Catapilla
Image stamped inside record sleeves.
Catapilla was down North St and was a mindblowing second hand shop - a bit like a smaller Record and Tape Exchange but located in the sleepy SouthWest. I completed a healthy early Gong and Steve Hillage collection there over the years. They also had clearout weeks with the stuff he couldn't shift at prices from 1p on up. Comment: Breadluclaw
I used to live in Lower North Street. One afternoon, waxing lyrical to my mates about how much I loved the obscure Vertigo album I had by a band called "Cressida", a mate mentioned that there was an album by them in Catapilla, 100 yards up the road. Does it look like this? I asked, showing him the LP I owned. Nah, it's got plastic heads on the front, on fire, on a pebble beach. Puzzled, I was unaware of a second albmu by my heroes. Unable to resist, I hot-footed it up to Catapilla, only to find a pristine copy of their hens-teeth-rare second album, "Asylum" in the rack at £2:50. Result. I really miss little shops like that.
(Apr 8, 2013) Brewsta said:Catapilla records had a smell all their own. The yang to Henderson's ying.
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I used to live a few miles from Exeter and managed to get to Catapilla two or three times. I think I first heard about them through their Gong connections.
Name
Zaba Dak
(2018)
Comment
Yes it was a wonderful era wasn't it. My husband Hugh and I used to own it. We had great fun there.
Name
Annemieke Eaglestone
(2021)
I used to live in Lower North Street. One afternoon, waxing lyrical to my mates about how much I loved the obscure Vertigo album I had by a band called "Cressida", a mate mentioned that there was an album by them in Catapilla, 100 yards up the road. Does it look like this? I asked, showing him the LP I owned. Nah, it's got plastic heads on the front, on fire, on a pebble beach. Puzzled, I was unaware of a second albmu by my heroes. Unable to resist, I hot-footed it up to Catapilla, only to find a pristine copy of their hens-teeth-rare second album, "Asylum" in the rack at £2:50. Result. I really miss little shops like that.
(Apr 8, 2013) Brewsta said:Catapilla records had a smell all their own. The yang to Henderson's ying.
Comment
I used to live a few miles from Exeter and managed to get to Catapilla two or three times. I think I first heard about them through their Gong connections.
Name
Zaba Dak
(2018)
Comment
Yes it was a wonderful era wasn't it. My husband Hugh and I used to own it. We had great fun there.
Name
Annemieke Eaglestone
(2021)