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Thread: Vinyl? And record decks? In Tesco? Is this the end? Or the beginning?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    if there is room to undercut then the supermarkets will do it.

    I recall buying vinyl in a French supermarket once (Mamut) back in the 1980s but I didn't ever see it in a UK equivelent.
    Boots used to sell vinyl. I've still got a couple of LPs, e.g. 'Bookends', with their sticker on. They were downstairs in the Lewisham branch, IIRC.

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    Boots, W.H. Smith, Martins, Woolworth all sold LPs at one time or another. Happy days!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Boots, W.H. Smith, Martins, Woolworth all sold LPs at one time or another. Happy days!
    Woolworths used to sell those 'Embassy' singles, which were cover versions slightly cheaper than the originals. Rumour had it that some 'before-they-were-famous' musicians. e.g. Elton John, performed on them. Never bought any myself, but my younger brother, who was a bit of a cheapskate, had their version of Joe Brown's 'Picture of You'.

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