Iowa music store sees success with popularity of vinyl
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Weird Harold's in Burlington has been selling music since 1972, and a good portion of that has been classic rock from the 1960s.
Bessine feared the demise of record stores when digital music started replacing CDs in the early 2000s, but a funny thing happened a few years ago.
Vinyl became cool again, and '60s music — along with other decades of classic rock — was in high demand.
Bessine sells CDs as well, but the demand for those plummeted with the advent of digital music.
The demographic of regular customers has flipped since Bessine opened Weird Harold's 45 years ago.
Everyone had 8-track players in their cars, and it was young people driving their cars buying music.