[78-L] we're back from London

[Jeff Sultanof]

MIke,

Glad it was an eventful and a safe trip. I well remember so many great
record stores when I was there about 15 years ago. Too bad about HMV.


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Leah and I arrived late last night from our week in London with some
> very heavy luggage but luckily no excess baggage fees.  I found 16 78s
> at the Portobello Road dealer under the overpass who remembered Steve
> Ramm and I from our 2001 visit.  We got about 40 LPs at Record Exchange
> on Notting Hill Gate -- the 50 P and L1.00 stuff is downstairs, although
> we did get three higher priced lps upstairs first.  Leah found 8 Record
> Store Day 45s at Rough Trade and was surprised there were so many RSD
> stuff there that late in the day.  We had a great dinner with Julian
> Vein and Mary at a Spanish restaurant run by real Spaniards.  Now I can
> put a face to all those jokes and puns!!!  As he had mentioned a few
> weeks ago, the main HMV shop on Oxford Road is a shadow of its former
> self.  MANY rows of bins are empty.  The only peace can be found in the
> largely empty classical and jazz room downstairs.  We did get about 40
> L2.00 used DVDs of British comedy and quiz shows up on the main floor.
> Steve and I had gotten a lot of NEW stuff when we were there in 2001
> when they had a wall of displays about the history of the store in it's
> two prior Oxford st locations.
>
>
> Of course we hit the tourist sites as well.  There will be loads of
> pictures coming up on facebook.
>
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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