A fellow from Greece opened up a stereo store. And that’s when CDs were brand new in 1985. I was one of the first people to buy a CD player. And it was hard to get CDs in those days. – Kenneth Peale

If you’re looking for a specific record, you’ll probably find it at Brian’s Record Option in #Kingston – but you’ll need his help. Thousands of records are piled up in every corner of his downtown shop, but somehow he always knows where everything is.

“This place was full of music. You could spend hours and hours and hours going through all this sheet music.” – Mark McNeil, Hamilton, ON

“You could go in, close the door, and put on your favourite 45 or 78 and listen to it!” – Bruce Lofquist, Oakville, ON

“When I grow up, my way of rebelling against my father’s passion for Mahler was not to listen to more Beatles and the like, it was more to listen to baroque music and Middle Age music.” – Pierre Gagnon, Oakville, ON