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Beavis' dugout post made me think about all the record shops that have closed... Breakbeat Culture, Replay in the centre near the dodgy wee-scented underpass, Giant (remember this? On Park Row) - they always looked at me with a mix of disdain and bewilderment because I was a girl and didn't go up to the counter like that bloke out of human traffic and say, "any jungle in guy?" in a rude gyal fronting way, that weird shop on Park St that sold loads of jazz stuff downstairs and reckoned it was reeeely cheap when it wasn't, and now... Imperial's going too  Any more? |
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ye we baited out frist stop and everyone got sent on again just as old bill got a snoop went on throughout the night helicoper was up bwt 12/1ish n old bill just cum round out of no wer motocross bikes chopper horses n a big menacing coach... lol
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2004, 11:42:30 » |
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Imperial's going? Nooooooooooooo..... when is this meant to be happening?
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2004, 11:42:50 » |
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I miss breakbeat culture.
*edit* although I might point out that rooted is quality! /psst make sure that fiver is in the post Tom
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2004, 11:44:48 » |
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that weird shop on Park St that sold loads of jazz stuff downstairs and reckoned it was reeeely cheap when it wasn't
Rayners? There used to be this place on the Triangle, near where the Balti Hut is now, that sold loads of wicked dub and shit. Can't remember what it was called....
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2004, 11:46:07 » |
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There used to be this place on the Triangle, near where the Balti Hut is now, that sold loads of wicked dub and shit. Can't remember what it was called....
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that weird shop on Park St that sold loads of jazz stuff downstairs and reckoned it was reeeely cheap when it wasn't
Rayners? There used to be this place on the Triangle, near where the Balti Hut is now, that sold loads of wicked dub and shit. Can't remember what it was called.... yeah! it's been empty for ages now Imperial's going in September It's becoming a cafe instead  It's been a record shop in one guise or another for about 35 years or something. What a bunch of arse. RLF is moving to London as a result (and because he can make it Big there and be Famous and find the Streets paved with Gold and I don't mean coating Mike Skinner in margarine) and feck knows what the other musicky people who work there will do...
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ye we baited out frist stop and everyone got sent on again just as old bill got a snoop went on throughout the night helicoper was up bwt 12/1ish n old bill just cum round out of no wer motocross bikes chopper horses n a big menacing coach... lol
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There used to be this place on the Triangle, near where the Balti Hut is now, that sold loads of wicked dub and shit. Can't remember what it was called....
Yeah, up those little steps.... Revolver Records. But now we have Fopp, and Replay still nice.
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2004, 11:50:31 » |
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Dark! I got some proper bargains there.
Quality music just isn't appreciated in this day and age.
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2004, 11:53:05 » |
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10-15 Music Exchange, was in the centre then moved to Gloucester Road but the shop is now shut, I think its called something else now and is still on Gloucester Road but they had endless supplies of old records.
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2004, 12:12:20 » |
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it's a real shame. Apparently the lease is up in September and the landlord is doubling the rent, no doubt fully aware interested parties'll be q'ing up.
Subway or Starbuck's anyone?
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Aah, Giant :misty-eyed: ...used to be my regular haunt... I (vaguely) remember staggering in there drunk on the last day and getting all philosophical/annoying, so much so I had to buy some Giant slipmats, which are still on my decks to this day 'cos they're perfect! Big up Duncan and his ever-changing hairstyles!  |
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Ah the halcyon days of REVOLVER, REPLAY HAYMARKET & IMPERIAL...soon there'll be none left...and Bristol's music scene shall suffer...quoth the raven
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REPLAY HAYMARKET they used to have four shops there - one for tickets/clothes, one for dance music, one for equipment, and the one that's still there. used to make Loadsa money outta those shops (buying from one, selling to another)... those were the days!
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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2004, 13:06:21 » |
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Imperial is in fact fully operational.
Your friends will die.
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2004, 13:19:21 » |
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What about Purple Penguin?
