HMV as stated by Calyx has reopened near Bond St tube, which is frankly a relief as there was nothing much left at all in that area, it has quite a good new vinyl section. They used to have a better outlet in Islington but that has long since vanished.įopp Records at the Covent Garden end of Shaftesbury Avenue (actually on Earlham St) is a pretty good shop for CD's and DVD's but all new, and usually some really good bargains to be found. Reckless a few doors along Berwick Street is also a good place to browse second hand. Sister Ray in Berwick Street still exists, it has now given the basement over to vinyl, new and second hand, but is a good place to stop off. Interesting prices at Sister Ray (at least last time I went - roughly 5 years ago), especially on those older version CDs There are (were?) a couple more down that street (like Reckless > punkish by name, but some jazz stuff).Īnd more of them around the bends rather up close (Phonica), but often not in our area of interest (World, dubstep etc.).
I've never been too keen on vinyl, although I did buy a lot of those few vinyls I own at these stores - but that was 20/25 years ago (ouch !).In Soho, Sister Ray on Berwick Stret (one block south from Oxford St) should still exist. I didn't have the time or inclination to check if the Notting Hill Record & Tape Exchange stores (not sure I remember the name right) still exist, or if there's still any store worth checking out in Camden Town. I've never been too keen on vinyl, although I did buy a lot of those few vinyls I own at these stores - but that was 20/25 years ago (ouch !). I was almost surprised that one HMV store remains, the Bond Street one. These have nearly all disappeared, which is totally depressing - I mean that literally, it's almost like walking into a parallel dimension where record stores never existed. I used to spend entire afternoons visiting the various record shops around Oxford Street (HMV, Virgin Megastore) and Piccadilly Circus (Tower Records, more HMV). Note the article also misspells John Alldis (as the album credits do, iirc).Īs for record shops in London. A precocious talent, really, if she played on "AHM" aged just 5 ! Well, I'd rather trust Geesin's book in this case.Ĭaroline Dale was born in 1965. Nice coincidence!īy the way, is there a region where one can find a good amount of cd stores in London, or even a big cd shop like Gibert Joseph of FNAC? Any favorite place of yours there? thanks again! Highly recommended !Thank you very, very much, both for the bookshop and the book recommendation! Incidentally, the book shop is not far from the place I am going to stay in London for the Henry Cow gig. Came out in 2009 for the 50th anniversary of "Kind Of Blue", but I'd somehow missed it.
to the Soft Machine, the Velvet Underground, and current bands like The Necks, Nik Bärtsch's Ronin etc. Well, my favourites are Foyles (newly re-opened just next to its former location), which also hosts a jazz record shop (Ray's Jazz Shop), on Charing Cross Road, and Waterstone's Gower Street, which also has a selection of second hand books - I bought an really brilliant one by Richard Williams (a Melody Maker music writer in the 1970s, nowadays at the Guardian mostly writing about sports) on "Kind Of Blue", which goes on to cover a whole lot of later music which he feels is indebted to that album, ranging from the American "school" of Glass/Reich/Riley etc.
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