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ppint. at pplay

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Nov 12, 2012, 9:09:31 AM11/12/12
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- hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);

- and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
& lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
to try playing prospective purchases...

- shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?

- in england, or anywhere further afield ?

- love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.

[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
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- i speak from experience."
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GaryN

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Nov 12, 2012, 10:46:45 AM11/12/12
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v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") wrote in
news:20121110.232...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk:

> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...

There used to be a good vinyl shop just off Gloucester Green but
unfortunately it is now just another coffee shop (like Oxfred needed more
of those!)

There may still be a stall on either the wednesday or friday markets in GG,
seem to remember seeing one on a random stroll through recently. I can
certainly have a look if there is anything specific you're after. I have
to go in to town on wednesday anyway so I'll have a shufti and report back.

gary

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Scotland - but no minister for England.

Constitutionally, in fact,England does not even exist"

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Lizzy Taylor

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Nov 12, 2012, 3:46:15 PM11/12/12
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On 12/11/12 14:09, ppint. at pplay wrote:
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?

There is the Vinyl Exchange in Manchester: www.vinylexchange.co.uk

Lizzy
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Bri Tze

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Nov 12, 2012, 4:36:27 PM11/12/12
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There is a shop in Northallerton, North Yorkshire who claim the. Alphabet reads ABEFG...... They can be found at
betterdaze.co.uk
Also Track Records. - trackrecords.co.uk - in York who are,I believe, mail order only.
Most of my final has vanished into storage including all my 1950s 78s.

Bri Tze

Nigel Stapley

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Nov 12, 2012, 4:48:00 PM11/12/12
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ppint. at pplay wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.
>
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

ppint,

There was a recent thread on the 45cat forum which might help:

http://www.45cat.com/45_forum_topic_view.php?t=2932

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Nigel Stapley

www.thejudge.me.uk

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Chris Zakes

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Nov 12, 2012, 9:24:33 PM11/12/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:09:31 -0000 gmt, an orbital mind-control laser
caused v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") to write:

> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?

There's such a shop in my little corner of the world:
http://piranharecords.wix.com/piranha-records But that *is* pretty
far afield from England.

-Chris Zakes
Texas
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"Why?"
"It saves time."

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Gary R. Schmidt

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Nov 12, 2012, 11:39:40 PM11/12/12
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On 13/11/2012 1:09 AM, ppint. at pplay wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
There are several stores in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that still
carry vinyl.

One I used to wander around is in Mentone, and had a very large
selection, both of old pressings and new, but I haven't been in there
for about three years.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
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They don't really mean it.
When women talk to their friends, they compliment each other.
They don't mean it either.

steveski

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Nov 13, 2012, 12:47:52 AM11/13/12
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ppint. at pplay wrote:

> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.

Since people are talking about places that aren't near you . . . so will I
:-)
Try googling (other search engines are available) for Stephen Siger Records
(or Music). I knew him when he was in Edgware but he moved down to Mill Hill
(on the Broadway) and, since it was a long time ago,I don't know if he's
still in business. It could be worth a punt - he's a nice chap and honest.

--
Steveski

T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk

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Nov 13, 2012, 7:01:10 AM11/13/12
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On Monday, 12 November 2012 14:12:14 UTC, "ppint. at pplay" wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
>
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
>
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
>
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
>
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
>
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
>
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
>
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
>
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
>
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
>
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
>
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
>
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
>
>
Hi,

Here in Norwich, there are at least four specialist vinyl shops, who even if they haven't got what you require, are happy to order it for you if they can. All knowledgeable and interested in talking vinyl.

