It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that a group of record stores would come up with a way to work together- to be stronger, to think bigger, to matter more.

That year was 1995:
It was the year of the OJ trial,
The year Sony gave us the PlayStation,
The year we would meet and fall in love with Buzz and Woody,
The year the World Wide Web successfully found its way into people’s homes.
That same year, so did Ebay and Amazon.
I will always remember 1995, because it was the year I saw Aphex Twin & Bjork at the Masquerade in Atlanta. Easily one of my top three favorite shows of all time.

Britpop was having a serious moment…
And so was the CD, which I guess makes it quite appropriate that CIMS is celebrating its Silver anniversary this year.

25 Years Y’all… Dang. How did that happen?

Here we are 25 years later; still fighting to stay in the game we love, sometimes still winning, and along the way making some lifelong friends.

Through the years, we have marked the milestones with some pretty amazing events and artist performances. This is a year to celebrate so we are planning to do just that with a “CIMS Silver” party at RSD Summer Camp. There will be more info on that in the coming months, but we will be inviting some of those friends to join us so please help us Bring the noise!

Speaking of, I would like to extend a giant congrats to Trent Reznor and our pals at Silva Artist Management on the Nine Inch Nails induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Time sure is a funny thing, but the one thing you can count on- it flies by when you’re having fun.

Here are the charts.

Andrea

Andrea Paschal
Executive Director
Coalition of Independent Music Stores
ThinkIndie Distribution
3738 4th Terrace North
Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone: 205.595.1932 x.208
Fax: 205.595.1938
Email : andrea@cimsmusic.com
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