Stockport - A New Record Shop Opening

Dave Raistrick's "Stars and Stripes" is opening a second location in Stockport

This is just off Underbank heading up to the Market Hall. It will be open from next week Thursday to Saturday 10am to 6pm.

I will be in the shop from tomorrow and have around 2000 soul albums plus 800 soul 45s to view. This is only the beginning of moving stock into the shop where we will be selling all kinds of soul music plus at a later stage non-soul product.

Mon-Wednesday visits can be arranged by telephoning 0161 917 3157 and arranging with myself.

ROD

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I hope the new venture goes well for you Rod!!  and look forward to having a trip over!! Good luck and best wishes John.

Brilliant I can buy records in Stocky  not done that since Whites and Swales and Colin Grogans shut .

 

Good luck with the venture

I'll be coming along to practice my new shoplifting techniques   

I'll be coming along to practice my new shoplifting techniques   

 

Shouldn't be too difficult if Rod adopts his old Afflecks palace sales technique of leaving you in charge of the stall while he goes out for a fag.

Well done Rod!

nice one Rod a real record shop in my home town again

Good luck with the shop guys...i`ll be along when I take the kids up to see the planes at Manchester airport!

 

Chris

Nice to hear of a record shop opening after the 1000s (including mine) that have closed over the last 10 years or so due to either the drop in vinyl sales or economic difficulties.
Well done!!

hope theres some bargains,cos i certainly had a few out of afflecks palace..ie vevelettes-lonely girl am i-uk tamla £10

 

good luck with the shop

Hope it all goes well Rod.

 

Mark

Well done & good luck.

Any chance of a branch in NYC, we need one. There's bugger all left here.

wish you well will try and get down

                                                           NICE ONE ROD

                                                            GOOD LUCK

 

SID

Looks like this is just around the corner from the old Ralphs record shop-----where a certain Mr Shard spent his formative years------when he should have been in school---tut tut. To the extent that the school accepted his sick notes signed by the guy behind the counter, believing it to be his mam's signature!!

Lucky for him he had a reliable fellow pupil to copy from---------------otherwise, instead of A levels Rod's only qualifications might have been a handful of TMG demos. (was looking for the scratching head icon;would have fitted in perfectly here 'cos thinking about it, maybe the demos would have served him better!)

 VIVA LA VINYL    

Dave

Shouldn't be too difficult if Rod adopts his old Afflecks palace sales technique of leaving you in charge of the stall while he goes out for a fag.

Thats fantastic for the record collector- and great that a new record shop has opened up -long may vinyl rule.....Spot on Jordi re Afflecks palace.......brought the memories flooding back....goood luck Dave and Rod ....

regards tfk

See you there then Rod and well done mate, sure it will be great. Paul Kidd

ooops not sure what occurred there ?

 

GREAT NEWS AND GOOD LUCK DAVE AND ROD......

 

Best tfk

I think you'll need a good kettle Rod

Good luck with the venture and i'll pop on when/if I'm in Stockport.

Hope you're new venture is a big SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'll try & get up there in the near future for a bit of CRATE DIGGIN 

 

atb Kev

Best of luck............a new vinyl shop really is big news.............well done and I hope business goes well...............

great news will do well

could be tempted

Best of luck guys....timing's perfect...it'll be a hit for ya 

will give it a look soon - with wife having i,ll it will be nice to have a run out

 

good luck mate - shall i bring some swaps

All the best Rod, will call over at some point  soon,     Carts.

Best of British to the new venture will try to get over sometime

Good luck with the new shop. I'll be along when I get a chance...from a Stockport born soulie!

Thank you to everybody except Souljer6 whose recollections of our school years are somewhat distorted. For months I thought his first name was Xerox as he was always copying my extremely well-written essays. The fact that he was doing Economics and I was doing History didn't appear to occur to him. And his public school background  was a constant source of embarrassment.  Having a fag behind the bike sheds took on a whole new dimension where he was concerned. I didn't know where to look.

 

The shop is open but right now it is mainly albums with around 400 cheaper 45s. When Dave gets back from the USA the plan is to get a lot more 45s in there.

 

ROD

 

HA BLOODY HA

Just back from the States with box loads of stuff for the NEW shop.

Best Of Luck with the new venture Guys..........

hope its a great success,would love a shop by me like this,theres something special about goin through loads of soul vinyl actually with your hands as opposed to reading lists of the internet,i would be in there every chance i got,good luck guys

jason

Lots more stock going in to the shop this week.  Rod, will be open this coming Thurs/Fri, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm.

Left Rod earlier today, grading and pricing up all the new stuff !

Rod Shard is in the shop this weekend - Saturday 10am - 5pm.

 

Lots of NEW stuff just in .... 45s, LPs, CDs, Twelves.

 

Well worth the visit if in the area.

Just a quick progress report on the shop.

It is beginning to pick up particularly as regards album and 12" sales.

The 45s comprise a smaller selection but as the Skegness shop shuts at the end of this month there will be a large influx of 45s coming in soon. From £5 and up.

To give some idea today I added Lorraine Chandler, Pete Warner, Larry Brown, Billy Watkins, Joanne Baker, Styles, Hattie Winston, Themes, Bobby Paris, James Walsh and a few others. All originals of course.

I'd like to thank all the people who have been down so far. Your custom is really appreciated.

Thanks

ROD

will be on for a visit here very soon...has the whole operation shifted from Skeggy then? 

Dont have a wasted journey! It appears the Shop has now closed which is a shame.    Went there yesterday & there was just an empty unit! Maybe someone can enlighten us as to when & why it has closed & whether it may reappear at a new location at some point in the future.

Phew thanks for heads up!

Sorry lads.

 

Trouble with new landlord and to be frank poor sales meant that it wasn't feasible to carry on.

 

Apologies for not posting earlier but it meant also some upheaval in personal life.

 

ROD