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In Reply to: London Vinyl is Dying -- A Trip Through London's Vinyl Dealers posted by nighteyes0 on August 26, 2007 at 19:53:01:
Shops like FOPP (Independent chain selling CDs DVDs Books) and Reckless have gone. We have brilliant mail order specialists who also have a shop, like Diverse Vinyl, but the picture is not good. We're too crowded and shop rents are too high. There's no money in it anymore I guess.
In London there is also Gramex in Waterloo, which is always worth a visit for Classical records (I last visited in 2006 and left with 150 78s in four crates).
Just back from holiday in Berlin with a small but great selection including:
Helen Clark on a 1916 Edison Vertical Cut Diamond Disc
Louis Armstrong - Beau Koo Jack - 1930s French Odeon 78
Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul on new 180gm vinyl
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back on new 180gm
The Young Gods on LP
Lutoslawski conducting his 2nd Symphony on a Polish Muza LP.
Not all cheap but good. I only managed two shops, Platen Pedro and Covers.
I'm probably not helping things by buying off the net, but if I see it and want it I'll buy it. If we don't use it we'll lose it.
Enjoy your new records
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Follow Ups
- Not just vinyl or London it's the whole UK - richardz 08/27/0705:45:01 08/27/07 (2)
- UK cost of living - one of the reasons why we just left. -t - jusbe 06:22:34 08/28/07 (0)
- RE: Not just vinyl or London it's the whole UK - fathomer 14:49:12 08/27/07 (0)