New book by Loyd Bradley which references various London record shops.
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Lincoln Record Shops Book
All Change Records
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We are trying to write a Wikipedia article about All Change Records to document its history, as it seem it was seen as an important and influential chain of independent record shops in London in the 1970s.
Founded by Geoff Francis in 1972, the first shop was in Golborne Road, Notting Hill. The All Change chain was notable for establishing thirteen shops in all, with eight in any one time. The chain included All Change Records, Sound and Music (of which one went on to become the famous Daddy Kool) and Stuart Henry Sound System. Honest Jon’s, another well-known independent record shop was started by Jon Clare, a colleague of Geoff’s who took over the first All Change Records premises. The full story of the All Change chain can be found here http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/all-change.html
In order for Wikipedia to accept the article, their editors need to see independent opinion about All Change to corroborate its history. But there is little to be found easily on the web at present, since it all happened pre-internet days. So we are asking for help from anyone who knew about All Change or had dealings with the chain in some way.
Does anyone have memories and anecdotes about All Change Records they would like to share?
Do you have copies of newspaper or magazine articles mentioning All Change?
How was All Change viewed, within the London independent record shop scene in the 70s and 80s?
What role did people consider it played in the emerging music scene of that time?
To jog some memories, these are the addresses of the branches in the All Change chain.
1 59 Skinner St EC1 ( by Exmouth Market Mount Pleasant ) 71/ 72
2 Golborme Rd ( Later given to Jon Clare for first Honest Jon's )72-74
3 231 Baker St 73/74-78
4 Lindair House Tottenham Ct Rd 74-76
5 Sternhold Ave Streatham 74-79
6 Hanway St Black Music Shop 74- 76 (became Daddy Kool}
7 Stalls at Dolphinarium and Marble Arch Oxford St 75
8 20 Baker St (jazz Shop)75-79
9 Lion House franchise Croydon 77
10 George Lane South Woodford 75-77
11 Stuart Henry Sound System 136 Marylebone Rd which included Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe Veg Restaurant in 76 -79
12 Graham Rd Hackney 77-80
Do please send your recollections, or information on third party sources, to jacky@artistgeofffrancis.com
Thank you!
Geoff Francis
Founder, All Change Records
Can you help?
We are trying to write a Wikipedia article about All Change Records to document its history, as it seem it was seen as an important and influential chain of independent record shops in London in the 1970s.
Founded by Geoff Francis in 1972, the first shop was in Golborne Road, Notting Hill. The All Change chain was notable for establishing thirteen shops in all, with eight in any one time. The chain included All Change Records, Sound and Music (of which one went on to become the famous Daddy Kool) and Stuart Henry Sound System. Honest Jon’s, another well-known independent record shop was started by Jon Clare, a colleague of Geoff’s who took over the first All Change Records premises. The full story of the All Change chain can be found here http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/all-change.html
In order for Wikipedia to accept the article, their editors need to see independent opinion about All Change to corroborate its history. But there is little to be found easily on the web at present, since it all happened pre-internet days. So we are asking for help from anyone who knew about All Change or had dealings with the chain in some way.
Does anyone have memories and anecdotes about All Change Records they would like to share?
Do you have copies of newspaper or magazine articles mentioning All Change?
How was All Change viewed, within the London independent record shop scene in the 70s and 80s?
What role did people consider it played in the emerging music scene of that time?
To jog some memories, these are the addresses of the branches in the All Change chain.
1 59 Skinner St EC1 ( by Exmouth Market Mount Pleasant ) 71/ 72
2 Golborme Rd ( Later given to Jon Clare for first Honest Jon's )72-74
3 231 Baker St 73/74-78
4 Lindair House Tottenham Ct Rd 74-76
5 Sternhold Ave Streatham 74-79
6 Hanway St Black Music Shop 74- 76 (became Daddy Kool}
7 Stalls at Dolphinarium and Marble Arch Oxford St 75
8 20 Baker St (jazz Shop)75-79
9 Lion House franchise Croydon 77
10 George Lane South Woodford 75-77
11 Stuart Henry Sound System 136 Marylebone Rd which included Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe Veg Restaurant in 76 -79
12 Graham Rd Hackney 77-80
Do please send your recollections, or information on third party sources, to jacky@artistgeofffrancis.com
Thank you!
