Nostalgic photos from the ’80s that prove it was the best decade ever

[post_page_title]Record store[/post_page_title]

Long before the days of downloadable music, YouTube, and Spotify, people actually had to go to their nearest record store in order to purchase their favorite artist’s newest album. Unfortunately, many retail music chains of our past have since gone out of business thanks to ever-increasing technology.

This woman is seen here in 1986 holding the newest Bruce Springsteen album at one of the most frequented record chains of the era, Tower Records – which sadly went out of business in 2006.