record shops

My experience of visiting Leicester is that there is not a lot there these days.

If you come down south, Resident and Borderline in Brighton are both excellent - the best I have found in the UK recently.

If you can get down to London sometime there is a couple about. Here's a list I did for another forum but might be interesting to people on here. These are mainly S/H shops.



Central London.

Music and Video Exchange - Berwick St
Revival Records - Berwick St
Sounds Of The Universe Records (Downstairs) - Broadwick St
Jb's & On The Beat - Hanway St (off Oxford St, TCR end)
Sister Ray (has some S/H stuff) - Berwick St
Vinyl Junkies - Berwick St W1 & and a Reggae specialist opposite as well.

North London

Alans Records - High Rd N2
Flash Back Records - Essex Rd N1 & Crouch Hill N8
Haggle Records - Essex Rd N1
RetroBloke - Church Rd Hendon NW4
Music & Video Exchange - 2 Shops on Camden High St NW1
All Ages Records - Pratt St, Camden NW1
Out On The Floor & Vinyl Addiction - Inverness St, Camden NW1

West London

Rough Trade - Talbot Rd W11, Off Portabello Rd (downstairs)
Music & Video Exchange - 3 Shops, Notting Hill Gate W11
Intoxica - Portabello Rd W11
Honest Jons - Portabello Rd W11
Boogaloo on Broadway - Dawes Rd SW6
Sounds Original - South Ealing Rd W5
Oxfam - Ealing Green W5

South London

Wanted Music - Croydon Rd Beckenham
Music & Video Exchange - Greenwich Church St SE10
Gramex - Lower Marsh SE1 (next to Waterloo Station, Classical & Jazz Specialist more CD than Vinyl)
Shop on Lee High Rd Lewisham (forgot name & I live round the corner )
Stall in Greenwich market
CD World - Lavender Hill SW11
Rat Records - Camberwell New Rd SE5

East London

Rough Trade East - Dray Walk, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1
Eldica - 8 Bradbury St N16



Dean.

Unfortunately you have missed out because Selectadisc would fitted your bill perfectly but closed a year ago.

Nottingham still has a Fopp - not indpendent, but pretty good for alternative and a decent smattering of jazz. It also has a good independent classical music shop called "The Classical Music Shop" if that interests you.

Wow! Thanks for the responses. I haven't been to London for some time, or Brighton... the problem is the missus' senses a vinyl hunt whenever I suggest an unusual day-trip; I'll need a lot of Brownie points to get to half the London ones Whizzkid!

I will give Fopp a try in Nott'm (the one in Leamington Spa was good, before it went DVD and finally closed)

Won't help the OP - sorry - but if you are near Kingston-upon-Thames, Banquet Records are good to have as a local - check the website to see if the music fits.

Cheers,
OW

Central London

Phonica Records
51 Poland Street
London W1F 7LZ
Tel: 0207 025 6071

I collected my Massive Attack - Heligoland from there today.

We have veered off the OP - but, I do have a bus pass so keep them coming. Incidentally, adding to DennisA's post, perhaps we can compile links to a few recommended 'on-line shops' as an reliable alternative to 'bay. (maybe a list already exists/maybe it wouldn't be appropriate on this forum?) These days I'm finding I'm doing a lot of on-line shopping and inspite of an occasional 'postie-folded-and-posted-through-the-door' 12", I'm having a lot of fun.

I miss the musty cardboard smell though.

Try this...

www.normanrecords.com

The reviews are great; straightforward and delivered with (some) pithy panache.

The one in Lewisham is Collections (I think). You could combine with a visit to a naim dealer who (a propos another recent thread) is rather good but unfortunately doesn't post here as far as I know.

If you only visit one record shop in London, make it Rough Trade East stopping only to buy a fearsome curry and some ridiculously cool skinny purple trousers - all in (just about) the same street!