I have to go to Bristol next week on business and I know there are a couple of record shops there. I will be near Broadmead area if that makes any sense. What would those "in the know" suggest?
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I have to go to Bristol next week on business and I know there are a couple of record shops there. I will be near Broadmead area if that makes any sense. What would those "in the know" suggest?
TIA.
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Seems like the Bristol crew have gone all shy... Did you find any good shops there, Graham?
Marco.
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Robs Record Mart, Hurts Yard, Nottingham.
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For a couple of months now Graham Northwest and I have been ransacking the reord shops of the West Midlands like swashbucklers of old roving the Spanish Main- today we went a bit further afield - to this place just outside of Nottingham:
http://www.recordshopnottingham.com/
Langley Mills Records - fantastic place - huge with everything laid out well, plenty of space and quite well catalogued too. Prices quite reasonable plus there is a 'dem room' in the back where you can try befoe you buy. Nice. There is a lot to go through, took several hours.
Anyway - Picked up this little lot for not more than three quid and change per record:
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Yes, 'tis true i'm afraid. I have been telling one lot of pople I am at work in Manchester and another lot I am at work in London. When really I am in a greasy spoon somewhere with Martin plotting the assault. On this occassion, I kept the owner distracted whilst Martin actually got down, under the tables and started emptying boxes. My big prize today was the three LP discography by Rush, in mint condition, for a fiver!!
Then Floyd "the Final Cut" and you could tell it was a real enthusiast had it as it is in a Nagakoa sleeve and the original sleeve inserted into the cover as well!
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BLACK CAT Records Taunton,nice selection of old and new vinyl + very good cd selection,new and second hand
Kraken, Saturn, Emotion, Flying V Rocket, Planets.
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I was in my only local record store yesterday and what a mess it has got into. Europa records in Stirling. In the vinyl bit at the back you had to climb over boxes of records and loads of LP's were out in the wrong place. He really needs to get rid of all the dross and believe me there are loads of crap poor condition records that need to go in a skip ..also he overcharged me £5 ..
John.
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Musical Box in Liverpool
I've just discovered a new (to me) record shop in Liverpool, called Musical Box, which is in 457 West Derby Road, Liverpool, Merseyside L6 4BL. Tel: 01512 633845.
http://www.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/th...-13393277.html
Has anyone been to it? I've not been yet, but just wondered if it was any good? I'll be popping in to check it out next time I'm in Liverpool
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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A good record shop is Wanted records in Beckenham Kent.
They have a very good stock of second hand vinyl and Cds.
Bernie
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