The stores that sold them, where are the ones in your town?

[superlew]

Remember?

These are not my original pics. I don't want any trouble.

 

[Old school Scott]

You just blew my mind with Bradlees!!

Cheers OSS

 

[baddboybill]

Stores I remember that sold Boomboxes and Walkman's.
McDades
Service Merchandise
Silo
Fretter
Highland super store
Martroy Electronics
Sears
Montgomery Wards
Radio Shack
Woolworths
Zayer
Venture
Kmart
Goldblatts
District furniture
And many downtown Electronics store fronts




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[teamstress]

Remember?

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These are not my original pics. I don't want any trouble.

I bought my first walkman at Caldor! I bought one at Service Merchandise too.
My favorite store was Lechmere, where they had aisle after aisle of boom boxes that you could fondle.

 

[redbenjoe]

LECHMERE

i lived near the original cambridge store --
that had it ALL

huge selection & good prices

 

[superlew]

LECHMERE

i lived near the original cambridge store --
that had it ALL

huge selection & good prices

All of my lawnmowing money from 1987-1993 was spent at Lechmere. I still get "misty-eyed" when I think of that place.
And the first (maybe even the last) Discolite I ever saw was at The Sharper Image at Fanuel Hall.

 

[superlew]

Again, these are not my pics, but still totally awesome...

 

[superlew]

...another New England staple...

I know, I'm a little out of control.
(not mine)

 

[agc]

I miss Lechmere..... :'-( Never did see the one in Boston, but we had a couple stores in/near the RI area. I remember the Walkman area vividly; there was a circular counter with at least 30 or so models on display. Had them connected to power sources so you could try them out. Fast forward to the late 90's: Circuit City had a Walkman aisle, but I always had to pop my own AA batteries in them to test them out! Lazy lazy.......

I remember when Lechmere had an aisle dedicated to the portable Casio and Yamaha keyboards of the day too.......

 

[cadlimo76]

In Minneapolis St Paul in the late 70/ 80's We had
Shaak Electronics
Target
Wards
woolworth
holiday
Labelles/best
Sound of music (the original best buy)
audio king

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Incredible thread OSS!
I bought my 2nd. new box from Team Electronics in Minnetonka
Ridgedale Mall September 1981'! Store is long gone,of course something
different in there now.
Yes I remember Shaak Electronics,Audio King was the bomb!
Bought tons of 80's car audio from them! Do remember looking at
a couple of boxes but never bought from them on boomboxes.
Dayton's Electronics! Loved looking at and buying stuff from them!
Bought my new JVC PC-55JW in spring of 1985'!
That chain was replaced with Macy's now,no boomboxes!

Loved looking at the old stores,especially In Manhattan Electronics District
In 1980' when I was there!! Many boxes! Lots of stores!
Bought my first new Boombox-the Sanyo M9970!

Love looking at the old long but not forgotten Boombox stores!

 

[ViennaSound]

One more vintage store gone.
The "Radio Sezession" in the main city of vienna :'-(

 

[ViennaSound]

Another great shop just closed down...

 

[escape068]

Crazy Eddie

 

[chevyman-uy]

Now only sale a few Sony normal tapes ,and tons ,of chinese products .
good times ,,, are only in the sign