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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: record shops will not vanish/my favorite record shops (long) |
| Date | Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:42:47 -0500 |
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>From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: record shops will not vanish/my favorite record shops (long)
>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:56:19 -0700
>12. Minus Zero Records: I don’t know when it opened, but I finally had the
>chance to go to this fine London-based shop last October on my way to
>Liverpool for IPO. The owner, Bill Forsythe, is the consummate ‘60s and
>‘60s oriented fan, and of course Minus Zero has released CDs by The Orgone
>Box. There is also one very interesting and unique feature of Minus Zero,
>and please forgive me if I get some of these details wrong: apparently Bill
>used to be business partners with another gentleman, and one day they had a
>bitter feud which resulted in them dissolving the partnership. However,
>neither of them wanted to move out of that space, so now you’ve got Minus
>Zero on the left side of the space and the other gentleman’s shop (I’ve
>forgotten the name) on the right side, both selling virtually the same
>stuff
>and neither one of the gents particularly desiring to speak to the other.
>It was all very bizarre to see, but apparently it’s working out for both of
>them so, more power to them!
-- I think the name is 'Minus Zero is Crap'. Actually, I don't remember the
name. I do remember when I went there, I had a lengthy conversation with
the wonderful Mr. Forsyth, who was clearly doing a lot more business than
his former partner on the other side of the shop. Any Auditeer going to
London should make a stop at Minus Zero -- but, it's only open a few days a
week -- I think Thurs. thru. Sat. Or it might just be Fri. and Sat.
>15. Record Emporium: I know there was a recent discussion of this Chicago
>record store, and though most of its records aren’t in the best of shape
>and
>their CD selection isn’t anything to write home about, you definitely get
>that “vintage record store experience” everytime you go in there. The
>owner, Mike Felten, and his assistant Paul Caporino of the superfun band
>M.O.T.O., are both passionate about music and very helpful to the
>customers.
>Supposedly this was the shop for which Championship Records, the record
>store featured in High Fidelity was modelled, and although from a physical
>standpoint there isn’t much resemblance, one can see where the writers were
>coming from as the experience of being able to casually hang out with
>collectors and shoot the breeze seems common to both.
-- I don't know if I've ever been there when Paul was there, but I've never
been impressed by Record Emporium. It just doesn't have much of a
selection, though if you're looking for vinyl there may be some gems
looking.
Mike Bennett
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