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I'm a regular visitor to second hand shops here in the Netherlands. LP's in excellent condition for 45 euro cents, 1 kilo of books for 1 euro. That sort of thing.  |
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« Reply #16 on: 22:59:10, 26-05-2007 » |
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i was in that lovely eccentric Gramex on friday (lower marsh street) : at present the shop is overflowing with stock.
The latest consignment was obtained from a guy who collected thousands of CDs but never played them(there are some strange people around)-apparently the wife forced him to sell everything or she`d leave. These pristine discs (without cases but meticoulosly filed) are going for #3 each.
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« Reply #17 on: 23:01:14, 26-05-2007 » |
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a guy who collected thousands of CDs but never played them(there are some strange people around) I new such a guy!  |
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i was in that lovely eccentric Gramex on friday (lower marsh street) : at present the shop is overflowing with stock.
The latest consignment was obtained from a guy who collected thousands of CDs but never played them(there are some strange people around)-apparently the wife forced him to sell everything or she`d leave. These pristine discs (without cases but meticoulosly filed) are going for #3 each.
Many thanks for the tip, jennyhorn Quite so. I was so sure that shop didn't exist any more that I haven't bothered for years to go past. Anyone know the opening days and hours? They used to be slightly odd as I remember. |
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# 18 Hello. Richard. The latest Gramophone shows the Gramex hours as as11am to 7pm, Mon-Sat; 11am- 4pm onSunday.
I think we last spoke when discussing second hand LP and CD shops in t'other place, last autumn.
Bws, Stanley
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For me it has to be THESE RECORDS: http://www.theserecords.com/It ws a nice walk from Waterloo East, down Brook drive to that unmarked door where you had to press the bell so someone could open it. I'm almost sure that's where I bought one of my first classical records that caused a somewhat seismic shift in my listening (Xenakis 'Electronic Music CD' on EMF), also 'Kontakte' on Wergo, then there ws all the improv and jazz; the small - but terrific - bargain bin for LPs (and cassettes); the nice stack of old mags for this stuff. They sold a lot of shit as well but they let you play it. Used to just stay there listening to bits and talking to the guy who ran it. |
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« Reply #21 on: 08:19:35, 27-05-2007 » |
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# 18 Hello. Richard. The latest Gramophone shows the Gramex hours as as11am to 7pm, Mon-Sat; 11am- 4pm onSunday.
I think we last spoke when discussing second hand LP and CD shops in t'other place, last autumn.
Bws, Stanley
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« Reply #22 on: 19:17:49, 27-05-2007 » |
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Hi, Richard. When Gramex first moved to the South Bank (York Road) in the 70's, they had first floor premises above a block of shops, later demolished to make way for Eurostar. Two notices were promulgated at the top of the stairs:
NO HUGO WOLF
NO RIFF-RAFF
Funny peculiar was the phrase I omitted in my last posting.
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Two notices were promulgated at the top of the stairs:
NO HUGO WOLF
NO RIFF-RAFF
Funny peculiar was the phrase I omitted in my last posting.
Yes I remember that. I spent many a happy hour there, despite being riff-raff. When I left the UK in 1993 I had Roger Hewland come round and divest me of a couple of thousand unwanted LPs. He probably still has some of them in stock. They have little numbered labels at the top left-hand corner of the front cover. |
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If anyone on their visits to these obscure record shops ever comes across a CD of Liszt's Piano Trio music (and Chopin's Op. 8 ) played by Leslie Howard, William Howard and Deborah Fox, I will quite happily pay double whatever you paid for it.
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« Reply #25 on: 18:48:03, 28-05-2007 » |
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i'm glad that the Gramex info. was useful-en route to Gramex it's worth noting that there's a lively stall on the market (open 12-3) selling very cheap CDs:mainly recent releases and doubtlessley via music critics.On friday i noticed the Levine version of the Ring for a mere #25!
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# 25 I'm curious, jennyhorn, as I left London on retirement.
Is the guy, selling CDs on a street stall on Lower Marsh, called Neil? If so, he used to be Roger's assistant at Gramex and left him to set up further down, on the opposite side, in the early 90's. I'm just interested to know whether he has literally weathered the intervening years.
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« Reply #27 on: 12:52:06, 29-05-2007 » |
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Hi Stanley:
yes,it's Neil on the stall! i think he does a bit of painting as well.
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« Reply #28 on: 16:32:04, 29-05-2007 » |
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Thank you, jennyhorn. A real case of deja vu for me. Also, I did wonder how Neil made a living by attending a market stall for only a few hours each day. I can still "see" the faces of many stallholders who used to trade there in the 70's and 80's. The items on my shelves remind me of many happy memories. I trailed Gramex, for instance, from premises, on York Road, to further down Lower Marsh, thence to their current premises.
And the bric-a- brac guy who always called himself "Honest Fred" and declared "C'mon, everyone gets served today".
Bws, Stanley
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Let's not forget Roger displaying his disdain for Wagner in the original shop by using the very grandly boxed Decca complete Ring set as a door-stop!
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