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London Road record shop @1974


rockyblade

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Originally posted by rockyblade

And heres me thinking I'd got 10 replies........(ain't got a clue how that happened).Anyway as I was saying it was near where The Tramway is:help:

i think i know where you mean i can vaguely remember it i think it was opposite the camera shop harrisons , i've heard the name play it again as well so melthebell has probably got it i cant remember buying records from there though . i checked 1972 kelly's directory and it was not there in 72 so must have been a bit later .
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  • 3 weeks later...

It was just up from Gerge Barlows, on London Rd near the bottom of Keetons Hill. It did some second hand stuff and some imports.

I bought a few singles from there, which I still have.

"Suite:Judy Blue Eyes" by CSN, "Land of 1000 Dances" by Keem-O-Sabe and "Billy Porter" by Mick Ronson.

I think it was just a young guy who set up on his own. He was always good to chat to. He ordered me the first two Bruce Springsteen albums, in 1974, and I think he also did a good line in Bootlegs, but he kept these under the counter.

I've racked my brains for the shop's name, but once you get past fifty.....

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Does anyone remember a record shop at the lower end of London Rd?I remember it being there Xmas 1974 {the pop charts were in the window) but have never heard anything of it since.:loopy:

 

Was it called J and BW or something like that. I remember a record shop, next door to Harvey's opticians on London Rd, back in the early to mid 70s???

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Maybe i'm a bit late with this but didn,t Violet MAYS own two shops ,one on the hill by the GAS Board mechanic garage(i worked there for a spell) and the other was up london road.;)

 

Violey May had three shops starting on City Rd, above Bernard Street; then South Street opposite the Old Corn Exchange and finally Matilda St, just off The Moor.

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