I'm not entirely sure that it is closing. I heard on the radio yesterday that they are closing some stores but are trying to keep others open, including the flagship Yonge St. store.

I grew up in Scarborough and used to spend a lot of my childhood days at their long closed Markham & Lawrence store which was not too different from most other record stores. The first time I was in the Yonge St. store was a real eye opener. As others have mentioned, you could spend hours in there. Was it just me or was the upstairs an absolute treasure chest? It will be missed

I have to say that the best "music" store that I've been in lately has been Chapters in the Oshawa Center. An absolutely outstanding Blues collection. Delta, Piedmont, Chicago, old, new. I've bought a number of CD's there. Mississippi John, Blind Willie McTell, Lightnin' Hopkins. You can actually choose from more than one CD from eacah artists, and the last time I was there they had Reverend Gary Davis in one of their listening stations. Prior to finding this place I usaually had to special order artists like these.