Record Bar
Bill Nelson-Wakefield Record Bar
Record shop run by Ken & Betty.The same record shop that pressed eternal copies of ''Northern Dream'' right up to the 1980's. Without Bill's Knowledge, until Bill discovered copies of Butt Records ''Northern Dream In TOWER RECORDS in the U.S.A.? Whilst on a solo tour if memory serves ? I Would hope above hope sincerely, that one day, the master tapes of the 1971 classic were returned to the Nelson family archive one day soon.
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Could you shed more light on where The Record Bar had premises in Wakefield, please? I was a very frequent visitor - and customer - of the Upper Kirkgate shop. Am I mistaken that The Record Bar used to occupy a small shop unit near the Essoldo Cinema in Westgate? A fellow Wakefieldian was told The Record Bar resided in a unit near the ABC Cinema in Kirkgate but he thinks that was a store named Powell's.
Any info would provide another piece in a nostalgia jigsaw.
Kind regards
Steve Whittle (2019)
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Many thanks for the very welcome and interesting addition. And a pic of Bill too!
I bought a CD of 'Northern Dream' a couple of years ago via the Bay of E, and I'd say it's aged passably well.
From the bulletins, it looks like Bill himself is aging even better - as productive as he's ever been. The latest one told of a guitar he was selling at a fixed price...so that he could buy another guitar!
Name
Steve Whittle
(2021)
Comment
Could you shed more light on where The Record Bar had premises in Wakefield, please? I was a very frequent visitor - and customer - of the Upper Kirkgate shop. Am I mistaken that The Record Bar used to occupy a small shop unit near the Essoldo Cinema in Westgate? A fellow Wakefieldian was told The Record Bar resided in a unit near the ABC Cinema in Kirkgate but he thinks that was a store named Powell's.
Any info would provide another piece in a nostalgia jigsaw.
Kind regards
Steve Whittle (2019)
Comment
Many thanks for the very welcome and interesting addition. And a pic of Bill too!
I bought a CD of 'Northern Dream' a couple of years ago via the Bay of E, and I'd say it's aged passably well.
From the bulletins, it looks like Bill himself is aging even better - as productive as he's ever been. The latest one told of a guitar he was selling at a fixed price...so that he could buy another guitar!
Name
Steve Whittle
(2021)