I heard that they saved them though and are going to put them up somewhere else
Yup 😄
They're working on touching it up right now, and it'll be installed outside a downtown theatre (there was a connection, but I forget what).
I never went to Sam The Record Man 🙁 It closed when I was 12, and I just never managed to head on over (I never lived in TO). I think the building was demolished a few years back, plot's empty now.
Honestly, the only reason these stores go bust is because of Toronto rents. I was talking to the owner of Play De Record (downtown record shop, had to close shop and relocate a couple blocks north), and the rent they had on this skinny slot Yonge St. was ridiculous (something like $8.5k a month). It's just not feasible for independents in Toronto. Hell, even HMV couldn't afford it. Imagine the rent on a place the size of Sam's? Christ. If this keeps up, Toronto's just going to be Tim's and Shopper's in a decade's time 🤣 _________________ Doubles & Conch
They're working on touching it up right now, and it'll be installed outside a downtown theatre (there was a connection, but I forget what).
I never went to Sam The Record Man 🙁 It closed when I was 12, and I just never managed to head on over (I never lived in TO). I think the building was demolished a few years back, plot's empty now.
Honestly, the only reason these stores go bust is because of Toronto rents. I was talking to the owner of Play De Record (downtown record shop, had to close shop and relocate a couple blocks north), and the rent they had on this skinny slot Yonge St. was ridiculous (something like $8.5k a month). It's just not feasible for independents in Toronto. Hell, even HMV couldn't afford it. Imagine the rent on a place the size of Sam's? Christ. If this keeps up, Toronto's just going to be Tim's and Shopper's in a decade's time :lol:
I love Tim's!!! lol. Just great for us road trippers! 😁
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As a record collector, you kinda live for days like this. Some bloke put his (what on paper looked like a rather modest) collection on a Facebook selling group and he had a couple of interesting things which I picked up:
And another copy of DSoTM to replace my beaten-up copy. Then after I handed over the £9 he wanted (£3 per record) I asked him if he had anything else going, seeing as he was moving and wanted to lighten his load. So he pulls out this box and aside from a couple of interesting things which I snagged (Roxy Music S/T, another copy of Here Come The Warm Jets to replace the slightly beaten-up one I got for a tenner a couple of weeks back), it was full of Yes LPs, some Thin Lizzy and:
As a record collector, you kinda live for days like this. Some bloke put his (what on paper looked like a rather modest) collection on a Facebook selling group and he had a couple of interesting things which I picked up:
And another copy of DSoTM to replace my beaten-up copy. Then after I handed over the £9 he wanted (£3 per record) I asked him if he had anything else going, seeing as he was moving and wanted to lighten his load. So he pulls out this box and aside from a couple of interesting things which I snagged (Roxy Music S/T, another copy of Here Come The Warm Jets to replace the slightly beaten-up one I got for a tenner a couple of weeks back), it was full of Yes LPs, some Thin Lizzy and:
They're working on touching it up right now, and it'll be installed outside a downtown theatre (there was a connection, but I forget what).
I never went to Sam The Record Man 🙁 It closed when I was 12, and I just never managed to head on over (I never lived in TO). I think the building was demolished a few years back, plot's empty now.
Honestly, the only reason these stores go bust is because of Toronto rents. I was talking to the owner of Play De Record (downtown record shop, had to close shop and relocate a couple blocks north), and the rent they had on this skinny slot Yonge St. was ridiculous (something like $8.5k a month). It's just not feasible for independents in Toronto. Hell, even HMV couldn't afford it. Imagine the rent on a place the size of Sam's? Christ. If this keeps up, Toronto's just going to be Tim's and Shopper's in a decade's time :lol:
Good. I just hope they put them up somewhere where everybody can see them at night. You're right though, record shopping in Toronto will never be as good as it used to be. With Sam and HMV gone, along with the other giant ones that I can't remember their names. Right on that little area of Yonge St. there was a shitload of those giant record stores with two and three floors that we' ll probably never see again. But the good news is Toronto still has a humongous number of used CD stores that are hidden all over the backstreets away from Yonge. So maybe they'll be able to stay in business.
But the good news is Toronto still has a humongous number of used CD stores that are hidden all over the backstreets away from Yonge. So maybe they'll be able to stay in business.
Def. And with a pretty good selection too. I've nabbed some pretty good hauls (6-8 CD's) for under $20 just by entering stores I don't even know the name of.
But yeah, for Toronto it's Sonic Boom (has since moved further north, still overprices everything), Play Da Record (likewise moved north, but amazing hip-hop/soul/reggae selection), Sam's (closed), HMV's Flagship (closed) and Kops (underrated, possibly my current fav).
But yeah, probably won't ever be as good as it used to... which is a shame, cause records are thriving, but escalating rent is just crushing them... (along with other mom/pop's, restaurants, etc... it's getting stupid). _________________ Doubles & Conch
So sometime back in the Summer Jimmy Dread gave me a recommendation which I loved and promptly ordered a copy off Amazon. After 3 months of waiting and having pretty much lost any hope of receiving said album I was pleasantly surprised today when the postman delivered it.
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