It's a shame, we've all mentioned shops we miss, but have there been any new arrivals that are a good replacement/alternative? How do y'all feel about Chemical and Fopp opening? Were they responsible for these closures elsewhere?
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2004, 13:22:57 » |
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What about Purple Penguin?
It's a shame, we've all mentioned shops we miss, but have there been any new arrivals that are a good replacement/alternative? How do y'all feel about Chemical and Fopp opening? Were they responsible for these closures elsewhere?
Fopp and t'internet and all you skanking cloffers downloading and copying stuff illegally deifinitely affected Imperial's sales recently but see Steve outlaw's post re: rent doubling for the reason of closure...
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ye we baited out frist stop and everyone got sent on again just as old bill got a snoop went on throughout the night helicoper was up bwt 12/1ish n old bill just cum round out of no wer motocross bikes chopper horses n a big menacing coach... lol
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2004, 13:23:15 » |
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I haven't been in Bristol long enough to know all these shops, but I don't like going into Fopp very much. I've only been there a few times, but it always makes me feel yuck in there. I think there should be a petition sent to that landlord so Imperial doesn't close. Not that it would do anything, but that shop is tits.
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« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2004, 13:25:02 » |
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In fairness to Fopp you can get some bargain cd's in there. shame about their vinyl...
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see Steve outlaw's post re: rent doubling for the reason of closure...
i'm told imperial are planning to go elsewhere, fingers crossed...
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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2004, 13:38:49 » |
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see Steve outlaw's post re: rent doubling for the reason of closure...
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Big props to Rooted for continuing to struggle against the odds in the cyber age.
It's a shame when small independents get pushed out the picture.
I will miss Imperial tho - nice selection - nice people - reeeeespec'.
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« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2004, 14:19:50 » |
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It's a shame, we've all mentioned shops we miss, but have there been any new arrivals that are a good replacement/alternative? How do y'all feel about Chemical and Fopp opening? Were they responsible for these closures elsewhere?
I'm not too bothered, to be honest. I just want the records I like at a sensible price. Lots of people talk about the usefulness of knowledgeable staff, but to be honest I've never actually experienced this. To be honest, when I started buying records almost all the record shop staff I encountered had really bad attitude - Replay Dance was particularly bad as I remember it.... So I wasn't sorry to see that place go.
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« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2004, 14:25:15 » |
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« Reply #28 on: July 14, 2004, 14:35:48 » |
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most the staff in replay on park street are cocks...
Never had any trouble with them myself. The bloke out of Aspects that works in there (El eye?) knows SO MUCH about hip-hop, t'is unbelievable.
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most the staff in replay on park street are cocks...
they're nice to me, maybe it's because of my charms 
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Imperial is shutting due to rent hike. My mate who works in Replay (and is not a cock) says that his boss has been mentioning the B word recently, that'll leave only Fopp on Park Street... The B word? Bum? Bollocks? Bravo? Belligerence? Binky Bonky? Bad? Brighton? Blikey?
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ye we baited out frist stop and everyone got sent on again just as old bill got a snoop went on throughout the night helicoper was up bwt 12/1ish n old bill just cum round out of no wer motocross bikes chopper horses n a big menacing coach... lol
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Imperial is shutting due to rent hike. My mate who works in Replay (and is not a cock) says that his boss has been mentioning the B word recently, that'll leave only Fopp on Park Street... The B word? Bum? Bollocks? Bravo? Belligerence? Binky Bonky? Bad? Brighton? Blikey?  My first thought was Bum, to be honest...
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« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2004, 14:44:20 » |
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Imperial is shutting due to rent hike. My mate who works in Replay (and is not a cock) says that his boss has been mentioning the B word recently, that'll leave only Fopp on Park Street... The B word? Bum? Bollocks? Bravo? Belligerence? Binky Bonky? Bad? Brighton? Blikey? Bankrupt. Though Bm, Bollocks and Bad are all equivalent.
