Record shop favourites in birmingham

[ade]

The record stall I remember was in the bull ring rather than the market. They had an exhibition there for a week or two called "The daily necessities fair of the People's Republic of China" and the stall was selling 5 LP's for £1. Some had little holes in the top right corner like they'd been hung on a string somewhere. Most of the material and the acts were ones that I didn't think anyone would have heard of (although there's an LP in the Diskery at £20 that I paid 20p for) and even the ones you had heard of weren't necessarily going to make it to the local record shops.

The guy in the rag market was called Stan, he sold absolutely anything he could get his hands on, I reckon he used to maybe do house clearance work etc, never knew where he got his records from, some week's he had nothing then the next week a box full. I used to have a jukebox and had all my 7" singles off him to fill it up. You can normally find record's at car boots now, but half the time they've been sitting in the sun all day or the sleeves are ruined due to getting caught in a downpour.

 

[RobT]

This was a plastic bag to hold 7" 45's, does anyone know where the shop was?

 

[ade]

This was a plastic bag to hold 7" 45's, does anyone know where the shop was?

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Not sure about that one Rob, I know there was a revolver record label

 

[A Sparks]

I thought there was a Revolver record shop in Birmingham but I can't find anything on the net.
I have, however, found this about the founder of the record label who is from Birmingham...

Founder of Revolver Records honoured at University ceremony

Paul Birch, the music mogul who founded independent label Revolver Records, will receive an honorary degree from Birmingham City University next month.

www.bcu.ac.uk

Edit to add: the bag was possibly a promotion for the label.

 

[ade]

I thought there was a Revolver record shop in Birmingham but I can't find anything on the net.
I have, however, found this about the founder of the record label who is from Birmingham...

Founder of Revolver Records honoured at University ceremony

Paul Birch, the music mogul who founded independent label Revolver Records, will receive an honorary degree from Birmingham City University next month.

www.bcu.ac.uk

Edit to add: the bag was possibly a promotion for the label.

I thought there was to, Dalton street sprung to mind but thats where swordfish record's are

 

[SDUG]

Some had little holes in the top right corner like they'd been hung on a string somewhere. .

That, and the clipping of a corner was a standard practice to show that an album was discontinued and sold off by the label at a discount. It prevented unsold copies being returned to the label.

 

[pjmburns]

I can't see an entry in the phone book for Revolver

 

[A Sparks]

I can't see an entry in the phone book for Revolver

Revolver Record label's address is Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton.

 

[wam]

That, and the clipping of a corner was a standard practice to show that an album was discontinued and sold off by the label at a discount. It prevented unsold copies being returned to the label.

I've also heard that in some places the sleeve was punched and hung up by a piece of string on market stalls. These were holed by some sharp pointed instrument which always seemed to make that more likely.

 

[wam]

If I remember correctly, Revolver records at one time had a bag with a gun on it and half a dozen bullet holes each of which had the address of one of their shops but, strangely, none of the addresses were in Birmingham. I think they had a small shop in the Pallasades on the centre block opposite the ramp exit.

 

[Graham Punk]

Dug out a few old record bags. Swordfish used to be in Needless Alley, Inferno on Dale End. The one I've found on Hurst St was called Rockers. I have an early issue of Brum Beat 1979(?) where they made the cover story along with Inferno after having been raided by the police for selling Crass albums.

What a great shop Inferno and Tempest Records were ,I bought a lot of my record collection from them , especially all the Crass ones , In the 80's helped distribute illegal Crass flexi discs as they were forbidden give them away . I still have a Couple of Brum Beats from 1981.

 

[wam]

I think the "illegal" thing about Crass records was part of the selling point. The record that the police raided for and took away (not a flexi disc) was still for sale at the high street chains.