here today, gone tomorrow?

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/out/music/record-shops.html

http://www.timeout.com/london/features/66.html

I really hope not! Most of the shops mentioned are the ones I visit on my (now sadly getting rarer) visits to the capital.

I was shocked whilst on holiday earlier this year when I finally got to visit Brighton. I'd heard that there was a whole alley full of them but there was only two left!

As I've said before, I find myself in a vicious circle. I love to buy my purchases in record shops but find that, at least locally, they don't have what I want. So you have to shop online. The more you shop online theres more chance of the local recordshops closing down....

There is room for brilliant physical retail if only the owners would have the imagination to cater to all music lovers; incorporating Download posts, vinyl, 8 tracks, cassettes....
Posters, gig tickets, T shirts...
Badges, cards...

If they won't wake up, they will close down.

JK2006 wrote:
There is room for brilliant physical retail if only the owners would have the imagination to cater to all music lovers; incorporating Download posts, vinyl, 8 tracks, cassettes....
Posters, gig tickets, T shirts...
Badges, cards...

If they won't wake up, they will close down.

I don't think there's much of a market for 8-tracks!!!Only those who have not woken up will be stocking those in depth. The ones that have woken up run Apple Itunes etc. Music doesn't have to be bought from a "store" anymore, It's a "sound" not something that needs to go into a bag.

BUT - A store, where people meet and have facilities to access music, well if that existed, would it be called a store?

Likewise wax cylinders and downloads and vinyl and CD's...

A really good retailer attracts everybody because they care and they know what they are doing and they love all music and they want to help everyone...

These days, with e-bay, I'll bet you could buy 8 tracks if you wanted to.

JK2006 wrote:

These days, with e-bay, I'll bet you could buy 8 tracks if you wanted to.

There are quite a few actually!!

music.search.ebay.co.uk/8-track_Other-Mu...QfsopZ1QQsacatZ58689

JK2006 wrote:


These days, with e-bay, I'll bet you could buy 8 tracks if you wanted to.

You can - but not one of the 25 titles listed have received more than 1 bid - and nearly all are currently at 99p. (I think this "research" would point to NOT getting into the 8-track business)

and the joy on the face of one satisfied customer makes all the shit worthwhile!

...my colleague in recording chaos,(!) has an 8 track cartridge player in his car still.(fact) We see it as the ultimate burglar defence, but for how long? We have not had to lock the car before!
I think any tape format is sort after on e-bay etc, because we all hated them some much, messy, gooey stuff.ugh.