HTH

Tony (first post)

GaryN

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Nov 13, 2012, 10:35:12 AM11/13/12
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T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote in
news:5da74643-1782-4c8f...@googlegroups.com:
Welcome Tony,

Pull up an alligator (anyone seen Sweetheart lately?), have some
chocolate and call the cat a bastard.

gary

--
"The priest I didn't talk to at all, because I didn't want to have to
hide his body afterwards"

Takeshi Kovacs (Richard Morgan: "Woken Furies")

ppint. at pplay

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Nov 13, 2012, 3:45:56 PM11/13/12
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- hi; in article,
<5da74643-1782-4c8f...@googlegroups.com>,
T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk [pr]offered:
>
>Here in Norwich, there are at least four specialist vinyl shops, who
>even if they haven't got what you require, are happy to order it for
>you if they can. All knowledgeable and interested in talking vinyl.
>
>HTH
>
>(first post)

- hi, t0ny; welcome to afp: pull a spog up to the fire (it's
feet're cast iron - getting its toes in the embers won't hurt
them), have some high % chocolate, toasted bread product [a],
or small, filled, "cheesey footballs" [b] and mulled cider to
keep the damp out [c]; mind the alligator.

- your news is comforting, and might even prove useful - if
you can confirm their addresses, and any contact info you can
find, such as phone numbers; and email addresses and websites,
if they have them.

(people're trying to build up a database(?) list of uk & forn
places worth visiting or contacting for music (& squoken word)
on vinyl (and possibly shellac), 45 rpm singles & eps (and 7"
33 1/3 rpm "maxi-singles") especially; and i'm looking for any
places i might be able to find replacements for records nicked
or lost over the years, as well as some missed at the time, for
myself, too: so i'm asking for live leads for a vinyl countdown
"here" on afp, to add to the listing...)

- love, ppint.

[a] - aka "morning goods"

[b] - no-one seems to know why these exist - nor why people eat
them - but they keep turning up

[c] - sounds somewhat paradoxical, i know - but it works

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[quoted: International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2003]

ppint. at pplay

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Nov 13, 2012, 3:55:35 PM11/13/12
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- hi; in article,
<56SdnfwKc78b8zzN...@brightview.co.uk>,
un...@judgemental.plus.com "Nigel Stapley" suggestived:
>ppint,
>There was a recent thread on the 45cat forum which might help:
>http://www.45cat.com/45_forum_topic_view.php?t=2932

- yes, i know; that's why i'm asking for names & addresses
(etc.) for places i couldn't hope to visit, as well as any
i might actually be able to turn up at in [im]propria pper-
sona.

- i might even be able to offer to host the listing on my
website, but would prefer the list to be one worth looking
out before advertising its existence & url.

(- so, "please don't teas^W" *_pre_judge*, people - ;-) )

(- and keep those suggestions "rollin', rollin', rollin' on
the [info] river" of the golden grooveyard of sounds -
or whatever the big L/caroline djs' catchphrase was :-))

- love, ppint.

[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
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"homeopathic compression: throw away the data and transmit the spaces;
the data to be reconstructed from the spaces by virtue of these having
remembered its shape. the only compression method more effective with
increasing original data density." - yr hmbl srppnt, 1st october 2004

ppint. at pplay

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Nov 13, 2012, 4:15:46 PM11/13/12
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- hi; in article,
<1838dce4-7d3f-4bfb...@googlegroups.com>,
beth...@yahoo.co.uk "Bri Tze" confided:
>
>There is a shop in Northallerton, North Yorkshire who claim the.
>Alphabet reads ABEFG...... They can be found at betterdaze.co.uk
>Also Track Records - trackrecords.co.uk - in York who are, I be-
>lieve, mail order only. Most of my final has vanished into storage
>including all my 1950s 78s.

- hi bri; thanks for the info - it's way too long since last
this ppint. visited northallerton - on my way to topcliffe,
or even sunny scarborough - or might it've been bracing skeg-
ness; or even to marvel at the golfballs of fylingdales (did
they manage to save even one of 'em, as a listed erection?) -
and i do now have the time to, or leastways _will_ have, once
they let me loose from the rli next week.

- are you using voice recognition - it (or something) needs
training, or teaching, the word, "vinyl" (and possibly also,
"shellac *g*) - and keep the suggestions coming, especially
if you can check it's up-to-date'n'still "not fade[d] away..."

- love, ppint.

[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:56 -0000 gmt, an orbital mind-control laser
caused v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") to write:

Another option in my little corner of the world is Half Price Books.
http://www.hpb.com/ They've got *lots* of (used) vinyl recordings for
sale, and multiple locations. There may be something similar on your
side of The Water.

