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ALIGN="Right"><A NAME="Here">Here's </A>the beginnings of our directory of
record shops. Every shop detailed here has been visited by one of us, but
we want to build it up into a nation-wide list, so if your favourite shop
isn't mentioned, send us an
<A HREF="mailto:popular.underground@ukonline.co.uk">email</A> with a brief
description, the address, and any other details you can muster (phone number,
prices, opening hours etc.). Over the next few weeks we'll re-visit all the
shops here, update the descriptions and check the details, but forgive us
if we've made any mistakes. Where a town only has a few shops, we've included
all the stores we know about, but where there's more of a choice we've just
covered our favourites and the specialist stores. Our faves are in red and
asterisked.
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See the <A HREF="links.htm#record">links</A> page for online mail-order stores.
Other record shop directories are included under the appropriate town.
<A HREF="http://motion.state51.co.uk/shopfinder/">Motion</A> is another good
country-wide guide.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Tag Records</FONT> (5 Rupert Crt., 0171 4340029, also
at 5 The Cobbles, Temple Bar, Dublin, 1 6719455) <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.tagrecords.co.uk/">http://www.tagrecords.co.uk/,</A>
<A HREF="mailto:tag@tagrecords.co.uk">tag@tagrecords.co.uk</A><BR>
12-7 Mon-Fri, 12-6 Sat<BR>
Underground house, breakbeat, techno, clubby house. No jungle. Two or three
decks, good on techno, and incredibly helpful, even in response to the most
stupid of questions. £5.50 for a domestic 12. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Reckless</FONT> (30 Berwick St., 0171 4374271, also at
79 Upper St., Islington, 0171 3590501)<BR>
10-7 Mon-Sun<BR>
Buy and sell second hand. Good on dance and indie, but so popular and crowded
that the stock is quickly well picked over. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Ambient Soho </FONT>(4 Berwick St., 0171 4370521)<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ambientsoho.com">http://www.ambientsoho.com</A><BR>
11-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Despite the name, good on drum & bass as well as ambient, weird stuff
etc. One deck and they'll also play stuff for you at the desk. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Selectadisc</FONT> (34/35 Berwick St., 0171 734 3297)<BR>
9.30-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Stock just about everything: most sorts of indie and dance with a good back
catalogue. No listening facilities, but you can often pick up bargains. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Sisteray</FONT> (94 Berwick St., 0171 287 8385, fax: 0171
287 1087)<BR>
Open: 10.30-7pm Mon-Sat<BR>
Sell 'new wave, indie, heavy metal, ambient, trance, techno', also drum &
bass. Cramped shop, but surprisingly large range. Renowned for putting the
wrong record in the sleeve, so check before leaving.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Choci's Chewns</FONT> (The Basement, 9/12 St. Ann's Court,
off Wardour St. W1, Tel/fax 0171 4343097)<BR>
12-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Basement store, friendly most of the time, lots of imports. Mainly euro/acid
trance. Three decks, including a couple which you have to climb under the
desk to reach. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Music & Video Exchange </FONT>(95 Berwick St., 0171
434 2939)<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.demon.co.uk/mveshops">http://www.demon.co.uk/mveshops</A><BR>
2nd hand. Cover all sorts of music- dance, indie etc.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Sounds of the Universe </FONT>(12 Ingestre Place)<BR>
11-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Happy to play even 7's for you on a saturday. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">I-Q</FONT> (47 Lexington St.) <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.iqrecord.dircon.co.uk/">www.iqrecord.dircon.co.uk</A><BR>
12-7 Mon, 11.30-7 Tue-Wed, 11-8 Thur-Sat<BR>
Nothing to do with eye-q, which used to be at this address, but very good
on tech house / techno, also quite friendly. Web site doesn't seem to be
working though. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">HMV</FONT> (150 Oxford St., 0171 6313428, also at 363
Oxford St.)<BR>
9.30-7 Mon-Wed, 9.30-8 Thur, 9.30-7 Fri-Sat, 12-6 Sun<BR>
Huge store. Lets you pick up records from the racks and listen to them on
