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and dont forget Portobello road market where there is 3 good shops and 2 kiosks in the market mall . Honest Johns is a must The One For Reggae Aficionados Supertone Records and CDs, Acre Lane, Brixton: There’s nothing but reggae and dub to be had here, and loads of it there is too, from across the years. It stocks new and second-hand LPs with plenty of sevens. Very friendly. And if you’re in the area, check out Blacker Dread Music Store in Coldharbour Lane for more of the same. The Big, Jack-Of-All Trades One Sister Ray, Berwick Street, Soho: A wide-ranging stock in what used to be Selectadisc, spread across one large floor with LPs and sevens. It’s a great all-rounder that caters for the guitar crowd as much as those looking for all things electronic. Loads of CDs too, some of which are dirt cheap. The Club Music Specialists BM Soho, D’Arblay Street, Soho: The go-to place for nosebleed techno, the squiggiest dubstep, slinkiest house and everything in between. Also Recommended Out On The Floor Records, Inverness Street, Camden Intoxica, Portobello Road, Ladbroke Grove Sounds Of The Universe, Broadwick Street, Soho Casbah Records, Creek Road, Greenwich. Soul Brother Records, Keswick Road, Putney. Rat Records, Camberwell New Road, Camberwell On The Beat, Hanway Street, Fitzrovia Phonica, Poland Street, Soho

go to google maps and cruise round berwick street and hanway street to see the record shops ,reckless records and sisteray etc . 2 worth seeing in hanway street too

i have to mention Lou Johnson and his version of Always something there to remind me. a brilliant record . Lou CDs seem pretty rare and i lent this record to a galfriend and she nicked it and i never could find a Lou Johnson CD with it on ,pity ... Johnson signed to its successor label, Big Hill, and continue to record Bacharach and David songs. In 1964, his original version of "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", with backing vocals by Doris Troy, Dee Dee Warwick, and Cissy Houston, reached # 49 in the US charts aka 'The herpes song '

the stones did a better version as the original was too clunky and disjointed . i have it on SAR

last time i went into HMV oxford street ,just about everyone inc Haynes the car manuals publishers were compiling ;Northern soul CDs ,from just about any old bit of tatt that they could find ,most of the titles were rubbish .there were piles of them . it will be hard for them to sell them now

some originals i could never bear to listen to again ,such as earl gene - something good , ruined by others . as eric burdon once said the records had no relevance to the yanks until they had done the journey back and forth across the pond.

yep theres a lot but every once in a while on the radio you hear an original version that you didnt know about .like the Orlons .. dont throw your love away .. was groovy kind of love an original by who ??

there must be so many of them ,they cleaned up . ok Go Now -Bessie Banks for a starter ...although i prefer the Moody Blues version

just check their website for whats on ,as for record shops soho/tottenham court road/oxford street/berwick street , has a good selection ,Cds though and albums https://www.the100club.co.uk/gigs

he has missed out the TEENA label from the list .. ikes company

heres a book that needs to be collated at some stage . is there a full listing of US labels ,who owned them, what were there staff and singers ,writers ,producers ,and so on . it seems to be a mysterious black hole of who owned what and where they were and what they were doing at a given time. sales and distribution must have been a nightmare in the US and few were produced or even distributed or got airplay . who was doing the pressings and how many ?? no doubt many fell by the wayside with poor management and small cash flow . over to you ..

https://www.modculture.co.uk/mods-the-new-religion-book-by-paul-smiler-anderson/

smiler has been working on his book for years and has interviewed all the big names where possible ,and covered clubs all over the country ,it must be the definitive book on the mods and the 60s . i doubt if anyone will ever beat it for facts and interviews .

the four Tops - Just ask the Lonely . what a perfect production that is ,played at full volume .

Big Dee Irwin - Paper Moon was a guy stevens favourite

i loaned a few to galfriends in the past and they never would give em back ,obviously i didnt want to P them off as that meant no galfriend of the time. but it was hard to persuade them to return them ..

boxes and contents are so desirable that its certain somebody in the crowd will be looking for a quick snatch and run. it only takes a few seconds and theyre gone ..

https://www.facebook.com/MyForthcomingBookModsTheNewReligion one coming later

arrgghh https://www.spin.com/articles/bleecker-bobs-golden-oldies-new-york-record-store-final-days/ It was an institution, a rite of passage, a historical landmark, and a great place to kill time at 2 a.m. on a weekend before you passed out on the couch. Bleecker Bob's helped start one of New York's greatest bands, was America's No. 1 punk outpost, and was on the receiving end of solicitous phone calls from Madonna. KORY GROW goes behind the counter of a record shop for the ages, and gets the real story on why the beloved joint had to close its doors. The aromas of must and dust were what stuck with you when you exited Bleecker Bob's Golden Oldies Record Shop, the dumpy yet iconic LP store in New York City's mercurial post-boho Greenwich Village. The scents wafted out the door, where they lingered in that no-man's-land between Ben's Pizza and Village Psychic. The collected fetor of decades-old cardboard, vinyl, and plastic all comingling, the whiff of oldies begging to be rediscovered. It was unforgettable. For the past 32 years, Bleecker Bob's shared its air at 118 West Third Street, and it amassed a downtown New York legacy that dated back to the early '70s. The store hosted any number of notable events – it's where Patti Smith met Lenny Kaye, where Joey Ramone directed New York magazine readers in their 1994 "Where to Find It" issue, where Newman on Seinfeld insulted its (fictional) surly store owner, and on and on. As of Sunday, April 14, though, it was merely another façade awaiting its transformation into yet another place to buy frozen yogurt in Manhattan. As with the 2006 shuttering of CBGB, which stood about 10 minutes' walking distance from Bob's, as well as any number of the City's downtown music hubs that have closed in the last decade (the Bottom Line, Tonic, Sin-é), Bleecker Bob's is now another signpost for the ever-homogenizing Greenwich Village. What was once the booming beatnik stomping ground that served as home to Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, and then about a decade later, the Ramones and Blondie, now offers more and more of the amenities available at most Midwestern malls. To residents and tourists alike, the closing of Bleecker Bob's is another high-points blow in the assassination attempt on the neighborhood's character. Early in my reporting for this story, the friendly, bearded man who ran the poster section in the back of the shop and who went merely by "Bill," uttered six words that resonated deeply with me during the month and a half that I spent at the store: "This is a landlord's town now." It's a sentiment echoed by the neighboring businesses and customers of Bleecker Bob's. A few days before the shop closed, I phoned Lewis Rosenthal, the property's landlord (according to New York City records), but despite the power he holds in the situation, he declined to comment for the story. Nevertheless, the cast of characters willing to talk, including the store's employees, its neighbors, customers and competitors, as well as Bob himself, took the time to share their memories – good and bad – of the New York institution as it played out its final days. See the history of Bleecker Bob's in photos, featuring Robert Plant, Debbie Harry, and more.

definitely been hit by the recession on there now compared with say 5-6 years ago when bidding was strong on all manner of stuff

see the previous enquiry on Houston ..

i have to correct myself , House Of Oldies is still going at another location ,and have 1 million records in stock !! https://www.houseofoldies.com/ might be worth taking some UK issues with you to trade with him .........

i have some old catalogues issued by bleecker Bobs shop and they make a good read but hes prolly not trading anymore .there was another shop called The House Of Oldies also gone ...onto the net i guess

all the stores used to be in bleecker street ,but i havent been in ages so i dont know whats the latest. do a search and see

yep its all trash ...its not easy to sell on there right now ..good stuff goes unbought unless its at silly money