A local chain of independent record store founded in 1971 in St. Louis, MO. They not only offer better prices than larger chains (with the possible exception of Best Buy), but allow you to listen to any album in stock, have a friendly and helpful staff and tend to stock a good selection of used and non-mainstream music along with heavy promotion of the local music scene. They have the sense to allow the stores to basically stay independent such that people who didn't know about other locations assumed it was merely a local store. The sort of place that you think it would be fun to work at even if it really wouldn't be.
The Manhattan, KS location closed in the summer of '01 thus depriving the town of a reasonably priced outlet for music, currently they have the following locations:
6314 Delmar Blvd.
University City, MO 63130
314-726-6277
780 N. New Ballas Rd.
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
314-432-1153
13861 Manchester Rd.
Manchester, MO 63011
636-394-0240
9901 Watson Rd.
Crestwood, MO 63126
314-821-8221
10865 W. Florissant
Ferguson, MO 63136
314-521-7610
3100 South Grand
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-776-1133
4128 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-561-1580
9200 Metcalf Rd.
Overland Park, KS 66212
913-381-0292
401 S. Providence
Columbia, MO 65203
573-875-7105