Barney's (record store and distribution)

CTL-E-0585 · Business · other · 1980–2001

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Barney's was a Chicago record store and distribution operation tied to Ray Barney's family; Dance Mania artist Victor 'Parris' Mitchell worked and hung out there, and its closure (with the distribution company) ended Dance Mania's physical catalog era.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-066; source research type(s): business. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Dazed, 'DJ Deeon and Parris Mitchell on how Dance Mania changed house forever' (2015/2023); Bandcamp Daily (2026-09-21)

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