a Tony Robbins seminar with a firewalk in hotel parking lot which a great deal of publicity. The convention was subsequently mentioned in the book Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement by Loring M. Danforth, published by Princeton University Press, on page 255:One of Robbins' most publicized seminars was held at Hilton Head, South Carolina, in September 1985 as part of the annual convention of Record Bar, Inc., the second largest retailer of records and tapes in the United States. The seminar, for which Robbins received seventy-five thousand dollars, was part of the company's "human systems" program for developing its workers' potential to the fullest. As the chairman of the board of Record Bar told a reporter, "If you can walk on hot coals, it's fairly easy to sell a record." (Handleman 1985) A Halloween "Scratch and Win" promotion featured the first extensive Record Bar television promotional campaign. 1985 was a crucial year for the company. Its new distribution center did not function properly because of poor IT systems, almost taking the company under in the prime Christmas selling system. Later half Ron Cruickshank resigns as president and CEO. Barrie Bergman reassumes both positions. The Licorice Pizza chain is sold to the Musicland Group in 1986. In 1986, the third Tracks Music and Video store managed by Michael Vanderslice opened in Hampton, Virginia. The store grossed over $1.3 million exceeding the average store volume by over 50%. Based on this successful store opening, numerous other Tracks Music and Video stores were added leveraging video rental and music sales under one roof. Previous Record Bar stores were primarily within mall locations whereas Tracks stores were free-standing. These free-standing stores were also larger averaging versus for most mall stores. The following year, Record Bar was sold to Super Club N.V., a European video distribution company, which also purchased Turtles Music and Video'', another Southeastern US music and entertainment retailer. Operations were consolidated in Atlanta, Georgia, and all North Carolina office functions were eliminated. 1993 Super Club N.V. sold Record Bar and its other music retailing acquisitions to Blockbuster Video. Blockbuster rebranded all stores as Blockbuster Music, ending the Record Bar chain. Reference Music retailers of the United States Companies based in Durham, North Carolina American companies established in 1960 Retail companies established in 1960 Retail companies disestablished in 1993 1960 establishments in North Carolina 1989