What Happened To The " One Stops " ?

[bobnewyork]

In the vinyl era and then followed by CD, One Stops  ( commercial record distributors for operators ) flourished.  A couple of years ago I looked at a list of links to One Stops and they were all dead links.  The One Stops we used to buy from are long gone as well.

Did the Digital Downloading Jukebox force all of the one stops to go out of business ?  That is what I think must have happened.

Is anyone making 45's anymore ? The last ones I remember ordering from a One Stop must have been around the year 2000 or so. 

[Ron Rich]

Bob,
Great question -- The last one I recall around here just never seemed to be able to get either CD's or records-- I then went to an east coast supplier, who always seemed to have plenty ?? Till the days when people started "burning them"- The only one I know of still in existence is "down under", Erwin Booth, at Flamsrecords (see our FAQs for his contact info)  Ron Rich