Some of you may have seen these photos before but these ones are new to me.






















Many, many, many more piccies here: http://www.thatericalper.com/2016/03/12/how-hmv-stores-looked-like-in-the-uk-from-early-1980s-vinyl-cassettes-and-this-new-cd-thing/

Haysi Fantayzee underneath Frida.

And Phil Collins, they've had a double entry, into the chart.


What's that Doctor Who one?

Butterfield wrote:

Some of you may have seen these photos before but these ones are new to me.

They released that one on the last record store day.

Is that the bit under the Arndale Centre?

https://goo.gl/maps/KLXX2ybbMTT2

No.

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

https://goo.gl/maps/KLXX2ybbMTT2

No.

Yes!

A picture of their opening day:

Sweet! They've got that Taj Mahal record I've been after!

That was never the second biggest record store in Europe was it?

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

https://goo.gl/maps/KLXX2ybbMTT2

No.

Yes!

A picture of their opening day:

At least Thomas Cook is still there!

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

Sweet! They've got that Taj Mahal record I've been after!

I think you're taking the title of this thread a bit too literally.

Still, worth posting a second time.

Mr. Wiggles wrote:

That was never the second biggest record store in Europe was it?

I used to go in the Virgin Megastore on the occasions I'd go to Birmingham. It really was huge, on multiple floors and it went round corners and things, with little offshoot parts. Even the singles were in their own little room.

I think it's now a CEX or similar.

Quad ESL57!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hmvgetcloser/with/4951152322/

Butterfield wrote:

I think it's now a CEX or similar.

It's actually a large British Heart Foundation Furniture & Electrical!

https://goo.gl/maps/yN1mDSkZSsJ2

CEX was underneath.



And is gone.

Whatever next?!

I'd never noticed the "underneath" bit before - my goodness that looks grim.