Yes, interesting to read.
In the late 1980s i have bought a lot of Vinyl-LPs, Maxis, Singles and CDs, in local record-stores in my hometown. From those little record-stores not only one had survived to the 21st century, only the big Media-Markt-Store and the Saturn-Store.
I loved those little stores from the Eighties, some had also vintage vinyls not only the new material, so, i always had luck to find interesting records. Yes, that´s history, now.
No i´m still visiting record-stores with vintage-vinyl in Germany, also close to my hometown. In one store i have found a Japan-pressing of Making Movies in like new condition for a few euro.