I'm Just A Wood's Paper Bag

[Derek Pearson]

A few months ago whilst browsing various soul related sites on the web I came across an article describing growing up in London as a soul boy during the seventies. The author talked fondly about a record store where he spent many Saturday mornings buying newly released vinyl. He asked if anybody still had one of the plastic carrier bags the shop gave you to cart home all your new buys in. What a weirdo I thought - fancy somebody wanting an old carrier bag? Mmmm thats just the sort of thing I'd do! A few weeks later we went to an audio jumble/record fair in an old church hall and in amongst old blokes dressed in nylon jackets with bad facial hair I chanced upon an old Woods Music Shop paper bag sandwiched between some bad rock albums.

I used to buy all the Grapevine 45s as new releases from this shop (circa 1979) and being the smart cookie I am - I didn't want to waste my money - I only bought the one copy of Nabay and Lester Tipton.

Records in paper bags - how quaint and old fashioned does that sound these days.

onwards, derek

Woods Music Shop with branches in Huddersfield and Wakefield.....

Edited February 25, 2007 by Derek Pearson

[Julianb]

Hi derek

thought they had a branch in Bradford on Sunbridge Road ( just down from the Co-op in Sunwin House).

Also, one in Cleckheaton ( which I used to raid in the late 60s) on the way home from Grammar School.

Julian