record shop day

That's OK Conan. Not many places do cater for Susan Boyle fans.

 

Jim's Records on Summer Lane.

 

£7.99 for a single!! I remember buying top 40 singles for 49p. I think albums were only about £3.99 as well. I think some of my vinyl is worth over £50 now.

 

Inflation though that int it, music is much cheaper now than it used to be. I used to buy those compilation CDs (like Now etc) in the mid-90's and you would sometimes pay £18 even back then - a time when a lot of people barely earnt £3.50 an hour.

 

49p.... you must have been 25 before you bought your first single...let me guess Joe Dolce ..Shaddap a ya face

 

I was working in London again this year for RSD weekend, so went and queued again at Sister Ray. Got everything I wanted & they'd sealed off Berwick St with a big stage where Frank Turner, Wire, Steve Mason and others played live later that afternoon. Big canvas bag of freebies from Phil and the team at Sister Ray chucked in for good measure. The eBay thing is a pain in the arse, but if you study it, the amount going on there gets less every year and if you wait, the eBay prices drop to RRP and below. Loads of RSD2012 stuff on there for less than I paid instore at the time! It's a really great day, and even if just a few extra people decide to go back to their local store between now and next year's, then it's a job well done.

 

This is all a bit old-fashioned isn't it?

I used to love browsing through record shops as well but times have changed, why drive into town when you can just download an album instantly?

 

Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. I didn't buy Shaddap a ya face

 

I have banned myself from that's entertainment. I usually go in the shop in Castleford just after I've been paid, and I spend the rest of the month eating out of wheelie bins.

 

Did you get served by that girl with all the tattoos?

She scares me.

 

The only thing that comes close is CEX in the Alhambra centre.

 

Sister Ray for me, fantabulous shop. For proper music fans. And cheap. I'd be gutted if that ever closed and became a sushi bar for cnts.
I think there's one in Nottingham too.

Barnsley's crying out for a decent record shop. I thought HMV buyers would have saved the Barnsley store as it has very little retail competition around it.

 

Which Big Star record did you get?

 

Its a compilation of their songs but different versions/demos etc and very good it is too. It apparently accompanies a documentary about them called 'Nothing can hurt me'

 

Keep Your Eye On the Sky, I think it's called. I've got it, it has some beautiful acoustic demos by Alex Chilton on it. I'd been after those for years. It's a great introduction to the band. Get the studio LPs if you can, well worth it. Alex is one of my music Gods.

 

Someone did, we used to have shaddap a ya face on vinyl. And i thought it was Games Without Frontiers you bought first?

 

I thought it was you who bought it - I am denying having anything at all to do with that record. Didn't you also buy the birdie song?

I did buy Games Without Frontiers but seem to remember getting Solsbury Hill with birthday money from the record shop in Boston when we used to wander down from the hotel.

 

I don't think I have ever bought a vinyl single. As well as the birdie song we also 'acquired' that Superdog record Woof Woof Woof.

 

I will own up to that one but as I recall it was part of a practical joke that I played on Mick Barker with Bob, Winnie and the others.

 

If you have to ask that, there's no point explaining really. But I will. Physical product, tangible goods you actually own unlike downloads which, technically, are just leased in your name. And of course, on a decent system, vinyl just sounds better*

* other opinions are available.