John Cargher, a record retailer, avid collector of records and author of many books, presented two programs.

I suspect that had little to do with the resonance of the 90-year-old record retailer whose currently fighting to stay in business.

Last year it seemed as if record retailers were going to start actually selling records in their stores by modem.

But record retailers said they were not concerned by the latest McDonald's promotion.

Goody's went on to become a New York phenomenon and the largest record retailer in the America, and one of the first to discount prices.

And that is causing some record retailers, among others, to despair.

The jurors were chosen by their jobs in the music industry such as a record retailer, jukebox operator, entertainment/music writer or a radio station program director.

Tower is far from the first record retailer to encounter problems in recent years.

On one hand, the implosion of record retailers virtually wiped out Robbins' compilation album business.

The test, record retailers and record-company executives agree, has been a success.