Sorry TonyS, but I can't seem to get it in. Thanks anyway at least
you have heard of it.
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
Greeny Coventry
92 of 253Sun 20th Jan 2013 8:10pm
On 18th Jan 2013 10:33pm, flapdoodle said:
I think Hits and Misses changed their name to Mushroom Records and it went downhill. I spent many an hour in there searching for old Prog rock albums by the likes of Blodwyn Pig, Camel and Caravan!
I always thought Earlsdon high street would be a good place for a record/CD shop... The current retail offering there is... odd.
Hits & Misses became Magic Mushroom - a sort of 'head shop' with clothes & incense, and then Found Nation - which was more dance based music. I bought TONS of Prog in there cheap between 1976 - 2002 !
I remember the Fennells in Earlsdon high st - up the top. They had loads of original rare albums in the back they bought out and sold cheap when they closed c1977. I bought some John Mayall and Cream albums - original 60s pressings !
There was also Oblivion Records in Earlsdon high st during the early 80s, run by Graham Bradshaw who also sorted the Burnt Post Folk Club and did PA hire. Was new & secondhand but only open for a couple of years.
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
hackjo Nuneaton
93 of 253Mon 21st Jan 2013 9:03pm
Ah yes... Spin-a-Disc...
I remember that well from when I was a student at Cov Uni from 1998 to 2001. It had a huge selection but there were definitely some odd looking album covers that appeared to have been printed on a HP Deskjet 890C. And why was everything on wheels? Curious.
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
NormK bulkington
94 of 253Mon 21st Jan 2013 9:11pm
Greeny...This Graham Bradshaw did he have a shop in Red Lane selling Tvs, Hi Fi etc?
Milly rules
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
Greeny Coventry
95 of 253Mon 21st Jan 2013 10:22pm
On 21st Jan 2013 9:11pm, NormK said:
Greeny...This Graham Bradshaw did he have a shop in Red Lane selling Tvs, Hi Fi etc?
I don't think so - he lived in Earlsdon and was involved in music (playing, promoting, managing etc.) He still does the CD stall at the Warwick Folk Festival.
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
Brown boots Earlsdon
96 of 253Tue 29th Jan 2013 4:37am
On 6th Jan 2012 7:09pm, roseaoakwood said:
Does anyone know what Jill Hanson's daughter Kit is doing these days?
Crikey! There's a name I never thought I'd hear again, I've no idea what she's doing or where she is now .... but we did date on and off back in the days (mostly off as I recall)
Memories and Nostalgia - Record and music shops in the city
dutchman Spon End
97 of 253Tue 5th Mar 2013 9:58pm
Forgot I had this one!
Paynes electrical showroom and record shop on the corner of Gosford Street and Whitefriars Lane taken around 1959/60. It was very short-lived being sub-let for another use soon after and finishing up as a cafe. The TV repair shop tucked away behind it in Whitefriars Lane was much more successful, surviving for as long as I can remember. The butcher's shop to the right of the showroom is now the Whitefriars Inn:
There was also Oblivion Records in Earlsdon high st during the early 80s, run by Graham Bradshaw who also sorted the Burnt Post Folk Club and did PA hire. Was new & secondhand but only open for a couple of years.
Paynes electrical showroom and record shop on the corner of Gosford Street and Whitefriars Lane taken around 1959/60. It was very short-lived being sub-let for another use soon after and finishing up as a cafe. The TV repair shop tucked away behind it in Whitefriars Lane was much more successful, surviving for as long as I can remember. The butcher's shop to the right of the showroom is now the Whitefriars Inn:
