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Hayden
Location: CDMX
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- #3051
- Posted: 10/10/2017 14:49
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bobbyb5 wrote: | 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
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BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
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- #3052
- Posted: 10/10/2017 15:06
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Hayden wrote: | 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 |
I love Tim's!!! lol. Just great for us road trippers!
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Jimmy Dread
Old skool like Happy Shopper
Location: 555 Dub Street
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- #3053
- Posted: 10/10/2017 16:45
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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:
Harvest by Neil Young
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
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:
The World Is A Ghetto by War
So I pounced on that, proceeded to flick and found:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
First UK mono press, laminated sleeve, red/white inner bag, all the cut-outs intact.
And then, unbelievably:
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
Pink Island label, UK first press. List price on this is £600 mint - and this is pretty much as close to it as I've ever seen
£20 for 8 records. Not bad, especially as I was stuck at home all day waiting for a plumber to fix my leaky pipes. _________________ 'Reggae' & t'ing
Folk 'n Stuff
SHAMELESS RECORD DEALER PLUG
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LittleM1971
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Age: 52
Location: Nottingham
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- #3054
- Posted: 10/10/2017 19:03
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Jimmy Dread wrote: | 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:
Harvest by Neil Young
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
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:
The World Is A Ghetto by War
So I pounced on that, proceeded to flick and found:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
First UK mono press, laminated sleeve, red/white inner bag, all the cut-outs intact.
And then, unbelievably:
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
Pink Island label, UK first press. List price on this is £600 mint - and this is pretty much as close to it as I've ever seen
£20 for 8 records. Not bad, especially as I was stuck at home all day waiting for a plumber to fix my leaky pipes. |
That is some score Jim!!! Good to know that there’s still gold to be found out there.
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
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- #3055
- Posted: 10/11/2017 06:54
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Hayden wrote: | 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 |
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.
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Hayden
Location: CDMX
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- #3056
- Posted: 10/11/2017 14:00
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bobbyb5 wrote: | 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).
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LittleM1971
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Age: 52
Location: Nottingham
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JOSweetHeart
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Age: 41
Location: East Tennessee
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- #3058
- Posted: 10/13/2017 02:00
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Today, I purchased the deluxe copy of Shania Twain's new album named Now.
God bless you and her always!!!
Holly _________________ Me & my favorite singer James Otto
Check him out here when you can!
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LittleM1971
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Nottingham
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- #3059
- Posted: 10/13/2017 18:50
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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.
Lost World by Star Tropics
Also picked up this brilliant mini album...
The French Press by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
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Jimmy Dread
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Location: 555 Dub Street
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