Founded in 1973, Coeur d’Alene’s the Long Ear, 2505 N. Fourth St., is undeniably the top bunny with area music shoppers. Store owners Terry and Deon Borchard have managed to survive and thrive in an era when both mom-and-pop record shops and massive chains like Tower Records are shuttering their doors for good faster than you can say “iTunes.” The Long Ear’s sizeable cult of regulars return time and time again for not only their impressively broad selection of new and used CDs and vinyl (along with an assortment of posters, incense and gifts), but for the royal treatment the Borchards and their knowledgeable staff have always given their customers. More here.

Question: How many vinyls do you still own? Do you ever play them?