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Is Val Shively’s Upper Darby shop ‘the world’s greatest record store’?

Val Shively doesn't like customers browsing for Oldies records in his store but he'll tell you what a 200-pound shark has to do with the four million 45 rpm records he stocks.

Val Shively of R&B Records in Upper Darby. He is surrounded by a small portion of his over four million records, mainly 45s he has collected for sale.
Val Shively of R&B Records in Upper Darby. He is surrounded by a small portion of his over four million records, mainly 45s he has collected for sale.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer / Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Pho
    by Dan DeLuca
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