And recently, I've noticed that Fry's (big US electronics chain)
http://www.frys.com/ has started carrying some vinyl.

Bri Tze

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Nov 13, 2012, 5:57:08 PM11/13/12
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I blame the spull chucker! We are in N'ton at the weekend. If there is anything in particular you want I can ask them.
Bri Tze

Walter Bushell

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Nov 13, 2012, 11:16:06 PM11/13/12
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In article <klj5a851t7baevkdb...@4ax.com>,
Mayhap we should put all our generals in prison as soon as they're
promoted. (See recent sex scandals, two 4 star generals caught and
there must be a whole bunch more that were a little more discrete, as
this does not happen without a culture that permits it.)

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Larry Moore

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On 2012-11-12, "ppint. at pplay" <v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.
>
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

This is not as far as Adelaide though ..
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_vinyl_record_stores_in_toronto/

I've shopped in ten of the fifteen listed ... most of the small-town
antique stores have used LPs in original cases but the prices are
higher.


--
"There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays,
"And every single one of them is right!"
"In the Neolithic Age," R Kipling

Larry Moore

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On 2012-11-12, "ppint. at pplay" <v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.
>
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

http://jamiesarner.com/toronto-life/2012/04/best-record-stores-in-toronto/
This list is more recent and has internet contact informations.

GaryN

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Nov 15, 2012, 6:13:31 AM11/15/12
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Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote in
news:proto-CE405C....@news.panix.com:
You just have to remember that Hazel was ahead of her time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhK_UoxCVg&feature=related

Met her once back in the 80's, nice woman.

ppint. at pplay

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Nov 14, 2012, 10:00:05 PM11/14/12
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- hi; in article,
<52d9b181-5f62-43eb...@googlegroups.com>,
beth...@yahoo.co.uk "Bri Tze" generously offered:
>
>I blame the spull chucker! We are in N'ton at the weekend.
>If there is anything in particular you want I can ask them.

- too much!

- singles, in good condition (or better), only if cheap - unless
* (asterisked); if asterisked, higher price ok if near perfect
condition (or better); not visibly ex-jukebox:

cbs label: almost anything by the byrds except chestnut mare
" " * anything by shy limbs

island label: * almost anything by nirvana except rainbow chaser
" " medicated goo by traffic

fontana label: * anything by kaleidoscope
" " * anything by the high numbers
" " anything by the spencer davis group
philips or fontana label: * anything by alan stivell cochevelou
" label: anything by dusty springfield

liberty label: * anything by the idle race

polydor label: * anything by the nightriders
(but nothing by [anyone] and the nightriders)

warner bros. label: anything by gordon lightfoot
reprise label: " " " "


- lps, in playable condition or better (preferably better *g*):

liberty label: birthday party by the idle race

rubber records label: * the green lady by hedgehog pie


- longer lists can be supplied (all too easily)...

- love, a ppint. as suspects that'll be more than enough
to be going on with... thanks for offering...

[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
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- yr hmbl srppnt., 8/72

GaryN

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v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") wrote in
news:20121110.232...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk:

> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looked
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lps
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of my
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the west
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.
>
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

I checked the Wednesday market and no record stall, I'll have a look at
the Friday market today. On a related not I did find my aged copy of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pln7nsSbH4&feature=related
whilst clearing out yesterday - blast from the past!

Robert Miles

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On Monday, November 12, 2012 8:12:14 AM UTC-6, "ppint. at pplay" wrote:
> - hi; it may seem odd, given that the cd is now "obsolescent
> tech", but i've finally cleared the way to my stereo, looke
> out my singles, and am trying to work out how to get my lp
> reachable again (- it'll prob'ly need a reorganisation of
> room, to do that; but it has been more than two decades since
> the last time i rearranged things, so it could be about time);

> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afper
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...
>
> - shop, or market stall, open six/seven days a week or one ?
>
> - in england, or anywhere further afield ?
>
> - love, a ppint. as knows of two charity shops in the wes
> end of morecambe, as're worth visiting every now & then for
> lps, but nowhere really good for singles, and of nowhere in
> lancaster, carnforth, arnside, kendal, grange or milnthorpe.

> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

I know of one that USED to be close to me. Rather far from England,
and I haven't seen it for about 12 years. Start at North Carolina
State University (in Raleigh, NC, US), and go north to the south side
of Hillsborough Street. Then go a few blocks west of the university,
to a used book store. They have (or had) a few trays of mostly LPs,
but no way to listen to them. I don't remember seeing 45s, and I don't
know how to recognize e.p.s.

GaryN

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v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") wrote in
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I tried the Friday market in Gloucester Green today but the guy who used
to do the record stall died earlier this year, nobody knows what
happened with his stock (word of mouth from the bookseller who I
patronise sometimes).

Sorry ppint, done the best checking I could.

And is it just me or is this the only instance, apart from Phil Collins,
of the lead singer being the drummer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtJaQ7mJAOg&feature=related

Brian Howlett

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On 12 Nov, ppint. at pplay wrote:

> is there anywhere near afpers that still has a shop carrying a decent
> stock of 45s, e.p.s & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly
> ludicrous, well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...

In the small hours of his morning I caught part of a documentary on
BBC4 about such a shop on Tees-side which looks exactly like what you
need.

It's on again in the early hours of Monday 19/11/12, and of course
will be on the BBC i-Player for a few days as well.

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nwfxx/broadcasts/upcoming>
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Bri Tze

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Sorry ppint life got in the way and couldn't go this week. Hopefully next weekend! Not spoken to him but I'll give him the list if he seems friendly! I'll let you know results.
Bri Tze

Orjan

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Nov 17, 2012, 5:38:06 PM11/17/12
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On 12/11/2012 14:09, ppint. at pplay wrote:
>
> - and i started wondering - is there anywhere near afpers
> that still has a shop carrying a decent stock of 45s, e.p.s
> & lps - cheap, reasonably-priced and/or utterly ludicrous,
> well-arranged or chaotic, with or without a set-up on which
> to try playing prospective purchases...

There is in Letchworth Garden City a combined book and music store,
which has as bait numerous trollies of cheap second-hand books and
vinyls on the pavement outside. I've yet to stroll past without a
purchase - today a dictionary of symbolism in classic art, a Star Wars
novel, an old volume of anatomy for artists which had the genitals on
nude photographs of people, but not statuature, edited out in a
Ken&Barbie-like manner, and something co-written by GRRM.

I must confess I haven't investigated the music side of the store much,
so can't say whether they have first-hand vinyls for sale or not.

Through the wonders of Google Maps, I can even show you how it looks:
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.978457,-0.224276&spn=0.007772,0.019097&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.978719,-0.228266&panoid=g9YgmGvqd-byi7X_5RL2sQ&cbp=12,104.91,,0,4.31

Orjan

Larry Moore

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T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk

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As requested :

Beatniks - 50, Magdalen Street Norwich 01603 515986
Mainly CD / DVD - esoteric vinyl section

Out Of Time Records - 4, Magdelen Street Norwich 01603 610139
Mostly vinyl, reasonable prices - also trades on Ebay as 'Rockin Eric', which is where most of the good stuff goes.

Circular Sound - 5, St Benedict's Street Norwich 07990 618293
Half & half CDs / Vinyl - lots of good stuff, but market prices

Press to Play - 54, (or thereabouts - near Cash Converters, anyway) St.Benedict's Street Norwich - can't find telephone number
Half vinyl, at reasonable prices, very few 7" singles.

Fine City Sounds - 22, Pottergate Norwich 01603 630727
Mainly vinyl - 2-level shop. Much obscure stuff, prices variable (and occasionally negotiable), hundreds of singles, can order items.

Three (3) Oxfam shops, who again charge high prices for rare vinyl (sometimes more than the regular record shops, despite all their stock being donated), apparently assuming that catalogue price refers to all vinyl whatever the condition. Several other charity shops.

'Aladdin's Cave' (also on Magdalen Street) - a loose agglomeration of stalls in one nice old building - lots of vinyl, but needs careful sorting and condition checking. 'Flea Market' on Saturdays, but not much extra - maybe two more stalls.