Geoff Francis
Founder, All Change Records
Nice little sequence in Confessions Of A Pop Performer(1975) showing a high street Harlequins Records Shop,possiby in Boreham Wood,Herts(most of the film was shot around there).The whole film is on You Tube-you'll find the sequence starts at around 57.00 mins and lasts until about 60.00. Michael Viner.
Book Research
Your help is needed research into the past and present record stores in Lincoln over the past 40 plus years.
H.M.V
I have the answer to HMV woe's make a history museum centre in the Oxford Street branch. If it looked like this again, I for one would hang out there a lot and buy stuff.
"I Start Counting" Film has record shop Scenes.
First clip about 9:30 in and second clip 3:57 minute in. Thanks to Tony at Casbash Records for the heads ip on these clips.
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Sleeve and Record Shop Bag Exhibition Sheffield
Rounder Records Brighton Closing
At the end of the month another of the few still standing is to close read more
Would you like to be involved in this archive?
BRSA needs help to improve and upgrade the website. BRSA needs those with writing skills to add more content. Also web design skills to improve and upgrade this web site. This would suit either those who like me want to save the history of the record shop or students who want to add to their portfolio or get a reference for a future employer.
Email recordshoparchive@btinternet.com
Hudsons Records based in Chesterfield says goodbye
Record Collector Weekly Newsletter
A busy week, despite it being the lull period that lurks between the sending of the next issue of the magazine to the printer and its arrival at RC’s cosy cottage, Villa Vinyl.
And they claimed we'd lower the tone of the areaAfter the 400th special edition we knew we had to make 401 a “biggie” (as Tony Blackburn used to say, I’m not sure what about), and we have. There’s a three-in-oneBeatles story, the main part of which finally nails which is the rarest of the Please Please Me album pressings once and for all – and it might not be the one you think it is. This has been a bone of contention among collectors for years. And even if you are not interested in the album itself, the extensive and thorough research, commissioned for the Rare Record Price Guide 2014, reveals a lot about the manufacturing process for vinyl in the 60s and why there are some albums where the stamper numbers don’t tallyup. Having seen a lot of records advertised on eBay as “First press A1/B1”, it has always been clear that it has never been quite so simple. This fascinating story will tell you exactly why.
For those not of Moptop inclinations, there are a major feature on one of the most enduring punk bands, Cockney Rejects (and they’re more than just punk, as thosewho heard their later albums will know); an interview with Madness in which they take us back to their ska days; we meet “the German Pink Floyd”, Eloy; and hear from The Smiths’ Mike Joyce about a new project which includes something big and unseen about the band (no, we haven’t seen it yet either, sadly).
Apart from dodging the rain, what else has been happening? We had one of Nirvanadrop into the office – it wasn’t Kurt, although our sister magazine Kindred Spirit could probably arrange that. I am, of course, talking about the original Nirvana, psychedelic legends. I spoke to one of The Small Faces on the phone – it wasn’t Steve, although our sister magazine… etc. I bought some records from a new website,reggaerhythms.co.uk, and enjoyed a first visit to Alan’s Record & CD Shop in East Finchley, which has a gobsmackingly huge stock. And I watched RC’s staff return from Utrecht agreeably lighter on back issues but also lighter of wallet from buying vinyl. The drug dealer’s code is “if you sell, don’t use”. The same applies to records, surely, although I only knew one serious record dealer who didn’t much care for records himself, Charlie of the long-lost Backtrax in Ilford. What a shop that was… And I am indebted to reader Michael McPartland, whose letter reminded me of a fabulous placethat I haunted in my youth, Vintage Record Centre of Roman Way, North London. It’s present in britishrecordshoparchive.org, a great website that I love to drool over: have a look.
Thank you for reading,
Have a great week,Ian McCann
Record Collector Editor
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Can you help?
Below are shops that we need to find more details so they can be added to the archive.
Giles
Found in South London. We need a location of where this shop was once.
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Ron Taylor Records
A location also need for this shop.
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Also needing a location.
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Berkshire
A mystery shop traded for only a few months around 1975/76 across the River Thames in Caversham. It was on the corner of Gosbrook Road and Wolsey Street and was owned/run by a man named, I think, John Eddy or Eddie. Stock was all deletions. Can you name that shop?
Reading
Name of the record shop set up by Debenhams at the back of their store in Minster Street, Reading; was it either 'Just In' or 'Just In Time' or perhaps a slightly more pretentious 'Justin Tyme' ?? Shop traded in the early 70's
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