UK Record Shops

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Originally Posted by MARK EG

I think music needs to move on and I think record shops are the place to do it. Am just sick of seeing the same old categories. Can we not have 'Brain Eno' section????? See my point???? WE NEED DIVERSITY.

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Well, I don't know whats it's like now, haven't been in there for a few years, but the Rough Trade shop down Portobello Rd used to be very diverse. It used to be my fav record shop when living in London as you could buy anything in there from the obscure to the popular, from techno to punk to Ivor Cutler. I love those type of shops.

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Originally Posted by Dabble

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Originally Posted by MARK EG

I think music needs to move on and I think record shops are the place to do it. Am just sick of seeing the same old categories. Can we not have 'Brain Eno' section????? See my point???? WE NEED DIVERSITY.

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Well, I don't know whats it's like now, haven't been in there for a few years, but the Rough Trade shop down Portobello Rd used to be very diverse. It used to be my fav record shop when living in London as you could buy anything in there from the obscure to the popular, from techno to punk to Ivor Cutler. I love those type of shops.

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rough trade is still sweet. got some old dance mania records there last march...also some cabaret voltaire...

You guys are all very lucky to even have record shops to go to. There's none on the island I live on. :cry:

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Originally Posted by Tyrisia

You guys are all very lucky to even have record shops to go to. There's none on the island I live on. :cry:

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hooray for the likes of juno for you then ;)

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Originally Posted by Tyrisia

You guys are all very lucky to even have record shops to go to. There's none on the island I live on. :cry:

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im guessing the isle of man?

My uncle runs the Sefton in douglas. and me nan lives in crosby.

if not it wont mean anything to you..

:oops: :doh:

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Originally Posted by dodgyedgy

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Originally Posted by Tyrisia

You guys are all very lucky to even have record shops to go to. There's none on the island I live on. :cry:

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im guessing the isle of man?

My uncle runs the Sefton in douglas. and me nan lives in crosby.

if not it wont mean anything to you..

:oops: :doh:

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Yep, I'm a Ramsey boy, have been all me life ;) , and f*#@ me everybody hates techno over here!

We did have a record shop in Douglas at one point, run by a mate of mine, but it was all prog, breaks and trance.

Don't venture down as far as Crosby much tho, to me that's the other end of the world :lol: .

tbh, I'd rather go into a small specialist record shop but then again there is plently of choice in London in the stripe from Soho up to Kentish Town - all pretty close for a days quality record shopping. There is more of the scene there. DJs you see out at parties, flyers for undergound parties they would never advertise in bigger stores.

The answer is listen to alot of music and to use a wide range of stores to find the perfect tunes for your sound. I personally always run of out money before I run out of quality tunes I can get.

that said if I lived in Hull, Leeds, Plymouth, Bristol, Newcastle... I think that a large quality independent with 6 or 7 specialist vinyl areas in one place would be really good but is anybody gonna take the risk? When you start getting cross-genre it definately becomes more of a business than for the love of it. Larger stores need more staff and you loose that indepth knowedge you get in small stores.

The internet provides some good opportunites to sell to audiences that aren't near you but then that becomes transaction - something people will shop around for. Small shops, face-to-face with the people who know is definately the best way to buy.

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Originally Posted by ReakZ

mhmhmh mine is www.juno.co.uk its pretty good has some really tasty techno & shipps only in 1week :cool:

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Agreed. Love that shop. Best in UK by far!