Mario Padilla browses for a new CD at Round Again Records on Third Street (Tiffany Goodwein/CHATNewsToday)

By Tiffany Goodwein

Round Again Records sees generations of music lovers come together

Mar 1, 2021 | 7:00 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB- At Round Again Records on Third street, the music doesn’t stop playing. From the Rolling Stones to The Beatles, to ABBA. Music is everywhere. Old-fashioned records, CD’s and even cassettes each blanketing the walls of the store. Their
colorful covers, a catch to those itching for a musical escape.

“I get a lot of people who come down here and it is a trip down memory lane.’Oh I had this or oh I had this and it kind of takes them back,” said owner Pete Rose.

That feeling of nostalgia during a period of uncertainty is what some people say keeps them coming back.

“Well, this is still real. You aren’t buying air. With this you get the actual presentation, the chorus, the lyrics sometimes and it is also pretty cool to play it on your turntable,” said customer Mario Padilla.

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But the lure of the store is not exclusive to those wanting to return to the good old days of their childhood or teenage years.

“A lot of my customers I would say are between 17 and 25 and some are even younger coming in with their parents you know and It’s not the parents buying the record it’s the kids, or the parents buying the record for the kid,” said Rose.

For Rose, his love of music also came thanks to some parental influence.

“My dad loved music. I remember sitting in front of the stereo when I was a kid.. listening to John Denver, ABBA all the stuff that he liked I still liked that stuff. My dad was a big music fan so I think I kind of inherited that from him. So as a kid growing up I got a stereo and in high school, I got a part-time job and I would spend all my money at the record store,” he said.

The opportunity to open a record store came by chance after Big Al Records closed.

Now four months in, the store is keeping the turntable going and is fusing generations together through song.