Record shops will always be around because you can browse at a brick and 
mortar store. You really can't do that as effectively online.

How many times has anyone here bought something they didn't plan to because 
it caught their eye? Online it's much harder for that to happen.

Here in San Francisco Amoeba is always full of people, and the one time I 
went to the Amoeba in LA (which is huge!) it was packed too.