London second hand record stores with PSB CD singles?

[Tomas]

Hello,

Any hints for decent second hand record stores in London which are likely to have some of PSB's CD singles from the past 10-15 years in stock?

I recall there used to be one somewhere near Notting Hill, and one in/near Berwick St, but that has been some time and I'm not sure about their existence or location.

Thank you.

[Pod]

Take your pick:

https://m.yelp.co.uk/search?find_desc=s ... loc=London

No idea how well stocked on PSB they are and not all are second hand, but from experience Sister Ray, sounds of the universe and rat records are decent.

[Rorie]

I was there in July. Rough Trade is mainly new stuff. Its also a bit out of the way compared to the Soho and Nottinghill stores.

MVE in Nottinghill had the 1997 Xmas fan club CD and some of the reissues in a case on the wall as you go up the stairs.

Sister Ray had a couple of vinyl singles, but not CD singles.

Overall, it was great to finally go into these places as I had heard good things about them, but there was nothing really there you could not find on EBAY much faster.

R

[Tomas]

Thank you both!

[coufy]

Every interesting stuff is online, stone shops are empty now, you should go there 10 or 20 years back, anyway i still like go there and check the stock, what if... (biggest surprise for me was lucky star in paris, like in old times)

[oakey]

Also visted a few of the stone vinyl stores in London a while back, thinking that it must be the wallhallah for rare vinyls etc, London being such a music city.

Well, the two used vinyl stores in my provincial town in the Netherlands had more of interest than all the London stores combined... most luck I had so far was with vinyl stores in Hamburg. Not even Berlin. Tried Sydney as well when I spent a few months there, hoping for rare Aussie only singles, but really, it was just all the same $1 albums and 12"es you find everywhere.

Indeed everything is online, Discogs is always cheaper, even with p&p included.

The vinyl hype is causing these stone record stores to ask ridiculous prices. A used album which would have cost $1-5 ten years ago does now sell (or at least have an asking price) of $15-20.

[stormynight]

Also visted a few of the stone vinyl stores in London a while back, thinking that it must be the wallhallah for rare vinyls etc, London being such a music city.

Well, the two used vinyl stores in my provincial town in the Netherlands had more of interest than all the London stores combined... most luck I had so far was with vinyl stores in Hamburg. Not even Berlin. Tried Sydney as well when I spent a few months there, hoping for rare Aussie only singles, but really, it was just all the same $1 albums and 12"es you find everywhere.

Indeed everything is online, Discogs is always cheaper, even with p&p included.

The vinyl hype is causing these stone record stores to ask ridiculous prices. A used album which would have cost $1-5 ten years ago does now sell (or at least have an asking price) of $15-20.

Which stores do you visited in Hamburg and Berlin ?

[oakey]

Also visted a few of the stone vinyl stores in London a while back, thinking that it must be the wallhallah for rare vinyls etc, London being such a music city.

Well, the two used vinyl stores in my provincial town in the Netherlands had more of interest than all the London stores combined... most luck I had so far was with vinyl stores in Hamburg. Not even Berlin. Tried Sydney as well when I spent a few months there, hoping for rare Aussie only singles, but really, it was just all the same $1 albums and 12"es you find everywhere.

Indeed everything is online, Discogs is always cheaper, even with p&p included.

The vinyl hype is causing these stone record stores to ask ridiculous prices. A used album which would have cost $1-5 ten years ago does now sell (or at least have an asking price) of $15-20.

Which stores do you visited in Hamburg and Berlin ?

In Berlin there is one near the Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn if I remember correctly and in Hamburg a little shop in one of the Schanze's main roads. The latter looked like nothing but I got some inexpensive Duran vinyl bootlegs that sell for over $120 on discogs. I really don't remember the shops names.