Thanks for the welcome. I've been catching up with all the posts about the shops, quite a few that I remember. Noted the post about the downstairs of the first 'Listen', with the glass counters, badges, patches etc. On a recent attempted clear-out here at home (ermm, a failed one) I found a box of same. Still got a load. Did I throw them out ? Like hell i did ! I'm not entirely sure what use pin/jacket badges of Roxy Music, Cockney Rebel etc have in 2008, but I couldn't chuck them, in my strange mind they have vital historic importance
(but that's just me).
Here in London now, record shops disappear at an amazing rate too, but if I find any (usually just stalls in markets now) it keeps me occupied for ridiculous amounts of time. Some things never change
Funny thing was, it was only about 5 years ago, when I had my own shop, that I had noticed my customers were actually getting younger and younger - I mean, anything from 14 - 20, wanting the original of Aladdin Sane, or some Alex Harvey, Zep, whatever. I loved it ! It changed in an instant - the area I was in (Crouch End) became all 'coffee shop and wine bar' within a year, and all the 'normal' folk had gone, and a quick slide began. Shame ! But I loved doing both Vinyl and CD.
I'll be doing another visit 'home' within a month or so, so any pointers to Vinyl/CD shops that still exist in Glasgow, let me know ! I'll be going through their racks in seconds flat.
Reecey...
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