Other junk / Antique shops on Magdalen Street have vinyl, but not very interesting (unless you like the Wombles) or well-kept.

Norwich Market - not as good as it used to be, some stalls with sixties vinyl but need searching out - also books & CDs / DVDs.

If spending the day in Norwich, Walnut Tree Shades (Old Post Office Court) does ale (local), food, white wine for the ladies and has a stupendous jukebox (Caravan, Misunderstood, early Floyd - need I say more ?)

No connection with any of these except as a satisfied customer.

HTH

Tony

Bite the dentist - if it hurts him more than you, your teeth are fine.

ppint. at pplay

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- hi; in article,
<f4c5a738-da04-493d...@googlegroups.com>,
T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk provided:
[lots of info, including:]
>
>Press to Play - 54, (or thereabouts - near Cash Converters, anyway)
>St.Benedict's Street Norwich - can't find telephone number
>Half vinyl, at reasonable prices, very few 7" singles.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- alas!
>
>Fine City Sounds - 22, Pottergate Norwich 01603 630727
>Mainly vinyl - 2-level shop. Much obscure stuff, prices variable (and
>occas=ionally negotiable), hundreds of singles, can order items.

- sounds very promising;
>
>Three (3) Oxfam shops, who again charge high prices for rare vinyl
>(sometim=es more than the regular record shops, despite all their stock
>being donate=d), apparently assuming that catalogue price refers to all
>vinyl whatever t=he condition.

- yes; oxfam shops (and some other dealers) do seem to presume
all their stock is - by definition? - in mint condition :-((
>
>'Aladdin's Cave' (also on Magdalen Street) - a loose agglomeration of
>stall=s in one nice old building - lots of vinyl, but needs careful
>sorting and c=ondition checking.

- sounds to offer the best, as well as the worst, possibility
of serendipity, from your description :-)

>'Flea Market' on Saturdays, but not much extra - maybe t=wo more stalls.
>
>Other junk / Antique shops on Magdalen Street have vinyl, but not very
>inte=resting (unless you like the Wombles)

- personally?

- "are you now, or have you ever been a card-carrying member of..."
the wombles fan club, owner or possessor of recorded material by
or issued upon behalf of the same, or in any other way a supporter
thereof ?
[]
>Norwich Market - not as good as it used to be, some stalls with sixties
>vin=yl but need searching out - also books & CDs / DVDs.

- is the market on every day, particular days of the week only,
are there more record stalls on some days?
>
>If spending the day in Norwich, Walnut Tree Shades (Old Post Office Court)
>does ale (local), food, white wine for the ladies

- a majority of female afpers've traditionally preferred pints,
whether of real ale or good, &/or rough, cider - i don't _know_
that this is still be the case, but i suspect so; pub wine tends
to be decidedly over-priced, and under par.

>and has a stupendous juke=box (Caravan, Misunderstood, early Floyd

- sounds like a promising place for a party of afpers to meet up
in (party, possibly better than solo afper, given the "shades" ?).

>- need I say more ?)

- only:

>No connection with any of these except as a satisfied customer.

- which seems to cover most conciderations. thanks for all
the details.

- norwich would appear to be well worth a visit, whether one's
a vinyl addict, a bibliophile, or merely an afper in the area.

- love, ppint.
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--
"The Dinner was loose again."
- _Chanur's Homecoming_, C. J. Cherryh, 1987
Phantasia, Daw & Methuen Books

steveski

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ppint. at pplay wrote:


[snip]

> - sounds to offer the best, as well as the worst, possibility
> of serendipity, from your description :-)

Decades ago a girlfriend of mine had a record shop in Hampstead called
Serendipity Records . . .

--
Steveski

ppint. at pplay

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- hi; in article, <ai3rl4...@mid.individual.net>,
stev...@invalid.com "steveski" suddenly revealed:
> ppint. at pplay wrote:
>> - sounds to offer the best, as well as the worst, possibility
>> of serendipity, from your description :-)
>
>Decades ago a girlfriend of mine had a record shop in Hampstead
>called Serendipity Records . . .

-_how many_ decades ago - three and a third to four point five ?

