County Sales, the venerable mail order retail music outlet located in Floyd, VA, has announced that they will be closing for good on April 30. Since 1965, County Sales has offered recorded bluegrass and old time music, starting primarily on vinyl
County Sales
Dave Freeman passes
Dave Freeman, bluegrass and old time music archivist, record label owner, and historian, has died at 84 years of age. He passed early on Christmas morning after several years of ill health, at home, surrounded by family. He is perhaps best
County Sales hosts 50th Anniversary Open House
The internationally recognized bluegrass and old-time retail music institution, County Sales, is celebrating 50 years at its base in Floyd, Virginia, and to mark the anniversary they will be hosting an Open House during the weekend of August 4-6, 2023. Open
County Sales Grand Opening Party next weekend
The venerable County Sales in Floyd, VA is having a Grand Opening party, and we're all invited. And to make sure everyone can come, it's running for three full days. Of course, County Sales has been in operation for years, so
County Sales comes back to life!
When County Sales announced their dissolution late last year, a collective sigh went up within the bluegrass and old time music community. The venerable mail order business based in Floyd, VA had supplied first LPs, then tapes, and finally compact
County Sales going out of business
A legendary institution in world of bluegrass and old time music is coming to an end. It was announced in the latest newsletter from County Sales that they would be ceasing operation on January 17, 2018. For more than 50 years
County Sales – 50 Years On
David Freeman has received many plaudits, some given on a personal level and some, like the induction into IBMA’s Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame (in 2002), given, if not with some razzamatazz, with a greater public awareness. We can’t allow this