Where to buy records in London
 

Ok, since i kinda hijacked the 'Last album you bought' thread,i apologize and created a thread according to the subject.
First of all avoid big stores like Virgin or HMV unless you can't find a record anywhere else.I bought an original promo of Electrelane's 'Axes' for just £1 in Flashback(wich i already mentioned in the other thread).It would have cost me in the region of £13/14 if i had gone to the above stores.

MUSIC & TAPE EXCHANGE, 95 Berwick Street, London, W1V 3PP, 020-7434-2939
Sister store to the Notting Hill collective, has a decent selection of all styles of music from prog rock to techno, with a bargain basement downstairs which, over the years, has yielded many gems, including mint copies of Gina X's No GDM and Chas Jankel's 3,000,000 Synths in the past couple of years.

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The above have many branches but as an ex employee i know that both the ones in Camden town get the best stock and have excellent basements.

i prefer reckless (also on berwick st) to m&v exchange for second hand shopping.

I repeat again.This is a must for vinyl if you can avoid getting annoyed at the old bastard:

where's that?

Reckless is good,yes,but not as good on obscure stuff as M&V(they simply don't get as much stock).The good thing about Reckless is that their staff are paid better and therefore are better mannered with the customers.I sorely miss miss their branch in Islington wich has been swept off to make space for a luxury gay bar.

Essex road(not far from where you live).I posted the exact address on the 'Last album.....' thread.That and Flashback are a must.

Here:
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the reckless on berwick st is way better stocked and priced than the m&v, i haven't been to the one in camden, as i prefer not to go to camden if i can help it.

Oh if we are talking about the branch in Berwick Street you're right.How many of them have you visited,out of curiosity.

Reckless isn't as good as place for selling though, they're very fussy about what they'll take, and pay no more than M&V, who will take just about anything so long as it's legal.

Not secondhand, but I've very quickly come to like the new Fopp up near Cambridge Circus. Damn good place for a bargain.

And there's a good place on one of the side streets off the lower part of Berwick Street too. I can't remember what it's called - it's on a corner.

I'm sorry to disagree on this one sonicl but Reckless do pay more for your records.Music Exchange buy for a third(A third!!) of the price of what they sell and are sharks.Trust me,i'm your doctor.

If anything the staff at Reckless are generally less knowledgable.

But in Reckless I can find what i want more easily, so I don't need knowledge.

This doesn't go for the dance shop though. I haven't a clue where to find anything in there.

sounds of the universe?

i picked up Sun Ra & Amiri Baraka's Black Mass there last week.

I don't know. It has a post punk section on the right as you go in the door.

that's the place.

I think i know the one but i don't remember if i have ever been in there.

i've been in there, it was excellent.

it's very good for soul, funk, jazz & reggae etc and also has a decentish brazilian section. it's where the Soul Jazz label is based out of, you can get soul jazz stuff there for cheaper than elsewhere.

when did you come to london?

about a year ago.

Right,YES! i have been there and that shop is a little jewel.

I never knew Soul Jazz was based there. I just figured they stocked a lot of their stuff :rolleyes:

Wait,i have another one that is very,very good!

family holiday?

no.

You don't see that many americans hanging around that part of town Saturnine and i should know as i lived there.

Rough Trade's a bit too obvious to mention isn't it? But it must be mentioned, particularly the Notting Hill branch, which benefits from not being underground.

I used to love Intoxica on Portobello Road too, but they're terrible for expensiveness. They were about to sell me an SY bootleg 7" for £5 about six years ago and they suddenly decided that it should have been £40 so they put the price up. They still had the record four years later and were still asking £40 for it. May still have it too for all I know.

really, why's that?

Yeah it is obviously very good indeed.some really nice chaps work in there too.I miss the old Selectadisc too(it's now Sister Ray with better and more stock).

Because there aren't that many hotels or guided tours to choose from i assume.

i hate all that guided tour bullshit, mostly i go places and just wander around and see what's there.

Good.That's the way to be.

did you see the globe theatre cantankerous?

you don't get to see anything interesting on a tour bus, it's very boring.

T&B - yes i did.

And if you were in the area did you see anything at the Sadler's Wells?

i knew you would!

i did not.