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Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire
151 of 253  Wed 27th Nov 2013 8:32am  

On 26th Nov 2013 4:44pm, Ron said: ...My great love is Motown. Mark at the Owens branch put on one side a copy of every single as it was released on Fridays for me. He also scoured the stock to make sure that nothing was hidden away that was needed for my collection. The Lower Precinct branch always held much larger stocks of releases than Owens (which mainly stocked records that were currently in the LP and single charts), making Fennells a favourite for DJ's and the ardent collector....
Hi Ron, I remember well the record dept. in Owen Owen but didn't realise it was operated by Fennell's though. Didn't the young Fennell go to Woodlands same time as us? Don't think it was Derek though, could have been Malcolm if memory serves me correct. Incidentally, I recently bought a 1965 Motown copy of Frank Wilson's "Do I love you (indeed I do)" on ebay for £82! For the uninitiated this, (albeit on another label), is the highest selling single of all time selling for £27k a few years ago!
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Ron
Back home in Coventry
152 of 253  Wed 27th Nov 2013 2:44pm  

That would have been a UK pressing that you purchased on ebay. It was the original US pressing that commands the incredible high price. Only 2 copies of the US pressing are known to be in existence (both now in the UK as it happens), all other copies were destroyed when the planned release was cancelled after Frank Wilson decided he wanted to abandon his career as an artist and concentrate on being a producer. The single was released in the UK after its 'success' in the Northern soul clubs (UK catalogue number TMG 1170, unless it was one of 2000 bootlegs issued on the In label, shown as Eddie Foster as the singer). I didn't realise that Fennell junior was with us at Woodlands. To be fair though, I only really became of value to Fennells after I had left and started to earn money !!
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deanocity3
keresley
153 of 253  Wed 27th Nov 2013 5:36pm  

Paynes in Fairfax Street, was that taken over by Tandy's electrical stores?
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deanocity3
keresley
154 of 253  Tue 17th Dec 2013 5:23pm  

Looking on the net, it says 'Dusk Til Dawn', Hales Street - anyone know this shop?
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flapdoodle
Coventry
155 of 253  Thu 19th Dec 2013 8:03am  

I have a feeling at one point there was a music shop on Hales Street that specialised in dance music. As I have no interest in dance music, I never went in, but I remember it being there. I seem to recall its name was something else though, 'banging tunes' or something like that, but that may have been a new name. Wasn't there shop in Shambles Arcade that sold records?
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Ghengis Smith
Ireland
156 of 253  Thu 19th Dec 2013 8:26am  

I can remember FREAKBEAT on Hales Street, & I think BANG-IN TUNES was on Lower Ford Street, not far from the Eclipse. Could be wrong though Wink
Don't look around to find the sound that's right beneath your feet

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Greeny
Coventry
157 of 253  Sun 29th Dec 2013 9:08pm  

Bang In Tunes was indeed originally on Lower Ford St in the small row of shops next to the Elastic Inn. It later moved onto Hales St and when it closed Freakbeat took the site over. Jill Hanson also had a shop at 18 Hales St (now a kebab shop) - bag here There was also a short lived dance records shop halfway up Burges mid-90s which may've been Dusk Til Dawn.
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flapdoodle
Coventry
158 of 253  Mon 30th Dec 2013 7:09pm  

Speaking of records, I mean proper vinyl, HMV has a small selection of LPs - it seems that the format is refusing to die and many new albums are released on Vinyl as well as CD and download, plus re-issues appear on Vinyl for the enthusiasts. This week I've bought (from Coventry) the latest Scott Walker album, a re-issue of a Jethro Tull album and two white Vinyl re-issues of Neu! albums (Neu! and Neu! 2)... As I've recently got my record player out of storage (most of my Hi-Fi was banished upstairs when my daughter pulled the speakers over) I've been playing some of the stuff I've bought over the years, a lot of it from 'Hits and Misses' and the shop above 'Kong' (mainly old Jethro Tull singles and a few Mission singles)... I even have a Vinyl copy of an album by 'The Specials' from the 1990s - 'Guilty 'Til Proven Innocent'... I never bothered with Luckman's on Far Gosford Street as the records were in poor condition and the prices didn't reflect that. I'd love for Coventry to have a good independent store like HEAD in Leamington - or like the much missed Spinadisc that probably drained many student grants when I was a student here. I spend a fortune in HEAD. Sad This week included LPs by Barclay James Harvest and a Jazz group called The Pyramids.
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Ace
Nuneaton
159 of 253  Mon 30th Dec 2013 10:59pm  

Luckmans was sometimes VERY good for finding a bargain. I picked up a promotional Clash album, 'Give 'em enough Rope' that was a white label for £4.00. Its worth about £90 to collectors. the white label defines the album as "Rent-A-Riot", which was the albums original title
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Greeny
Coventry
160 of 253  Sat 4th Jan 2014 11:00pm  

Yes Luckmans was amazing for bargains, especially when they moved from the small bookshop next door into Swap n Shop. I remember boxes of old soul and reggae singles for 25p each ...and the albums were all the stuff people look for now like Deram, Nova, Vertigo, Dawn labels, all for £1- £2 each. Lots of punk & new wave stuff on small labels too . When they moved further up Far Gosford St his prices went up - and he also kept some rare stuff in the back, which you had to talk your way in to see. ...oh for a time machine !
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flapdoodle
Coventry
161 of 253  Sun 5th Jan 2014 6:48pm  

Ah, I only remember Luckmans further up the street, and all the LPs were right down by the floor and difficult to look through. I recall a friend of mine making an 'offer' and the old chap looked absolutely horrified that someone had dared haggle with him. My friend showed him how bad the quality of the records was, but he refused to budge so my mate put them back. So I guess that was our chance of going into the back to see the 'rare' stuff gone. Smile Yes, some of the stuff on those labels is sought after now. What was the place above Kong called?
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Foxcote
Warwick
162 of 253  Wed 8th Jan 2014 2:48pm  

Here's a link and I wondered if anyone remembers going there... Record Lending Library Record Library, Photo 2
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Old Lincolnian
Coventry
163 of 253  Wed 8th Jan 2014 6:55pm  

I remember the record library well. For several years in the late seventies our Thursday evening ritual consisted of going to the record library followed by shopping in Tesco in the City Centre, then the Shakespeare or The Old Windmill in Spon Street for a drink and then home to listen to the records. They had a surprisingly large selection and you carried them home in specially designed thick cardboard carriers. We only ever borrowed LPs so I don't know if they stocked singles and there was also a microscope for inspecting your stylus. I think it was 5p or 10p per record per week. We ended up buying a lot of records because of that library Smile
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Greeny
Coventry
164 of 253  Wed 8th Jan 2014 8:25pm  

On 5th Jan 2014 6:48pm, flapdoodle said: What was the place above Kong called?
Something like Vinyl Dreams ? Their main shop was based in Oasis, Birmingham.
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julier
Coventry
165 of 253  Thu 5th Feb 2015 5:20pm  

On 26th Nov 2013 4:44pm, Ron said: Without doubt I, along with many others, found the staff at the Lower Precinct branch of Fennells fantastic for help in finding long deleted singles...
I am the late Derek Fennell's daughter, I came across this site when doing a random search, you made me happy with the kind comments about him, thank you very much. Both myself and my brother Malcolm still live in Coventry. Smile
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