in-stores from the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Courtney Love and live sets by Pete Yorn and Annie. It's also where I found my beloved Prince "Purple Rain" t-shirt. But in a world where paying for music is an increasingly antiquated idea, it's depressingly predictable.
"After protracted discussions with the landlord, we were left with no choice given the high rental levels required for any sort of renewal of the lease,” is how Virgin Sr. Music Product Manager Andrew Gyger explained the closing in a message to distributors (Virgin is also closing it's famous NYC location in Manhattan's Union Square) and reported in the industry trade mag "Hits."
While I'm always bummed to see a music store shut down, I do love a good close-out sale. I'll be the one raiding the vinyl room and t-shirt racks for those last-minute deals that can't be beat. Sigh. Another one bites the dust...
—Scott T. Sterling
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