the row of decks.<BR>
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Black market (25 D'Arblay St. W1 0171 287 1932)<BR>
11.45-7 Mon, 11-7 Tue-Sat<BR>
Jungle downstairs, house etc. upstairs. Surprisingly famous, despite the
shop being so crowded (esp. downstairs) that you invariably have a long wait
to listen to anything. <BR>
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Kokon Tozai (57 Greek St., 0171 4341316)<BR>
11-8 Mon-Sat<BR>
Long, thin trendy shop stocking techno and house. Also clothing etc. and
some crowded fish serving as decoration.<BR>
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Mr CD (81 Berwick St.)<BR>
Cheap cds. <BR>
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Trax (65 Greek St.)<BR>
12-7 Mon-Sat, 12-8 Fri<BR>
Euro dance.<BR>
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Uptown (3 D'Arblay St., 0171 4343639)<BR>
10.30-7 Mon-Sat, 10.30-8 Thur<BR>
Garage, house, hip hop, swing. 9 decks. <BR>
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Wyld Pytch (51 Lexington St., 0171 4343471)<BR>
11-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Hip hop/ r & b.<BR>
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Xsf (Berwick St.)<BR>
11-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Techno, house, 2 decks to listen on. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Vinyl Addiction</FONT> (6 Inverness Street, Camden NW1,
0171 482 1114)<BR>
11-8 Mon-Fri, 11-9 Sat<BR>
Haven't actually been to this one, but it's supposed to be really good for
breakbeat and quite friendly. 3 decks and a good cafe upstairs. £5.50
for a domestic 12.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Dragon Discs</FONT> (3 Kentish Town Rd.)<BR>
11 or 12-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Techno specialist, also some d'n'b, electronica etc. 2 decks.
£5/£6.50 for a 12. <BR>
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Music & Video Exchange (229 Camden High St., 0171 267 1898)<BR>
2nd hand. Worth checking. <BR>
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Rough Trade (16 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, 0171 2400105, also 130 Talbot
Rd., Notting Hill Gate, W11, 0171
2298541)<A HREF="http://www.roughtrade.com/"><BR>
www.roughtrade.com</A>,
<A HREF="mailto:shop@roughtrade.com">shop@roughtrade.com</A><BR>
10-6.30 Mon-Sat<BR>
Used to be the indie shop, now very good on electronica. No listening facilities,
but will play stuff for you if the shop is quiet. <BR>
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Eukatech (49 Endell St., WC2, 0171 2408060<BR>
11-7 Mon-Sat<BR>
Techno, house and some dnb. £5.50/£7 for a 12. <BR>
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<A NAME="ISLINGTON">ISLINGTON</A><BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Juno Records Mail Order </FONT>(70 Upper St., 0171 704
9595)<BR>
Check their site at
<A HREF="http://www.juno.co.uk/">http://www.juno.co.uk</A>. They'll
mail you listings of the weeks new releases, and have links to 500 dance
sites.<BR>
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<A NAME="KENSINGTON">KENSINGTON</A><BR>
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Flying Records (Kensington Market W8, 0171 938 4407)<BR>
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<A NAME="PUTNEY">PUTNEY</A><BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Beggars Banquet </FONT>(20 Putney High St., 0181 7809119)
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Really good shop. It's like Rough Trade - lots of indie and new
electronic/dance/rap etc.<BR>
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Spin-It (13 High Road, Willesden Green, NW10, 0181 459 0761)<BR>
Good selection of new dance releases - speed garage and rap a speciality.
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Try the <A HREF="http://www.sorted.org/london/shops.html">London Techno
Events</A> guide to london shops.
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Or, try <A HREF="http://www.venus.co.uk/~weed/shops/clds.html">weed's london
guide</A>.<BR>
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Record Basement (70-72 Kings Rd., 0118 957 3922)<BR>
Same address as vinyl distribution, so you'd expect a great shop, but the
stock is disappointing and staff unfriendly. <BR>
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Music Man (207 Oxford Rd., 01734 588335)<BR>
2nd hand.<BR>
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Green River (12 The Arcade, 01734 393639)<BR>
Indie and dance. Formerly staffed by a member of ride, if that excites you.
