Anyone remember the original Virgin shop on Lever Street?
A lot of German bands and more could be discovered in there
if you riffled through the, somewhat expensive, imports bin.
It felt 'underground' then but by the end of the 70s they'd moved into a megastore.
regards
Titus
I remember it well......and the car tyre seats. In early 1977 I bumped into Pete Shelley rifling through the Amon Duul albums. He told me he had crabs. I made sure not to flick through the albums he'd been looking at!
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Deletethat is funny mr loog! had similar experiences at tower records in NYC mid to late 80's before they got too SUPER, I'd check out records and cassettes before catching shows at the clubs; I remember seeing sonny sharrock looking through the racks before I was gonne see him play later that night. damn I haven't *been* to a record store in more years than i can remember!
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As Mr. Loog is no doubt aware Pete Shelley now has a large mural tribute in his home town of Leigh. From humble beginnings eh? :)
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