- and was it by any chance shared with a friend &/or cow-orker ?

- emwltk (& all that...)

- love, ppint.

[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--
"I fancied Donny Osmond at that age, but I wouldn't _marry_ him !"
- helen highwater, bristol 2.0, 23:30 bst
(22:30 gmt) 25/5/97 (5/25/97 for merkins)

steveski

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ppint. at pplay wrote:

> - hi; in article, <ai3rl4...@mid.individual.net>,
> stev...@invalid.com "steveski" suddenly revealed:
>>ppint. at pplay wrote:
>>>- sounds to offer the best, as well as the worst, possibility
>>>of serendipity, from your description :-)
>>
>>Decades ago a girlfriend of mine had a record shop in Hampstead
>>called Serendipity Records . . .
>
> -_how many_ decades ago - three and a third to four point five ?

Akcherly, and spookily, that's about dead right. Hmmm. . . curious.

> - and was it by any chance shared with a friend &/or cow-orker ?

Yes, a friend.

> - emwltk (& all that...)

Now you (and mayhaps others) know. She (and friend) went off to run a hotel
in Devon.

--

Steveski

ppint. at pplay

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Dec 4, 2012, 5:33:22 PM12/4/12
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- hi; in article, <ai5nl7...@mid.individual.net>,
stev...@invalid.com "steveski" confirmed and advised:
> ppint. at pplay wrote:
>> stev...@invalid.com "steveski" suddenly revealed:
>>> ppint. at pplay wrote:
>>>>- sounds to offer the best, as well as the worst, possibility
>>>>of serendipity, from your description :-)
>>>Decades ago a girlfriend of mine had a record shop in Hampstead
>>>called Serendipity Records . . .
>>
>> -_how many_ decades ago - three and a third to four point five ?
>
>Akcherly, and spookily, that's about dead right. Hmmm. . . curious.

- well, i did a bit of mental arithmetic, then thought a bit
more and realised that, if i divided by ten, it disguised how
appropriate the time interval's upper and lower bounds would
vinylly appear...
>
>> - and was it by any chance shared with a friend &/or cow-orker ?
>
>Yes, a friend.

- *nods*

>> - emwltk (& all that...)
>
>Now you (and mayhaps others) know.
____________________^

- "mayhap" or "perhaps" (or "'appen", oop 'ere in t'north...)

[a cc - a courtesy correction]

>She (and friend) went off to run a hotel in Devon.

- i trust they did (are still doing?) ok at it - a sojourn at
their establishment should've at least been visually memorable.

- love, a ppint. as recalls they were friendly, and liked purple
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--

T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk

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Bad Gnus - Misunderstood have disappeared from Shades juke box. Apart from that, market Mon - Sat, all stalls fixed but opening hours variable. AFP meet sounds good - pl announce if going ahead.

Norwich City Council used to announce 'Norwich - A Fine City', but recently they have changed their minds - and done their best to change things for the worst.

Tony

Lizzy Taylor

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Dec 7, 2012, 7:17:08 AM12/7/12
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Drove along behind the Vinyl Groove van last night, so they appear to
still be up and running in Heywood, Lancs.

Lizzy

--
http://lizzyastro.etsy.com
http://www.instructables.com/member/lizzyastro/

Larry Moore

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On 2012-12-07, Lizzy Taylor <li...@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote:
> On 07/12/2012 11:48, T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> Bad Gnus - Misunderstood have disappeared from Shades juke box. Apart from that, market Mon - Sat, all stalls fixed but opening hours variable. AFP meet sounds good - pl announce if going ahead.
>>
>> Norwich City Council used to announce 'Norwich - A Fine City', but recently they have changed their minds - and done their best to change things for the worst.
>>
>> Tony
>>

I've some people in Norwich and their letters say it's not
the same as when I visited :-)

ppint. at pplay

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Dec 9, 2012, 10:06:40 AM12/9/12
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- hi; in article, <q4OdnWY_tqAH6F_N...@wightman.ca>,
sshirley...@gmail.com "Larry Moore" reported:
>
>I've some people in Norwich and their letters say it's not the same
>as when I visited :-)

- good grief!

