Where have all our record shops gone?

[Diamond Joe]

Hi Diamond Joe Yes Andys Records was on Pottergate I seem to remember that they sold Second hand cds and Hifi vinyl I used to spend hours going through all of there lps

Great, thanks toyota man, I thought it might have been Andy's Records.

I recall they had headphones for listening to new releases, and when Pink Floyd brought out The Division Bell they had a note warning that the equipment was perfectly ok, but there was a verrry long quiet intro to the first track.

Funny what you remember, isn't it!!

 

[Rethep]

From the moment i used iTunes i started buying music there. Because i very rarely like a whole CD, i can buy single songs. I think the recordindustry, incl shops, have gotten enough of my money.

The beauty of ITunes if you don't mind lossy is that you can usually if not always buy just the songs you want which I've started doing far more often.

To me Itunes is absolutely not lossy. It's 265 kb AAC's make me very often wonder if i'm ever going to change anything in my hifi again. And be sure, i have a good set (and ears) to listen.

Unfortunately iTunes is very expensive on the continent, compared to US. And some albums are not available on iTunes. Does anybody know how to buy (cheap) from Amazon (as a continenter) ? Which format mp3's are they selling ?

Thanks.

 

[Helenasam]

Record shop chains still present in North America include Sunrise Records (Canada), FYE, Sam Goody and Rough Trade (all USA). Similarly barcode lookup stated that, Outside of Europe and North America, the current record store chains include Virgin Megastores, HMV and Tower Records.

 

[Al ears]

This thread is ancient so I am locking it.