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HMV (138-141 Friar St., 0118 956 0086)<BR>
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Virgin (1 Oxford Rd., 0118 957 5222)<BR>
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Our Price (9-10 Broad St., 0118 956 8068)<BR>
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Slough Record Centre (241-243 Farnham Rd., 01753 528194)<BR>
Revamped dance music section with decks. Also ok on indie. <BR>
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HMV (Queensmere Centre, 01753 511176)<BR>
9-6 Mon-Fri, 8.30-6 Sat, Closed Sun<BR>
The best choice in the town centre. <BR>
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Virgin (High Street Slough)<BR>
9-9 Mon-Fri, 8.30-9 Sat, 12-6 Sun<BR>
Just opened next to the remodelled cinema. A little vinyl. <BR>
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<A NAME="WINDSOR">WINDSOR</A><BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Ruffhouse Records</FONT> (Railway Arches)<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.menace.co.uk">www.menace.co.uk</A><BR>
Couple of decks, a studio, and a helpful manager. <BR>
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Revolution Records (7 St. Leonards Rd, 01753 867221)<BR>
Indie and dance. <BR>
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Our Price (116 Peascod St., 01753 851482)<BR>
Standard store. <BR>
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Sam Goody (35-36 Peascod St., 01753 621668)<BR>
Cd seller.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Parrot </FONT>(93 King St., 01223 312552)<BR>
9-6 Mon and Sat, 10.30-6 Tue-Fri.<BR>
Indie, techno, drum and bass, ambient etc. No listening facilities, but unusually
cheap, esp for albums.<BR>
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Underground Solution (was Unit 1, 53 Argyle St., 01223 505540, but may be
moving to Mitchams Corner- or has it closed for good?)<BR>
Drum and bass, plus garage. One deck, which they bring out from behind the
counter for you. Small, so you can't look in unnoticed, but quite friendly
and helpful.<BR>
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Streetwise (76 King St., 01223 300496)<BR>
10-6 Mon-Sat<BR>
House, hard house, drum and bass, techno, speed garage, big beat: most types
of dance music, plus some pop and indie. 3 decks.<BR>
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Rhythm Syndicate (5 Cobbles Yard, Napier St., 01223 323264)<BR>
Well talked about, but a tad intimidating. Several decks. House, dnb, no
techno. <BR>
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HMV (12-15 Lion Yard, 01223 319090,
<A HREF="http://www.hmv.co.uk/">www.hmv.co.uk</A>)<BR>
8.30-6 Mon, 9-6 Tue, 9-7 Wed, 9-6 Thur-Fri, 8.30-6 Sat, 10.30-4.30 Sun.<BR>
One usually broken deck. Chart-bound new releases often cheap, and will order
stuff. <BR>
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Jays (50 Burleigh St., 01223 368089)<BR>
9-5.30 Mon-Sat, 11-4 Sun<BR>
Most types of dance music, pop, indie. Will play records for you if you ask,
but not ideal for listening to more than a couple. <BR>
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Andys (31 Fitzroy St., 01223 361038/366544)<BR>
Overpriced 2nd hand and newish vinyl. Cds.<BR>
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Garon Records and Books (70 King St., 01223 362086)<BR>
9.30-6 Mon-Sat, 12-5 Sun<BR>
Classical, jazz etc.<BR>
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Heffers Sound (19 Trinity St., 01223 568562)<BR>
Classical.<BR>
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Virgin (28 Grafton Centre, 01223 360333)<BR>
Not noteworthy apart from occasionally giving away Junction tickets with
albums.<BR>
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Our Price (4 Bridge St., 01223 363221)<BR>
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Vinyl 2U (29 Lincoln Rd., 01733 342636)<BR>
10.30-6 Mon-Sat, 10.30-8 Thur<BR>
Hardcore, drum & bass, house, garage, tickets, merchandise, mail order,
but no techno. £5 for a domestic 12. Friendly & enthusiastic. <BR>
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HMV (4 Cathedral Square 01733 347642)<BR>
9.30-6 Tue, 9-8 Thur , 8.30-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-6 otherwise.<BR>
Usual HMV. <BR>
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Our Price (34 Queensgate Centre, 01733 312929)<BR>
Open: 9.30-5.30 Tue, 9-8 Thur, 9-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-5.30 otherwise.<BR>
A little bit of vinyl. Quite friendly.<BR>
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Andys (37 Bridge St., 01733 345252)<BR>
9-6 Mon-Fri, except 9-8 Thur, 8.30-6 Sat. <BR>
Disappointing. <BR>
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Virgin (Queensgate Centre)<BR>
9.30-6 Tue, 9-8 Thur , 8.30-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun, 9-6 otherwise.<BR>
Vinyl, but not a great selection. Also books, games etc.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Borderline Records</FONT><BR>
V. good selection of all sorts, crowded, ok staff. <BR>
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? (Trafalgar Street)<BR>
Techno/trance/trancecore etc., with decks built into space invader machines.