- what on earth did you *do* to the place?

- love, a ppint. as doesn't _remember_ ever hearing norwich
announced a disaster area tour gig
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--
"never trust a man with shaved buttocks"
- jim darby, 2/9/96 (9/2/96 for merkins)

ppint. at pplay

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Dec 9, 2012, 12:39:23 PM12/9/12
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- hi; in article,
<328f3b77-45be-490c...@googlegroups.com>,
T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk advised and requested:
>
>Bad Gnus - Misunderstood have disappeared from Shades juke box.

- maybe you should ask for it to be returned thither - you
might need to promise to play it - both sides - at least
three times a week, if the box has counters on each single.
(is it still a traditional 45rpm singles box - or does it
just play compilation & best-of cds?)

>Apart from that, market Mon - Sat, all stalls fixed but opening hours
>variable. AFP meet sounds good - pl announce if going ahead.

- i think announcing - and organdising - a meet should be
done by someone (or two, or three) living within a hundred
and fifty miles of the place - certainly within two hundred -
if you feel interested, there used to be a helpful suggestion
list of how to run an afpmeet up on www.lspace.org...

>Norwich City Council used to announce 'Norwich - A Fine City', but
>recently they have changed their minds - and done their best to change
>things for the worst.

- not for the worse, but for the *_worst_?* - that seems..
..quite ambitious of them...

- lancashire cc stuck up signs on all the roads around its
borders a couple of years ago, declaring the county to be
"a place where everyone matters"; i'm not really sure what
the implications of this announcement might be.

- the city of lancaster's motto is "luck to loyne", which is
of venerable origin - though n.b. it was not the _city_, that
shakespeare memorablised as being "time-honoured" - "loyne"
being an old spelling of the river lune, rather than a cut of
pork, beef, mutton or lamb.
as mottos go, it's i suppose inoffensive; and possibly not
utterly inappropriate to a city twinned, inter alia, with the
polish town of lublin (the seat of the puppet government set
up by the soviet union after it invaded and conquered half of
poland in 1939).

- love, ppint.
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--
"I fancied Donny Osmond at that age, but I wouldn't _marry_ him !"
- helen highwater, at afpmeet bristol 2.0,

Larry Moore

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On 2012-12-09, "ppint. at pplay" <v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> - hi; in article, <q4OdnWY_tqAH6F_N...@wightman.ca>,
> sshirley...@gmail.com "Larry Moore" reported:
>>
>>I've some people in Norwich and their letters say it's not the same
>>as when I visited :-)
>
> - good grief!
>
> - what on earth did you *do* to the place?
>
> - love, a ppint. as doesn't _remember_ ever hearing norwich
> announced a disaster area tour gig
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

I? There is nothing I could possibly do to Norwich that my first wife's mother
couldn't organize a) a disaster relief program b) a disaster recovery
program, to repair.

This the sort of soul one builds empires with.

T0ny.Pa...@yahoo.co.uk

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Unfortunately, the contents (as you suspect, constipation CDs) are not amenable to customer requests - we've been trying to get Screamin' Lord Sutch on there for years !

Tony

ppint. at pplay

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Dec 12, 2012, 1:54:28 PM12/12/12
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- hi; i've put up the draft vinyl record shops listing of the
shops various people've given info on with at least the shops'
(or markets') postal addresses, and/or phone nos, and/or urls,
plus brief comments where supplied:

http://www.i-m-t.demon.co.uk/feetnotes/vinylshp.htm

- apart from its missing one image (the page banner), is it
ok as far as people interested in such things can see ?

- are there any corrections to entries, or further entries
you'd like to supply, for prospective inclusion before i tell
45cat.com-ers of its existence ?

- love, ppint.
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
--
"decadence, n: the finest flowering of civilisation"
- yr hmbl srppint., 8/72

Gary R. Schmidt

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On 13/12/2012 5:54 AM, ppint. at pplay wrote:
> - hi; i've put up the draft vinyl record shops listing of the
> shops various people've given info on with at least the shops'
> (or markets') postal addresses, and/or phone nos, and/or urls,
> plus brief comments where supplied:
>
> http://www.i-m-t.demon.co.uk/feetnotes/vinylshp.htm
>
> - apart from its missing one image (the page banner), is it
> ok as far as people interested in such things can see ?
>
> - are there any corrections to entries, or further entries
> you'd like to supply, for prospective inclusion before i tell
> 45cat.com-ers of its existence ?

