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The Electric Fetus Onestop is the wholesale distribution portion of the Electric Fetus. It has "a huge emphasis on local music and aims to provide an outlet for local musicians / bands to consign their CDs or records to be available for distribution through the One Stop. The One Stop's primary focus
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The store was founded in June 1968 by partners Dan Foley and Ron Korsh. Several months after opening Korsh sold his half of the enterprise to Keith Covart, who also obtained Foley's half about ten years later. Operations began in 1968 when Korsh rented a storefront in the
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is local indie record stores and secondly national Independent Record Stores." The Electric Fetus Onestop is located in the basement of The Electric Fetus in Minneapolis and is not open to the public.
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said the Electric Fetus is "widely regarded as the pre-eminent indie record store in Minnesota." Owner Keith Covart estimates that the store has an inventory of approximately 50,000 titles.
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of Minneapolis. In 1972 the business moved to its present location on the corner of 4th Avenue and Franklin. Electric Fetus previously had two locations in
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The Minneapolis Electric Fetus incurred trivial damage from an EF0 tornado on August 19, 2009.
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appears to have worn an Electric Fetus print shirt concealed beneath his jacket to the
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magazine called the Electric Fetus one of the "best places in America to shop."
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was a long-time customer of the store, and made purchases there for
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Interview with Electric Fetus co-founder Ron Korsh 06/10/18
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio
Cedar-Riverside
Haight-Ashbury
St. Cloud
Duluth
Prince
Record Store Day
National Lampoon
Ringo Starr
2010 Grammy Awards
"Electric Fetus Closing Duluth Store Permanently"
"Prince's picks on Record Store Day: 'All over the place'"
"Record Store Manager: It's Our Job to Continue to Carry on Prince's Legacy"
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"Whither the indie record store?"

"Electric Fetus Serves Eclectic Customers For 30 Years"
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"House of Music"
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Electric Fetus Homepage
Electric Fetus page on StylusCity
Myspace: Electric Fetus Onestop
Myspace: Electric Fetus, Saint Cloud
A History of the Electric Fetus
Forty years of the Electric Fetus
The Electric Fetus
"Naked Fetus" promotion: March 25, 1972

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