Local Music History! Stanley Park Mall in Kitchener Ontario - 30 Years After the The Beat Goes On

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  • Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
  • With / @robertdaniels2005
    In July of 1994, I was hired at The Beat Goes On, a local CD store that had just added used CDs to their inventory when I started. Today, the mall barely looks the same. Join Rob Daniels and I as we take a look at Stanley Park Mall in 2024, a full 30 years after I was hired at the best job a 20-odd year old could possibly want.
    #Zellers #cdcollector #cdcollection ‪@robertdaniels2005‬ / @thebeatgoeson2132
    #kitchener #kitchenerwaterloo #thebeatgoeson cdmusic@beatgoeson.com #beatgoeson

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  • @HenryWright-ni3eh
    @HenryWright-ni3eh 2 місяці тому +1

    Fun, Mike (and Jen and Rob)!

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +2

      Thanks Henry! The audio was not best, but now we know for next time, we need a separate microphone in public places!

  • @mrhasfun
    @mrhasfun 2 місяці тому +2

    Man, what a trip! Thank you for posting this.
    I forgot about the Beat Goes On there but i remember some of the other stores that used to be there during the 90s, particularly the comic book store, Fantasy Images.

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +2

      That comic store was owned by the family of one of my highschool friends! There was an A&A records too, until they went belly-up in 1990. The Beat Goes On owner was an old A&A employee - that's why he opened his own record store in that mall.

  • @chrisjp69
    @chrisjp69 2 місяці тому +1

    fun episde guys. there's a mall in North Bay (where I grew up) that is in a similar state.... sad to see where I spent so much time as a teenager pretty much no longer exists... Kmart, twin movie theatres, Records on Wheels, the arcade, Donut King.... so many great stores gone.

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +1

      It's a common story isn't it? These malls just are not what they used to be. Now they're bargain clothing discount stores.

  • @2loud2oldmusic
    @2loud2oldmusic 2 місяці тому +2

    Something tells me that Rob being there was no accident!! 🙂 Fun clip!

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +4

      You might be right John, unless Rob carries around his old Zellers name badge in his pocket at all times. We don't know for sure!

    • @2loud2oldmusic
      @2loud2oldmusic 2 місяці тому +1

      @@GrabAStackofRocK That was my first clue!!

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +2

      Ok I admit it was planned :)

  • @ashleygeisler1003
    @ashleygeisler1003 2 місяці тому +1

    Cool video mate, love Amanda Marshall

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +1

      Did she have hits in Australia?

    • @ashleygeisler1003
      @ashleygeisler1003 2 місяці тому +1

      @@GrabAStackofRocK her debut had hit singles from it let it rain, fall from grace and dark horse all got a lot of airplay. Fall from grace was a top 20 hit in australia. I love the song Birmingham. Her 2nd album tuesdays child was released in australia but didnt do anything

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +2

      She is back touring in Canada now. I saw her live back in 1996 and she was awesome.

  • @Matias-music-71
    @Matias-music-71 2 місяці тому

    yeah time waits for no one ..,

    • @Matias-music-71
      @Matias-music-71 2 місяці тому +1

      PS I applied at the Beat Goes On around 97 , did not get hired ,lol

    • @Matias-music-71
      @Matias-music-71 2 місяці тому +1

      PPS , Dr Disc downtown and Encore were doing used CD's before Beat Goes On came along

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому

      Did you have to fill out the quiz? We had a music quiz for applicants...

    • @GrabAStackofRocK
      @GrabAStackofRocK  2 місяці тому +1

      They were doing used, but they never did 99% used like we did! We were the only store doing 99% used.

    • @Matias-music-71
      @Matias-music-71 2 місяці тому +1

      @@GrabAStackofRocK , yup , and I aced all the older stuff and some current , but they had a section of newer stuff , pop stuff , rap , that whole later 90's scene .., I bombed that ..,