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Sam the Record Man finally signs off<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yonge St. store will close for good on June 30, unable to compete with downloads and superstores<\/p>\n

May 30, 2007 04:30 AM
\nDebra Black
\nStaff Reporter<\/p>\n

It was an iconic landmark in Toronto \u2013 both culturally and musically. Everybody who was anybody in Toronto went to Sam the Record Man on Yonge St. to get the latest music, hang out and, if you were lucky, maybe catch a glimpse of a burgeoning music star.<\/p>\n

But as of the end of June, Sam the Record Man is finally closing its doors \u2013 a victim of the vagaries of the retail record business and declining CD sales thanks to the Internet. According to Canadian record industry statistics, sales of CDs have dropped 35 per cent in the first quarter of 2007 alone. <\/p>\n

“We are making a responsible decision in recognizing the status of the record industry and the increasing impact of technology,” said Bobby Sniderman in a news release issued yesterday. <\/p>\n

Sniderman is one of the present owners of the store and one of the sons of Sam Sniderman, the man who built the record store dynasty that rivalled many around the world.<\/p>\n

“But there is a wonderful story to be told here, not about the current state of the industry, but about a family business that operated for 70 years in record retailing. Throughout that time our family has made significant contributions to the music industry, for Canadian artists and to the community as a whole … <\/p>\n

“This is about more than just bricks and mortar; Sam the Record Man is the most recognizable name in the Canadian music industry, an iconic legacy that will forever endure …”<\/p>\n

Sam Sniderman first began selling records out of his brother’s radio shop in 1937. The flagship store on Yonge St. \u2013 with its garish neon signs of spinning records \u2013 was opened in 1961. Over 40 or so years, Sniderman turned it from a one-shop operation into a successful chain of 130 stores across Canada. The Yonge St. store covered 40,000 square feet. In 2002, it carried 400,000 titles.<\/p>\n

Sniderman took pride in his business as baby boomers and music lovers flocked to his Yonge St. music shrine, famous for its Boxing Day lineups and discounts. <\/p>\n

“That was the point where I knew every record in the store,” he told the Star’s Mitch Potter in 2001. “Sometimes I got stumped. But more often than not, you could ask me for the most obscure record on the planet and I would disappear for a few minutes and come back with it in my hands.”<\/p>\n

Along the way Sniderman also helped Canadian performers, including Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray and bands like the Guess Who. His contribution to the music business earned him an Order of Canada. <\/p>\n

But the company ran into trouble in 2001, filing for bankruptcy in October and closing its doors in late December. Competition from music superstores such as HMV and discount retailers like Wal-Mart, coupled with Internet downloads, all spelled trouble for the Toronto record retailer. A&A Records two doors away also closed in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

At the Boxing Day sale that year, consumers were upset that Sam the Record Man was closing. “I used to come here as a kid to buy 33s for 66 cents,” one Hamilton man told the Star. “I would buy early Beach Boys, the Beatles. It has been my life tradition.”<\/p>\n

The legendary flagship store opened again in January 2002, however, as a new company owned by Sniderman’s two sons, Bobby and Jason Sniderman.<\/p>\n

Bobby Sniderman wasn’t available for comment yesterday.<\/p>\n

The two brothers had big plans. But the popularity of the Internet and music superstores proved too much. <\/p>\n

Despite valiant efforts, the brothers just couldn’t make it work. Sam the Record Man on Yonge St. will close its doors on June 30. <\/p>\n

Two franchise operations in Belleville and Sarnia will remain open. <\/p>\n

EDITORIAL\uff1aThe day the music die<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 31, 2007 04:30 AM <\/p>\n

The landmark Sam The Record Man store on Yonge St. was more than just a place to buy the latest music. For decades, music-loving kids in the Toronto area went there to buy vinyl LPs and, later, tapes and CDs. The old building, with its garish signs of spinning records, was known for its vast selection and helpful staff who could steer customers through the narrow aisles to find almost any musical request. <\/p>\n

But after 70 years, the family business is closing for good on June 30, the victim of declining CD sales, thanks mainly to the Internet. <\/p>\n

