Tag: record stores
On The Beat Records in Soho, London goes up for sale on eBay
The owner of one of London’s most famous record stores has advertised his entire business for sale on eBay, with the asking price of £300,000 including the shop’s vast collection …
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Another West End record store bites the dust as JB’s, Hanway Street, London closes
I guess it was only a matter of time, but it was still sad to see that the long-serving JB’s record store in Hanway Street, central London has closed down. …
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On The Beat Records, 22 Hanway Street, London W1 – a great old record store
There was a time when central London was full of record stores, but On The Beat records is one of the few survivors. Tucked away in Hanway Street off Tottenham Court Road …
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Tom Jones seen in Spillers Records, Cardiff
Here’s Tom Jones, spotted gazing out of the window of the Spillers record store in central Cardiff. He certainly managed to out-stare me. 0
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The death of Our Price records, Brixton Road, Brixton
It almost seems like a distant memory now, but it wasn’t that long ago that you’d find big name record shops on most High Streets around the land – like …
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Cake Shop, Ludlow Street, New York – photos and memories
Situated on New York’s almost-completely gentrified Lower East Side at 152 Ludlow Street is the Cake Shop, a small cafe/music venue where we’ve spent many hours, scoffing bagels, surfing the …
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Spillers Records, Cardiff moves to the Morgan Arcade
Finally losing the battle to stay in their premises by The Hayes in central Cardiff, the much loved Spillers record store closed on June 26th, 2010, reopening in the nearby Morgan Arcade a …
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Selectors Music Emporium, Brixton
Brixton has lost some fine record stores, but it’s great to see Selectors Music Emporium still serving the community, some 25 years on. 0
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