Which is nice. <BR>
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Wax Factor (24 Trafalgar Street, 673744)<BR>
2nd hand
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Heaven Sent Records</FONT> (90 Haydon Place, 01483
537078)<BR>
Small but well stocked cds and vinyl. Has more of an indie feel than some,
and sells both the well known and the weirder stuff. No decks but the assistants
are friendly and will play you your records, and also pick things out for
you. Very good bigbeat / breakbeat section. Cheap too (£4 - £6
for singles). One i'd definitely recommend.
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Dance 2 Records (9-10 Woodbridge Rd, 01483 451002)<BR>
In the style of the london shops, i.e. all the new records are held behind
the counter, but you can go through and pick them out. Generally caters for
the house / commercial trance end. A bit impersonal and too full, but has
the new releases. Expensive: £5 to £8 for simgles. 4 decks to listen
on.
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Sound Barrier (20-21 The Friary, 01483 300947)<BR>
Cd only. Generally commercial but has a few interesting ones.
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HMV (75-79 The Friary Centre, 01483 565650)<BR>
One of the better HMVs for dance music, this place has a lot of the new hits
and also an interesting techno section if you can be bothered to look through
it all. The guys who work there generally help though. Two decks but be prepared
to queue.
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Check the <A HREF="http://www.bristol-rave.org/">Bristol ravers
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<A NAME="BATH">BATH</A><BR>
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*Replay Records (27 Broad St., 444577)<BR>
(Also BRISTOL: 9a Haymarket Walk, 265316 & 2 Haymarket Walk, 259840)<BR>
Searchable stock index and mail order at
<A HREF="http://www.replay.co.uk/">http://www.replay.co.uk/</A><BR>
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Way Ahead Records (47 Sadlergate, 01332 346808, also at 37 Castlefields Main
Centre, 01332 361371)<BR>
9.30-6 Mon-Sat<BR>
Good on techno and drum & bass, but kind of expensive- £5.50 for
a domestic 12. One deck on the counter. <BR>
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BPM (36 The Strand, 01332 382038)<BR>
10-6 Mon-Sat<BR>
Ok dance music shop. <BR>
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LT Music (Balcony, Market Hall, 01332 293600)<BR>
9-5 Mon-Sat<BR>
Buy and sell vinyl, cds, tapes. Specialists in rare & deleted items.
