Sanctuary
Sanctuary Records, Lincoln, circa 1979. Genuinely legendary record shop located on Park Street, a narrow lane off the High Street. The epicentre of the East Mids punk and postpunk music scene for three years, and closely linked with local record labels Dead Good and Company Records. On Saturdays, you'd see members of XS Energy, the Cigarettes, Psuedo Existors, Half Life and other local bands, and a guy named Errol would be smoking jazz cigarettes, while the sound system played the Pop Group or the Fall. It provided paid work for a young Mixmaster Morris Gould aka the Irresistable Force. There was a section for the Homosexuals (the band). The shop even had their own t-shirts!
Aside from the original Rough Trade shop, this was the most vibrant record shop I have ever been to. Fantastic and much-missed. People still talk fondly of the shop thirty years after it closed. Comment Steve Panter.
Great to hear about Sanctuary again. I remember the shop pre punk and think I purchased a tangerine dream album from there as a first purchase. Really came into it's own during punk era and have very fond memories of spending most Saturdays in there. Comment: Paul Martin.
Dark gloomy and wonderful with a special smell - I remember buying Alex Harvey Live and Penthouse Tapes and The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric on green vinyl and Rachel Sweet picture disc - life changing stuff . Comment:- Russel Smith
Aside from the original Rough Trade shop, this was the most vibrant record shop I have ever been to. Fantastic and much-missed. People still talk fondly of the shop thirty years after it closed. Comment Steve Panter.
Great to hear about Sanctuary again. I remember the shop pre punk and think I purchased a tangerine dream album from there as a first purchase. Really came into it's own during punk era and have very fond memories of spending most Saturdays in there. Comment: Paul Martin.
Dark gloomy and wonderful with a special smell - I remember buying Alex Harvey Live and Penthouse Tapes and The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric on green vinyl and Rachel Sweet picture disc - life changing stuff . Comment:- Russel Smith
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