Add the Australian site: <http://www.thevinyljunkie.com.au/links.html>,
it has lots!

And The Vinyl Solution <http://www.vinylsolution.com> (up the road from
me) does mail order and has his catalogue on-line!!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
When men talk to their friends, they insult each other.
They don't really mean it.
When women talk to their friends, they compliment each other.
They don't mean it either.

ppint. at pplay

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- hi; in article, <83onp9-...@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>,
grsc...@acm.org "Gary R. Schmidt" enthusiastically provided:
>
>> http://www.i-m-t.demon.co.uk/feetnotes/vinylshp.htm
>>
>> - apart from its missing one image (the page banner), is it
>> ok as far as people interested in such things can see ?
>> - are there any corrections to entries, or further entries
>> you'd like to supply, for prospective inclusion before i tell
>> 45cat.com-ers of its existence ?
>
>Add the Australian site: <http://www.thevinyljunkie.com.au/links.html>,
>it has lots!
>
>And The Vinyl Solution <http://www.vinylsolution.com> (up the road from
>me) does mail order and has his catalogue on-line!!

- done. any further details, or comments on either (or both)
of them you can add ?

- "does anyone else have something further to add?" [a]

- love, ppint.
[drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

[a] - yes, it's a long overdue return of the str [b]

[b] - spot the reference - and there could be a ppoint going
--
"in a well-governed country, poverty is something to be ashamed of;
in a poorly-governed country, wealth is something to be ashamed of."
- attrib. confucius [ref. needed for the quote]

GaryN

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v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") wrote in
news:20121209.173...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk:

<snip>
> - the city of lancaster's motto is "luck to loyne", which is
> of venerable origin - though n.b. it was not the _city_, that
> shakespeare memorablised as being "time-honoured" - "loyne"
> being an old spelling of the river lune, rather than a cut of
> pork, beef, mutton or lamb.
> as mottos go, it's i suppose inoffensive; and possibly not
> utterly inappropriate to a city twinned, inter alia, with the
> polish town of lublin (the seat of the puppet government set
> up by the soviet union after it invaded and conquered half of
> poland in 1939).
>
> - love, ppint.
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]

I think the city of Oxfrods motto is "If you're not a student or a
tourist Fuck Off". Might as well be.

gary

--
"If you're baking a cake and you've got a good recipe then fuck it, you
don't change it.
Our music works like that. People like it, we like it, why change?"

Angus Young (AC/DC)

GaryN

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v$af$pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk ("ppint. at pplay") wrote in
news:20121213.110...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk:

> - hi; in article, <83onp9-...@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>,
> grsc...@acm.org "Gary R. Schmidt" enthusiastically provided:
>>
>>> http://www.i-m-t.demon.co.uk/feetnotes/vinylshp.htm
>>>
>>> - apart from its missing one image (the page banner), is it
>>> ok as far as people interested in such things can see ?
>>> - are there any corrections to entries, or further entries
>>> you'd like to supply, for prospective inclusion before i tell
>>> 45cat.com-ers of its existence ?
>>
>>Add the Australian site:
>><http://www.thevinyljunkie.com.au/links.html>, it has lots!
>>
>>And The Vinyl Solution <http://www.vinylsolution.com> (up the road
>>from me) does mail order and has his catalogue on-line!!
>
> - done. any further details, or comments on either (or both)
> of them you can add ?
>
> - "does anyone else have something further to add?" [a]
>
> - love, ppint.
> [drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email or cc.]
>
> [a] - yes, it's a long overdue return of the str [b]
>
> [b] - spot the reference - and there could be a ppoint going

Hmmm, possibly
http://thisispop.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/oxford-record-shop-truck-
store-
on-cowley-road/ although I've not been there - I'm not trendy enough for
Cowley Road.
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