No dance. <BR>
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HMV (2 Albion St., 01332 201902)<BR>
Normal times, plus 10.30-4 Sun<BR>
One deck at the cash desk. <BR>
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Virgin (10 Albion St., 01332 297197)<BR>
9-5.30 Mon-Thur, 9-6 Fri-Sat<BR>
A little vinyl. <BR>
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Our Price (Eagle Centre, 01322 362916)<BR>
9-6 Mon-Sat<BR>
No vinyl. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">The Music Box</FONT> (12 Guildhall, 01476 572151,
<A HREF="mailto:phil@musicbox-g.demon.co.uk">phil@musicbox-g.demon.co.uk</A>,<BR>
fax: 01476 401444)<BR>
9-5.30 Mon-Sat. Closed Aug 25th-Sept 2nd. <BR>
Fantastic little shop, with cheap cds (£10 for new releases), and reasonable
selection of techno, house, drum & bass and trance vinyl. One deck, but
someone had stolen the cartridge. <BR>
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The Record Shop (69 Westgate, 01476 64413)<BR>
9.10-5.15ish Mon-Sat, 9.10-3.15 Wed.<BR>
Ok on indie. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Selectadisc </FONT>(3 and 19/21 Market St., 0115 947
5420)<BR>
9.30-6 Mon-Fri, 9-6 Sat.<BR>
Singles at 3 Market St.; 'specialist cds' at number 19; albums, 2nd hand
etc. at number 21. The singles shop is especially good, but with occasionally
surly staff. <BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Arcade Records</FONT> (15 Chapel Bar, 0115 9474932)<BR>
Cheapest new CDs in town. Downstairs is dedicated to dance - Djs crowding
around counter etc. Usually friendly staff<BR>
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Virgin (6 Wheeler Gate, 0115 947 6126)
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Mike Lloyd Music</FONT> (14-20 Brunswick St., Hanley,
01782 269815)<BR>
9-6 Mon-Sat, 11-4.30 Sun<BR>
Vinyl is upstairs. New records are behind the counter, and there are
v.good techno & drum and bass sections in the racks. Indie looks ok too.
Prices reasonable, staff friendly. 2 decks and a cd. Also sell record
bags, sleeves etc.
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Replay Records (109 High St., Tunstall, 01782 834660)<BR>
9-5.30 Mon-Sat<BR>
Cd and cassette vendor.
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Andys Records (156 Potteries Shopping Centre, Hanley, 01782 265666)<BR>
9-6 Mon-Sat, 9-9 Tue & Thur, 11-5 Sun<BR>
Large store, but no vinyl.
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Surface Noise</FONT> (27 Ridley Place, 0191 2302192, fax:
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9-5.30 Mon-Fri, 10-5.30 Tue, 10-5 Sat<BR>
Indie mainly, but good selection of ambient, weird stuff, hip hop, techno,
jungle etc. Friendly and will play anything.<BR>
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HMV (56 Northumberland St., 0191 2300626)<BR>
Big store, with several decks. Usual stuff, but unusually good dance section
- mainly house/techno. Friendly, but hard to find some stuff<BR>
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RPM (Newgate St.)<BR>
Wide selection, but mainly indie - but some good techno as well, more cds
than records now. Don't play stuff though.<BR>
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Trax (67/69 Highbridge, 0191 2221925)<BR>
The most famous dance music store in Newcastle, but has the attitude to<BR>
match unfortunately. House only - very little techno / drum and bass. <BR>
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Bass Generator records (18 Dean St., 0191 2321917)<BR>
House upstairs, some techno and trance. Own stuff downstairs / hardcore/
house. A bit unhelpful<BR>
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Windows of the Arcade (1-7 Central Arcade)<BR>
Music-cum-cd shop, some chart vinyl.<BR>
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Pet sounds (6 Old Eldon Square / Haymarket, 0191 2617364)<BR>
Second hand, mainly dodgy but some decent old indie.<BR>
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Smyth's Records (123/125 Highgate, 01539 729595)<BR>
Ok selection, some bargains. <BR>
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Our Price (Unit 10 Westmorland Centre, 01539 740017)<BR>
Standard store.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Techno Import </FONT>(In the 11th near Rough Trade, on
a street parallel to rue Keller, 0148060953)<BR>
You'll be asked to leave your bag behind the desk, but after that you have
free access to boxes and boxes of records and 8 or 9 decks. Laurent Garnier's
shop, apparently.<BR>
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*<FONT COLOR="Red">Black Label Records</FONT> (rue Keller, 75001, Metro
Bastille)<BR>
Stocks what you'd see in England, but do run free parties. <BR>
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Like Rough Trade in London. Just like Rough Trade in London, in fact. <BR>
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le Shop (3 rue d'Argout 75002, Metro Etienne Marcel, 0140289594)<BR>
Clothes shop with a small, but fashionable, record stall.<BR>
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Frengo's Music (65 Via della Lungaretta 58332402)<BR>
Mainly cds, but you may find some italian classic in the stacks of old vinyl
in the back.<BR>
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