Record-Rama was a record and CD store in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
[2] According to the store's website, Mawhinney was a significant help in restarting David Bowie's career by getting fellow Pittsburgher and RCA boss Tom Cossie to re-release the album Space Oddity in 1972 after its initial release in 1969 failed to hit.
Mawhinney attributed the drop in sales to large retailers who were able to sell recorded music below cost and illegal Internet downloading.
[6] Mawhinney stated that he had been squeezed out of business by the recording industry and large retailers who can sell compact discs to the public for less than his wholesale costs.
[4] The parties were unable to reach an agreement due to the scarcity of federal funding and difficulties justifying the purchase using taxpayer dollars.
[10] A few days later, however, eBay suspended the bidder's account and advised Mawhinney that the bid was not legitimate.
[citation needed] The remains of a once-great collection were housed in a number of storage units that were in danger of being auctioned off due to the cost of maintenance by somebody on a fixed income with no retirement funds.
[15] In 2013, a friend of Mawhinney's told him about a classified ad in Billboard Magazine: "RECORD COLLECTIONS.