Bonaparte
They had a branch in New York which is so far a first for small independent record shops as far as I am aware for the 20th century.
(May 29, 2014) Snowy said:There was a Bonaparte in Guildford Surrey too!
(Apr 4, 2012) Michael Viner said:I'll always remember that time I went into Bonapartes in Bromley in 77' or 78' and there were a couple of young punks by the counter pogoing to Wire's '12XU' which was blasting out of the shop's record player.Record shops that were staffed or run by younger,'hipper' types would let young fans hang around for hours,usually on a Saturday,listening to the latest releases-another example was Counterpoint Records in London Rd.Forest Hill,run by a young man named Andy Ross,who would many years later go on to success as head of Food Records and producer of Blur.Then, in the late 70's,he was a member of local New Wave band The Disco Zombies as well as Counterpoint's owner.My punk-loving friends John S. and the late Gordon D. would spend all Saturday just hanging around in Counterpoint.What about the poor old Teddy Boys of the mid- late 70's who've been disgracefully air-brushed out of social history by the middle-class ex-Punks(many Punks were,contrary to popular belief-here in London anyway) who run the media and the literary world? Well,I only remember Teds hanging out at two shops in this part of South London-Collectors Records at 219 Stanstead Rd. Forest Hill,which later moved round the corner to Brockley Rise and changed name to Hot Wax,and Rockin'Records in Maple Rd.Penge.Both were second-hand record shops,appropriately enough,although Collectors Records did sell some new records.Rockin'Records was part of my musical education-I bought my first Little Richard LP from there,bought my first 50's R&B and Doo-Wop compilation LP's from there.Neither of these two shops had custom bags for their records,although Collectors Records/Hot Wax had a shop stamp on their 45'sleeves(I have some) Counterpoint did have their own bags I remember,but I did'nt keep any and have never found one at a boot sale etc.I did find an LP a couple of years ago with a Counterpoint price sticker.For all teenage music fans at that time Record Shops were important places-a big,big part of our lives
(May 29, 2014) Snowy said:There was a Bonaparte in Guildford Surrey too!
(Apr 4, 2012) Michael Viner said:I'll always remember that time I went into Bonapartes in Bromley in 77' or 78' and there were a couple of young punks by the counter pogoing to Wire's '12XU' which was blasting out of the shop's record player.Record shops that were staffed or run by younger,'hipper' types would let young fans hang around for hours,usually on a Saturday,listening to the latest releases-another example was Counterpoint Records in London Rd.Forest Hill,run by a young man named Andy Ross,who would many years later go on to success as head of Food Records and producer of Blur.Then, in the late 70's,he was a member of local New Wave band The Disco Zombies as well as Counterpoint's owner.My punk-loving friends John S. and the late Gordon D. would spend all Saturday just hanging around in Counterpoint.What about the poor old Teddy Boys of the mid- late 70's who've been disgracefully air-brushed out of social history by the middle-class ex-Punks(many Punks were,contrary to popular belief-here in London anyway) who run the media and the literary world? Well,I only remember Teds hanging out at two shops in this part of South London-Collectors Records at 219 Stanstead Rd. Forest Hill,which later moved round the corner to Brockley Rise and changed name to Hot Wax,and Rockin'Records in Maple Rd.Penge.Both were second-hand record shops,appropriately enough,although Collectors Records did sell some new records.Rockin'Records was part of my musical education-I bought my first Little Richard LP from there,bought my first 50's R&B and Doo-Wop compilation LP's from there.Neither of these two shops had custom bags for their records,although Collectors Records/Hot Wax had a shop stamp on their 45'sleeves(I have some) Counterpoint did have their own bags I remember,but I did'nt keep any and have never found one at a boot sale etc.I did find an LP a couple of years ago with a Counterpoint price sticker.For all teenage music fans at that time Record Shops were important places-a big,big part of our lives
