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"The indie mail order company Parasol has announced that it will fold both its mail-order operation and its brick-and-mortar record store in Urbana, Illinois on December 17th. Parasol, which has been in business for over 20 years, was a crucial distributor of music on small labels in the Nineties, when print catalogs and zines thrived as a primary source of indie music. Photos: Random NotesThough Parasol&amp;apos;s retail business will cease to exist, the company will carry on as the Parasol Label Group, which includes small labels such as Hidden Agenda, Mud, Reaction, Spur and Galaxy Gramophone."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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