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Imperial is shutting due to rent hike. My mate who works in Replay (and is not a cock) says that his boss has been mentioning the B word recently, that'll leave only Fopp on Park Street... The B word? Bum? Bollocks? Bravo? Belligerence? Binky Bonky? Bad? Brighton? Blikey? My first thought was Bum, to be honest... my first thought is always bum, to be honest... 
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ye we baited out frist stop and everyone got sent on again just as old bill got a snoop went on throughout the night helicoper was up bwt 12/1ish n old bill just cum round out of no wer motocross bikes chopper horses n a big menacing coach... lol
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most the staff in replay on park street are cocks...
they're nice to me, maybe it's because of my charms they've never been rude to Me, but i see the way Most of them (especially the indie types) look down their noses at people in general... there Are a couple of really helpful people in there, but there are also quite a few of them who look at you like you're foreign when you ask if they've got something... bring back breakbeat culture - now They were helpful. and they never tried to sell you anything you wouldnt want (unlike most places that sell anything they can) - there were many times i went in there & they sold me a few records they knew i'd be after, and when i asked them 'anything else?' they said no - it's not like i was best mates with them, but they always sorted me out - what a shop!
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bring back breakbeat culture - now They were helpful. and they never tried to sell you anything you wouldnt want (unlike most places that sell anything they can) - there were many times i went in there & they sold me a few records they knew i'd be after, and when i asked them 'anything else?' they said no - it's not like i was best mates with them, but they always sorted me out - what a shop!
Weird, the few times I went to breakbeat culture they were total twats. I guess they didn't know me and so hid the good records. It must be my aftershave
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I don't remember Breakbeat Culture ever having any records...
Have to stand up for the staff at Replay on Park St, they're generally pretty sound. I have been going in there since the dawn of time though, so maybe they've just given up on scaring me off.
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I don't remember Breakbeat Culture ever having any records...
they didn't have many, but they had a lot of good stuff that replay/other shops in bristol never stocked... and they always had some Fat vinyl behind the counter.
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ha ha, i remember breakbeat culture had about 5 records for sale,
Backyard records - Hip Hop store on st stephens st. Never bought anything there but it had a nice sofa.
Chemical - Best Selection and oh so cool way of buying vinyl.
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I'd forgotten about Backyard! Wicked shop and funny as fuck people incl the Aspects, plus they used to do open mic comps now and then.
Eat the Beat is my fave for the staff, coffee, art and selection of broken, although the quality of the D'n'B and Breaks selection has dropped off in the last year or so (are you reading this James?).
Breakbeat Culture had little or no stock for quite a while before it finally shut because Darren and Markee didn't give Rapid & Decoy (who were running the day to day stuff) any money for buying cos they were too busy writing cod-breaks pop.
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« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2004, 16:21:58 » |
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They are all safe in replay, ian (el eye) is a very safe and chatting guy but i would admit i didnt really talk to him at all until one day i asked about some old hiphop record and he then decided to talk to me more because of my superior knowledge :-P - but hes a very nice guy who knows his stuff
What about GOOD shops in bristol?
james et al@eat the beat are very nice lads, no complaints at all..
replay are goooood.. probably best hiphop selection ,
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the daddy of all stores was Lucky Spin. I hope some of you folks got the opportunity to visit that place. used to be such a fine store and I spent lots of my hard earned cash there.
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that Is weird! either you caught them on an off day or I smell really good! ...or maybe they confused me with a top-name dj on an ongoing basis!!  THat would be sweet. "Oh hello sir, here's all the dub plates for the next 6 months" Have you got gold in your teef?
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I like The Beat Goes On- not necessarily one for the average shopper, but I did buy a fair few good tunes there last time I went.
You won't get any new stuff obviously, but it's not a bad way of discovering random tracks from a few years back. Only one punter can listen to records at a time because they have to be played out on the shop's system, which also makes you uber-nervous of scrathing the needle about (well, it did me anyway).
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