Vinyl records keep Mr. Mike spinning

"I'm a junkie when it comes to music," says Mike Albert.

Albert has been in the record retail business for 22 years and has been running his independent record store for 14. Before opening his store, Mr. Mike Records, Harrisburg, he worked in a record store where the Hilton & Harrisburg Towers now stands on Second Street. After his boss went out of business, Albert did not want to travel miles to Philadelphia and buy music not sold in local stores.

Today, he carries urban music, which encompasses R&B, rap, jazz, reggae and gospel music, on compact discs, cassette tapes and vinyl. He is one of the few retailers in Central Pennsylvania to sell urban music on …