gillmarx Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 can anyone tell me the name of the old music shop that used to be on chaple walk iused to buy my late dads drum sticks from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdlad Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Philip Cann, The music man is the shop you are thinking of. You could go down stairs into their record department, and sit in one of the soundproofed booths and listen to a whole side of an LP if you wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joestrummer Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Originally posted by owdlad Philip Cann, The music man is the shop you are thinking of. You could go down stairs into their record department, and sit in one of the soundproofed booths and listen to a whole side of an LP if you wanted. thought that was vallances??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little malc Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Yes, it was Philip Cann, they moved there after many years on Dixon lane, they were eventually taken over by Vallance's, who in turn, packed up when the great "high fi" bubble died a death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 That's about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostrider Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Two things I rmember most about Cannes. late 60's I used to walk up Chapel Walk past the shop every morning to catch the 95 to Broomhill and in the Window was a Black Gibson Les Paul with Gold fittings (Guitar). I was 15 and earned £2-19/11d a week. The Guitar must have been around £400 - £500. I actually thought I could save up and buy it (How we Dream). Downstairs were the soundproof record booths were you could get the assistants to put an LP on and listen to it with the intenetion of buying it, FOOLS. Buy it ,what with, after my mother had taken £2-10 shillings for board all I had left was 9/11d to last me the week and that included bus fares to work. If the fair was on at Woodhouse I could blow that in one night on the Speedway, Waltzer and a packet of Parkdrive and a packet of Polos to hide the exhaled evidence from my mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuf_said Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Great shop - and what really good service. In the 70's I needed some spare parts for a guitar. The bloke in the shop gave me a great handful of bits and said 'Just bring back the bits you don't need'. No charge at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 I went in to buy a Medicine Head album. As I was looking for it a Billie Holliday song was playing over the PA. On a whim, I bought one of her albums instead. I Never looked back. It was a life changing moment. The Medicine Head album by the way, was called "Dark Side of the Moon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 But what about a few memories of the Dixon Lane shop? In the early to mid 50s, the staff there were great, and I bought my first 78 there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swervin Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 was'nt dark side of the moon by pink floyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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