There are many large repositories of 45 rpm records across the country. Some are warehouses with record company stock; others are retail record businesses with very large store stock; and still others are large private collections numbering from several thousand to hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, a simple Google search will bring up many online retail record outlets with quite large 45 rpm stockpiles. Therefore, presently, the availability of large numbers of 45 rpm records is still quite high. But as these online retailers, collectors and businesses start to close down, dump their collections or go out of business, now is the time to consider ways to assemble and thereby preserve these very important pieces of music history.

The above photos show the inside of R&B Records at 49 Garrett Rd, Upper Darby, PA. Touted to have more than 4 million records in house, this store stock could be the backbone of the proposed Museum.