Sam the Record Man
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Sam the Record Man was a Canadian record store chain that, at one time, was Canada's largest music recording retailer. In 1982, its ads proclaimed that it had "140 locations, coast to coast".
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Sam's famous neon signs at night, the 'record' on the right is the original store, with the record to the left on the former Steele's Tavern.
Store without the sign next to Steeles Tavern
Los Lobos at Sam the Record Man
Sam Sniderman
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Sam Sniderman, was a Canadian businessman best known as the founder of the Canadian record shop chain Sam the Record Man. Sniderman was also a major promoter of Canadian music including involvement in
Sam the Record Man
…One independent franchise store, in Belleville, Ontario, continues to bear the Sam the Record Man name. Sniderman's Music Hall was launched in 1937 by Sam Sniderman (d. September 23, 2012) and Sidney Sniderman, as the record department in his family's existing store, Sniderman Radio Sales & Service, at 714 College…
The Record Man shown in his flagship store in 1979 with stacks of records.