[78-L] we're back from London

[David Lennick]

For what it's worth, HMV is a separate entity in Canada and is doing very well.
http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/922705--hmv-jumps-into-streaming

dl

On 4/25/2013 2:03 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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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