Record Shops in London

[patrickp]

Where do you guys buy your records? Where is top for Reggae? I buy most stuff from Sounds of the Universe. What are good ones would you recommend that deals strictly in Jamaican music?

PP

[stepping razor]

Hi pp.
I`ve got a list for you.

For new music and check out & location.
http://www.dubvendor.co.uk/ Their new sites up and running Dub vendor Clapham Junction & ladbrooke Groove.

http://www.supertonerecords.co.uk/ supertone records Brixton acre lane.

For stuff coming out on websites these two are good both in Germany & with mp3 sound clips.
http://www.africanbeat.de/catalog/index.php
http://www.soundquake.com/

All types of roots new and old check out
Music Temple Records Brixton Village, Brixton Market 2nd avenue entrances Atlantic avenue & Coldharbour Lane on the back row of 2nd avenue Diagonal fron no.1 bakery big up si who runs it open mon-sat 12 noon till 7pm.

Big up Jake at Out On The Floor Records 10 Inverness Street Camden NW1 London for anything to do with music records and has Original records that can go for quite a lot but theres something for everyones price range.

peace

[patrickp]

Thanks SR, all sounds good, time to bash the bank account!

[stepping razor]

peace

[ton1]

I've never been to Out on the floor, do they have medium prices ?
Because what I see from them on ebay is pretty expensive and I can't put so much money on one record.

[stepping razor]

Well ebay being ebay.
Its better going to the shop than ebay.


Music Temple Records in Brixton Market you will pick up some great gems old and not so new,One of them old time stylee shops.

Doing leg work going to the places is cheaper than ebay.
peace

[ital kemar]

i agree with stepping razor, out on the floor is a nice little shop with a great selection, not pricey at all. they've got a good selection downstairs too. another shop i thought was quite good was 'cjs music specialist' in balham south london. if you make it to dub vendors clapham junction shop your not too far away. 2 stops on the train if i remember right. pity alltone closed its doors in brixton. excellent little shop too in its day.

ital kemar

[stepping razor]

Anyone remember M & D in Dalston, london in the 80`s, one great record shop that was. Also Honky Tonk in Kentish Town NW5 london in the early 80s and roundhouse records in chalk farm NW1 london 80s and there werre a lot in the 70s and 80s up at stroad green road norf london.Those were the days.

Peace

[Rootsman]

Honest Jons in Portabella Road always has a great selection.

Sounds of the Universe off Berwick Street near the market also has some great tunes.

Sister Ray in Berwick Street is worth a view.

There are a couple of 2nd hand shops also in Berwick Street that carry a good selection.

Dave

[6anbatte]

The 2 places that don't appear to have been mentioned and where I get a lot of my 2nd hand vinyl are;
Nudge - Hanbury Street E1
Spitalfield Record Fair - Old Spitalfields Market E1. The fair is now every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month.

That's if you are looking for 2nd hand vinyl, of course.

If 2nd hand vinyl isn't what you are looking for Honest Jons (as mentioned above by Rootsman Dave) is a *must-visit*.

Happy hunting.