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Record Store Day (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Remember when Tower Music filed for bankruptcy for the second time in 2006? The media-at-large pointed to “industry changes” as the reason for the record superstore’s demise. The newfound convenience of digital downloading, they reckoned, marked the beginning of the end for traditional music retailers. But according to Michael Kurtz, co-founder of Record Store Day, nothing could be further from the truth. Kurtz said the media’s non-stop coverage....