10 Facts About Camelot Music

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Camelot Music was a mall-based American retailer of prerecorded music and accessories and was one of the largest music retailers in the United States based on store count.

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Camelot Music was founded in 1956 in Massillon, Ohio, by Paul David and his brother Robert David.

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In late 1998, Camelot was acquired by Trans World Entertainment, which later consolidated all of its mall-based music stores under the brand name FYE, including the remaining Camelot and The Wall locations.

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Camelot Music Incorporated was founded in 1956 by Paul David in Massillon, Ohio and was considered by many industrial experts to be the third largest and a highly regarded specialty retailer store of recorded music.

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Geographically, Camelot Music focused its store base around the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States while another acquired record company “The Wall” was focused in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Camelot Music Inc was established in 1956 by Paul David and in 1965 opened its first retail store in North Canton, Ohio with another store opening in the Mellett Mall a few months later.

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Camelot Music ventured to work as an independent retail store shelf stacker, stocking vinyl LP and 45 rpm records in low density local stores such as pharmacies, variety, groceries and specialty stores.

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Furthermore, Camelot Music entered a corporate agreement to buy some of the holdings of Wee Three Records, a UK-owned chain that had gone bankrupt - specifically, six additional stores and the inventory from several more.

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In 1998, Camelot Inc acquired Philadelphia based record and music retailer The Wall, taking over 153 of their mid-Atlantic chain-based stores.

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Later on in 1998 Camelot merged with a Florida based music retailer, Spec's Music.

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