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Floyd’s Record Shop Closes

December 1, 2012 by: Jeff Hannusch

After 56 years in business, Louisiana’s longest tenured “record shop” will shutter its doors at the end of the year. Located on East Main Street in Ville Platte, Louisiana, Floyd’s Record Shop made the tiny town a destination for decades for music fans around the world in search of Cajun, zydeco and swamp pop grooves.

“Basically, we just couldn’t cut it anymore,” says owner

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