[M.Holmes at uk.ac.edinburgh: London Record Trail]

[M Holmes]

Re the query about buying records in London.

Warning: this was constructed a couple of years back and some of the
shops may now be out of business. What you need to do this is a London
A-Z, a Zone 6 Tube pass and between 4 and 6 hours. You're pretty certain
to find lots of interesting goodies however.



> London Records Trail
> =====================
>
> Start at Kings Cross
> --------------------
>
> Metropolitan Line West to Ladbroke Grove
> ----------------------------------------
>   {cross to Portobello Road and turn left, checking market stalls}
>   Honest Jon's, 278 Portobello Road
>   Youngblood, 297 Postobello Road (almost opposite Honest Jon's)
>   Vinyl Solution, 231 Portobello Road
>   Plastic Passion, 2 Bleinheim Crescent (off Portobello Road)
>   Rough Trade, 130 Talbot Road (off Portobello Road)
>   {turn right at bottom of Portobello Road}
>   Record & Tape Exchange, 28 Pembridge Road
>   {turn right at end of Pembridge Road for Our Price}
>   {turn left at end of Pembridge road for Book/CD shop and tube}
>
>   => Notting Hill Gate
>
> District Line South to Kensington High Street
> ---------------------------------------------
>   { commercial record shop on way to Tower records}
>   Tower Records, 62-64 Kensington High Street
>   {Other side 51 Kensington High street is a market}
>
>   => Kensington High Street
>
> District Line South to Wimbledon
> --------------------------------
>   Big Star, 130 The Broadway
>   {walk down the Broadway and Merton Road to South Wimbledon Tube}
>
>   => South Wimbledon
>
> Northern Line NorthEast to Balham
> ---------------------------------
>   Magic Mixture Records, 31 Bedford Hill
>   Record Corner, 27 Bedford Hill
>
>   => Balham
>
> Northern Line NorthEast to Clapham Common
> -----------------------------------------
>   Zippo Music, 39 Clapham Common
>
>   => Clapham Common
>
> Northern Line Northeast to Angel
> --------------------------------
>   Our Price in Upper Street
>   Reckless Records, 79 Upper Street
>
>   => Angel
>
> Northern Line NorthWest to Camden Town
> --------------------------------------
>   Camden Market, Camden High Street
>   Out on The Floor, 234 Camden High Street
>   Rhythm Records, 281 Camden High Street
>   Record & Tape Exchange, 229 Camden High Street
>   Rock On, 3 Kentish Town Road
>   Vinyl Experience, 3 Buck Street (Near camden Market)
>
>   => Camden Town Tube
>
> Northern Line South to Leicester Square
> ---------------------------------------
>   {Walk up on left on Charing Cross Road towards Tottenham Court Road}
>   {Turn left before Shaftesbury Avenue for Steve Sounds in a back Street}
>   {Turn left on Shaftesbury avenue then right on Rupert Street}
>   Cheapo, Cheapo Records, 53 Rupert Street
>   {Head up Rupert Street, checking market into Berwick Street}
>   Reckless Records, 30 Berwick Street
>   Cross from Berwick Street to Wardour Street
>   {St Anne's Court is a small lane between wardour St and Dean St}
>   Shades Records Basement, 12 St Anne's Court
>   {Head up Dean Street into Oxford Street}
>   Virgin, 8-16 Oxford Street
>   {Go to end of Oxford St, Turn left up Tottenham court Road}
>   Our Price, on left
>   {Turn left around here for Hanway Street}
>   Vinyl Experience, 20 Hanway Street
>   On The Beat, 22 Hanway Street
>   Rocks Off. 36 Hanway Street
>   {Back into Oxford Street, turn right}
>   HMV Main Branch, 150 Oxford Street
>   {keep going on Oxford Street towards Marble Arch}
>   HMV in Oxford St near Marble Arch
>
>   => Marble Arch
>
> Central Line East to Oxford Circus
> Change for Bakerloo Line South for Picadilly Circus
> ---------------------------------------------------
>   Tower Records has entrance in Tube Station
>
>   {Cross to Coventry Street for Our Price near Trocadero Centre}
>
>   => Picadilly Circus to finish.
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