(murmuring) - (humming) I think that there's this beautiful tribal thing that happens when you put a record on and it moves in a circle, and I think that it's hypnotizing.

(rustling) (energetic rock music) It's hypnotizing in a funny way, but I think that there is actually something there that's happening.

(energetic rock music) (murmuring) It has a magic that you don't get from plugging in your phone or playing a cd.

It's just, I think something about it's very human.

It spins and we look at it like little kids.

(energetic rock music) (click) (pleasant soulful music) My name is Raoul Benavides, and I'm the owner of Flashlight Vinyl.

What I love about records is that my clients are all over the place, 18 year old dj to a 60 year old Beatles collector, and every mom, and dad, and everybody in between.

This store is a library.

It houses memories in time, these artists making music.

I don't think, I'm tryin' to think, I think it's permanent.

I think that younger people are connecting to it more and more.

Because they're making a night out of it.

They'll put a record on, and have a party, and everyone will be around the music and the record.

It's like going to the theater.

(click) (pleasant vintage music) I think it's coming back because people wanna own the music.

I think a lot of people bought and downloaded music via iTunes or whatever, and they realized that they don't even own it, they're not owning anything physical.

And I think that we live in a disconnected world that people are interested in being tactile, holding onto stuff and touching it, and being connected to the art of the record.

You know, it's like a 12 inch piece of artwork.

Well, and the experience is multiple layers, and I think that's what makes it beautiful.

That's what separates it from other things.

You put a tape in, the tape's doing it.

You put a record on, first of all, at the end, it's gonna tell you that it's over by either keep going and skipping or keep going and hitting the label, that.

(hissing) But it keeps you present.

- (humming) Well, I think in the digital world it becomes more of a soundtrack or a background noise.

I mean, it's still entertaining to people, (clacking) but I don't think people may be as focused on the music if they're just putting on an iPad and walking around, or doing the dishes, or ya know.

I don't think people gather around the laptop to, like, check out music together, 'cause that's not the same kind of ritual thing, you know.

(moves into pretty music) - I think everyone gets overwhelmed and no one listens.

I think that listening is a really difficult thing in 2017, 2018.

Oh well, I think that the magic of record stores is that you get all of these people of like interests.

There's that collective magic.

You know, the beautiful thing about going to a concert is that you have this collective joy.

Everyone is like "Oh, yeah!

"Oh, this song, I love this song."

And they singing, everyone is in one place.

And then people come to record stores.

If it's busy and there is enough energy in the room, that happens too.

I'll put a record on downstairs, and everbody'll be like "Oh, I love this song!"

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