A
record shop or
record store is a
retail outlet that sells
recorded music. In 2015, record stores sell CDs,
vinyl records and, in some cases DVDs of movies, TV shows and music concerts. Some record stores also sell music-related items such as posters of bands or singers. Even in the heyday of the CD during the 1990s, people in English-speaking countries still used the term "record shop" to describe a shop selling sound recordings such as CDs. During much of the 20th century, record stores only sold records, until the availability of tape-based recordings and then, in the late 1980s, CDs.