Sam Sniderman, who began selling records out of his brother’s radio shop in 1937 and opened the flagship store in 1961, was more than just a record seller. He was a passionate promoter of Canadian music, giving many homegrown artists such as Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and the Guess Who the shelf space that helped launch their careers.<\/p>\n

Sam The Record Man has been a fixture on Yonge St., both musically and culturally. Music lovers everywhere will mourn its passing. <\/p>\n

Your Sam the Record Man memories<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 31, 2007 11:12 AM
\nWe asked you to tell us your Sam the Record Man memories. Here’s what you had to say.<\/p>\n

I’ve been going to Sam’s for nearly 45 years. My most memorable experience was lining up to buy the Beatles’ White Album on the first day it went on sale. A Sam’s employee was just taking the albums out of box and writing the price on the cover with a magic marker. Probably half my CD collection comes from Sam’s. I’ll be sorry to see it go.
\nThomas Linderoos, Toronto<\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s will be missed. No other retailer besides the web had such a wide selection of artists and back catalog. I miss the Montreal store very much and would go to the Yonge St. store every time I came to visit Toronto. A knowledgeable staff and wide selection are now going to be even more difficult to find.
\nKevin McCoy, Montreal<\/p>\n

The legacy that Sam the Record Man has built should be honoured by the City of Toronto. It should be named a Historical Landmark and perhaps it could become the home of the Canadian Record and Music Hall of Fame.
\nPatrick Rutledge, Toronto<\/p>\n

I remember going to Sam’s to find a record that I couldn’t find anywhere unless I ordered it from Europe. I was lucky enough that Sam himself was in the store that day. I asked a clerk and he then asked Sam, and low and behold, Sam came through with a copy. I even got it at regular price rather than import all because Sam and I had something in common: love of music. You will be missed.
\nLaurence Habel, Vancouver<\/p>\n

Sam the Record Man on Yonge St. is as important to this city as the CN Tower. I will always remember taking the subway from Scarborough and spending hours in the store. I’d search every inch of the store buying music, compiling a wish list and talking to the staff about music. I will truly miss Sam the Record Man and will always look back at those excursions with a smile.
\nTroy St. Denis, Oshawa<\/p>\n

I remember coming to visit my brother in hospital and going to Sam’s to buy him 45s from the CHUM Top 100. He developed quite a collection.
\nElvina Barclay, Etobicoke<\/p>\n

I remember visiting Toronto and buying records at Sam’s. It is a shame that this landmark could not survive. I would think a civic-minded individual or company would purchase the building and reopen it as a restaurant or music club, keeping the Sam’s name as part of Toronto landscape.
\nMark Pardue, Fergus, Ont.<\/p>\n

I still buy a lot of music from Sam’s, since they are more knowledgeable and carry more esoteric stock in music then the Big Box\/Wal-Mart stores will ever sell. In the article it says that CD sales are down. Could it be that a lot of great artists get little or no radio play so people can’t hear them? So why would you buy a CD from an artist you haven’t heard before?
\nAlan Whitley, Toronto<\/p>\n

When I immigrated to Canada in the early 80s from Vietnam, I knew nothing about English music. My sister’s boyfriend took me to Sam the Record Man. I was overwhelmed with the selections. I ended up making my first ever purchase of English music, a single LP of U2’s “With or Without You” at Sam the Record Man. I still have it at home.
\nJett Chow, Toronto<\/p>\n

Thanks to Sam\u2019s and my father, my grounding in fine music started young and has continued undiminished for almost 70 years. I hope the thieving downloaders are happy with their handiwork.
\nLarry Solway, Toronto<\/p>\n

Almost 30 years ago, I walked into the store looking for what I figured was an impossible find: a recording of the Christmas children’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitor for my Dad. Sam managed to floor me; I had looked by myself for half an hour before going to him and within 5 minutes he was back with a copy of the original recording from the CBS annual Christmas broadcast from 1951. So instead of sitting around a TV, we sat around the record player and had wonderful memories of Christmas’s long, long ago.
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