September 09, 2004
Soul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records on Broadwick Street.
Another classic London record store. Still tons of excellent vinyl. Highly recommended.
After filling your bags with good grooves here, I recommend a pint or two inside the John Snow, just a few steps away.
Just one of the great records I bagged during my last visit:
An extraordinary collection of early Boogie tunes.
May 31, 2004
Honest Jons
Honest Jons, Ladbroke Grove. One of my all time favourites. We gave up a lot of food for funk back in the days to find that rare groove here.
Read on below for a selection of what entered my bag this time.
Konk - The Sound Of Konk (CD)
Everything that came out of New York during a period of the early 80s on certain labels was holy to us. Konk was a part of this. Good to see 11 tracks united on this excellent compilation from Soul Jazz Records.
Candi Staton (CD)
26 tracks on Honest Jons own label that are deep. Deeper than the classic uplifting "Young Hearts Run Free". Pure class although a bit tedious to sit through in one go. But some of them have an underlying groove that is just frightening.
Keith Hudson - Flesh Of My Skin Blood Of My Blood (CD)
"Flesh Of My Skin is the most hallowed of all those reggae albums which remain unavailable..." says the info text from the Berlin based Basic Replay label.
I got the first Basic Replay re-release of Keith Hudson back in February and was simply stunned. This one is equally weird and wonderful.
If you get the chance, give it a listen or three. So leftfield it does not hurt.
May 27, 2004
May 21, 2004
May 19, 2004
Rough Trade (Talbot Road)
A true classic.
"Then they go to Rough Trade
To buy Siouxsie & the Banshees
They heard John Peel play it
Just the other night"
February 22, 2004
February 16, 2004
RockStore
RockStore in Essen-Steele. I passed it on the way to the Tigerbeat gig last Friday. Although I heard about it before I actually never visited it. And on Friday night it was closed, obviously.
February 08, 2004
Selekta
Selekta in Hamburg. Excellent shop. Read on below to see what I bought.
Keith Hudson - Playing It Cool (Vinyl Album)
Lee Perry & The Full Experience - Disco Devil (12" Vinyl)
Lloyd Bradley - Bass Culture (Book)
February 03, 2004
People's Sounds
Here's a picture of People's Sounds in All Saint's Road, London, which I took back in '99.
February 02, 2004
ELPI
Another local Record Store in Bochum. Sadly they dropped most of the Vinyl since long. Their plus is being a ticket shop for many venues so I bought tickets to see Tigerbeat on Friday, February 13 in Essen.
January 15, 2004
Last Chance
The next victim in my Record Store shoot spree. Again a quick attempt.
Last Chance in Dortmund. Around for even longer than Discover, it's still one of my favourites.
I hope to capture it a bit better for my upcoming Record Store Gallery.
Oh, and I bought nothing this time.
January 13, 2004
Discover
Record Store photography. What an excellent idea. That's what I'll do.
Starting off with my local favourite Discover Music here in Bochum. The shot is not as good as I wanted it to be but it had to be taken in a hurry.
Why in a hurry? Because you look like a total weirdo standing in the street and taking pictures of a record store. That's why.
That's also what the owner told me when I entered the shop after finishing my quick photo session. But hey! I'm a customer for longer than the current younger clientele have been able to walk upright. And I still buy Vinyl. That surely must give me the right to be a bit weird.
Anyway, I seriously plan to produce a photo gallery of record stores I have frequented over the quarter of a century I'm now buying music. Record Stores have to be documented as long as there are still some around.
And here is what I bought today:
Tigerbeat - 13 Songs (Vinyl Album)
Missy Elliot - This Is Not a Test (Vinyl Album)
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell pts. 1&2 (10" Vinyl Album)