What Happens To Record Shops After They Die?

[Mike]

decline of record shops has been talked about recently

bbc has a feature

https://news.bbc.co.u...ess/8507703.stm

Specialise to succeed

Meanwhile, independent record shops are finding new ways to fight back. A new website, indierecordshop, is dedicated to promoting non-chainstore outlets that sell new releases.

So what are the prospects for anyone brave enough to go into music retail today? David Lashmar has some advice.

"There is a market, very definitely, on vinyl," he says. "I think your digital formats are gone and CDs will make a poor man of you.

"But specialise and get it very finely honed. If you're just going to do northern soul, do northern soul - don't get tempted into doing punk or reggae.

"Become an expert. But you've got to go online to do it, you've got to sell online - you'll never get enough people through your door."

[Mike]

online selling ?

if anyone after a no cost no fees- no fuss way of online selling

place below may have been mentioned before

offers above and beyond features like pms, notifications, comments, rating, sound clips (upload or can use ones already up) , image uploads, search and all that sort of thing

visit

[Godzilla]

Not sure about when they die, but the owner of my local second hand record shop supplements his income by selling bottles of amyl nitrate and rather tawdry porn mags of the 'older' or 'larger' lady types

[Codfromderby]

Not sure about when they die, but the owner of my local second hand record shop supplements his income by selling bottles of amyl nitrate and rather tawdry porn mags of the 'older' or 'larger' lady types

just for research purposes, where is that, and whens it open

[Godzilla]

just for research purposes, where is that, and whens it open

It's called "Dyscworld" in Scarborough and it's open Mon-Sat 10.00 - 4.30. Another member on here 'Soulmaguk' goes in there a lot but I get plenty of good records that he's missed so Lordy knows why he goes in there...

[Ian Dewhirst]

Not sure about when they die, but the owner of my local second hand record shop supplements his income by selling bottles of amyl nitrate and rather tawdry porn mags of the 'older' or 'larger' lady types

Wow. Genius idea. You can get your music, drugs and porn in one fell swoop. There should be a national chain.......

Ian D

[Citizen P]

Wow. Genius idea. You can get your music, drugs and porn in one fell swoop. There should be a national chain.......

Ian D

Only drawback I see is that one of those gives me a right f*ck off headache.

Still, not all bad, is it??

Tony

[Guest WPaulVanDyk]

well online is not the only way. Why not CD and record fairs which are still going and all over the place

[Guest soulmaguk]

It's called "Dyscworld" in Scarborough and it's open Mon-Sat 10.00 - 4.30. Another member on here 'Soulmaguk' goes in there a lot but I get plenty of good records that he's missed so Lordy knows why he goes in there...

I go in to buy the bottles of liquid gold, you know that Godz!

[funkyfeet]

There will still be record shops, the big ones may disappear off the high street, but smaller specialised ones will still survive. My shop is basically my warehouse, as long as I take enough through the door to cover costs, I make my money on-line, venues etc.

On the other hand you all talk about the good old days, but a hell of a lot of you don't support us either, ask yourself when was the last time you went into a record shop and bought something, I stock most of the new release soul 45's but I know local's who still send off for them, when they could just as easy pick them up from the shop.

So if you're near Rhyl on holiday please come along and say hello, you may even find something you might like to buy.

[Godzilla]

There will still be record shops, the big ones may disappear off the high street, but smaller specialised ones will still survive. My shop is basically my warehouse, as long as I take enough through the door to cover costs, I make my money on-line, venues etc.

On the other hand you all talk about the good old days, but a hell of a lot of you don't support us either, ask yourself when was the last time you went into a record shop and bought something, I stock most of the new release soul 45's but I know local's who still send off for them, when they could just as easy pick them up from the shop.

So if you're near Rhyl on holiday please come along and say hello, you may even find something you might like to buy.

A few good points there Mark. I try to make a point of using my two local shops when I can - one for 2nd hand, one for new. At times when I'm skint though, it's hard to resist the temptation to save a few quid by going to the big online sellers for new stuff. Often quicker too.

However, your post also made me wonder if we've ever tried to compile a guide to record shops in the UK - or Europe to for that matter. Could this site be used to develop such a resource, with members recommending shops in their locality and retailers such as yourself submitting your own details?

Worth a go?

[funkyfeet]

A few good points there Mark. I try to make a point of using my two local shops when I can - one for 2nd hand, one for new. At times when I'm skint though, it's hard to resist the temptation to save a few quid by going to the big online sellers for new stuff. Often quicker too.

However, your post also made me wonder if we've ever tried to compile a guide to record shops in the UK - or Europe to for that matter. Could this site be used to develop such a resource, with members recommending shops in their locality and retailers such as yourself submitting your own details?

Worth a go?

Check it out:

https://www.recordshopcity.co.uk/?p=1161[url="https://www.recordshopcity.co.uk/?p=1161 refosoul

I'm waiting to be added.

Edited February 15, 2010 by funkyfeet

[Guest WPaulVanDyk]

i would vist any record shop but i always need money as i do not like to vist a record shop without buying

[Diggin' Dave]

Wow. Genius idea. You can get your music, drugs and porn in one fell swoop. There should be a national chain.......

Ian D

Only drawback I see is that one of those gives me a right f*ck off headache.

Well you can always put the volume down a notch, so no real drawbacks there

On a more serious note: I think the article's very accurate, but I do think it's possible to survive if you're not focusing on one genre. While all shops in my local town were shutting down, an old store reemerged with new owners and they're doing really well selling a wide variety of genres. But... in every genre they're very selective in what they're selling. So I think sticking to one genre isn't really necessary if you're cautious enough.

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

Surely the only answer to the question "What happens to record shops after they die?" is that "they're taken to their vinyl resting place..."

[KevH]

Surely when the record shops die,they become yet another Tesco Express.?

[Agentsmith]

Surely the only answer to the question "What happens to record shops after they die?" is that "they're taken to their vinyl resting place..."

HERE ENDETH THE SERMON!