Whats happened to the vinyl in Fopp? They used to have loads of classic lps for £5...but now nothing! The whole lot has gone.

Its a bloody disgrace. What do you lot think?

very suprised last time i was in they had a lot although not as much as they used to.

Seems weird to ditch it as it's making a big comeback

trust me theyve got of the lot! Unless theyve got plans to open another shop with stacks of the stuff piled high where you to fight to get served whilst weacing your way around a yuppie with a three wheeled pram!!!

Originally posted by theimposter
trust me theyve got of the lot! Unless theyve got plans to open another shop with stacks of the stuff piled high where you to fight to get served whilst weacing your way around a yuppie with a three wheeled pram!!!


They should open a bigger shop. Seems unfair Sheffield has the first Fopp but it's now the smallest

I too was sad to see the Vinyl go :(

I actually went in with the intention of buying a Boards of Canada LP too, only I was told it got sold off cheap :cry:

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
Seems unfair Sheffield has the first Fopp but it's now the smallest

There was a Fopp in Edinburgh ages before there was one in Sheffield. Though I think Sheffield probably was their first shop outside Scotland. :)

Didn't FOPP come out of FON?

It that record shop in Broomhill still there that did loads of Vinyl ?

Originally posted by Tony
Didn't FOPP come out of FON?

No mate. It was the Warp shop that kind of came out of FON, in that the late Rob Mitchell, who used to manage FON's record shop, was one of the co-founders of Warp.

However, he sold the Warp shop to FOPP several years ago. FOPP had a branch in Edinburgh and, I think, one in Glasgow before they came further south.

I thought it was "Royal Leamington Spa" I discovered when I was at uni down there... was cool as FUNK as I remember it...

My mate Darren used to work upstairs in the Vinyl section but they just didn't get enough people buying from them :(

according to my source who used to work there, they got told by the bods at H.Q. to ditch vinyl in order to stock more dvds!
no vinyl=no soul

With the invention of CD decks i think that vinyl is truely on its last legs.

There will be loads of DJs using vinyl for years yet - after all, so many people have immense record collections, it'd be daft not to. And CD decks have been around for years - since the mid-nineties - without killing vinyl yet.

BUT... things have definitely changed a lot recently. When someone like Dave Clarke decides that the Technics CD decks are so good, he's no longer playing out with vinyl - and this is a guy who scratches and rewinds and does loads of tricks during his blinding sets - then the tectonic plates of DJ culture are truly shifting...

Vinyl will NEVER die, god-damn it. I would like to think that the discerning clubbers would shun CD DJ's. Its' just not the same. Good place for vinyl on the net is www.juno.co.uk
Vinyl-Fascism rules

Hi,

I too think it's a big shame that Fopp has stopped selling vinyl. I think it happened about a two months ago. I went in one week & they had loads of stuff, went in about 10 days later & most of it was gone.

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Originally posted by Disco_Cat
Seems unfair Sheffield has the first Fopp but it's now the smallest


There was a Fopp in Edinburgh ages before there was one in Sheffield. Though I think Sheffield probably was their first shop outside Scotland.

The first 2 Fopp shops were in Edinburgh. The first franchise shop was in Aberdeen. The Shop in Sheffield was the first franchise Fopp shop in Endland in 1996. Fopp bought the Sheffield branch out right in 1998. Then it was Lemmington Spa in 1998.

My mate Darren used to work upstairs in the Vinyl section but they just didn't get enough people buying from them

I knew Darren at Fopp. He sold me loads of vinyl while he was there. The downside was that there were a lot of "tyre kickers", ie people who would listen to piles of vinyl & never buy. There were people who would ask them to save records then never come to pick them up.

according to my source who used to work there, they got told by the bods at H.Q. to ditch vinyl in order to stock more dvds!

This is hardly surprising due to the rise of the DVD over the last few years. I bought a DVD player around 4 years ago & it cost me over £300. You can pick them up for less than £30. The dvd software is cheaper to buy with a huge selection. It also take up less space than vinyl.



With the invention of CD decks i think that vinyl is truely on its last legs.

Vinyl sales peaked in the mid 70s. They went on a downward trend from then. The big turning point was around 1988 when cd sales matched vinyl sales. After that the decline was sharper. The people who kept vinyl alive were the DJs as dance music became more popular. Also collectotrs still bought new vinyl. But overall sales of vinyl dipped badly until around the mid 90s when it seemed to bottom out & rise again.

In the DJ world, 12" sales have dipped in recent years. Dance music has not sold as well. Also the standard of DJ CD players has grown and the numbers of people using them. Two good things about a cd are that it's lightweight & you can get a lot of music on one.

Having said all that, 7" singles are going from strength to strength with growth of over 57%. A lot of people like the collectability & style of these items.

Vinyl Lp sales have also dipped as well but there still is a demand.

I would like to think that the discerning clubbers would shun CD DJ's.

I can't see that happening as more & more DJs are using Cd & other technology. A number of clubbers are not that bothered. They just want too be entertained. But will still be used by some.

Vinyl will NEVER die, god-damn it.

Amen to that. :D As a big buyer & collector of vinyl, there is still big action on this front. New and 2nd hand, in many different styles. The big collectable items are still vinyl.

Dean of Disco

Darren moved to London a couple of weeks ago.

Originally posted by nick2
It that record shop in Broomhill still there that did loads of Vinyl ?

Yeh, Record Collector at Broomhill have a separate Vinyl shop.

I've very nearly knocked over passers by whilst walking past the Vinyl display window admiring the artwork.

Pete

>according to my source who used to work there, they got told by the bods at H.Q. to ditch vinyl in order to stock more dvds!
no vinyl=no soul

this is what I heard from someone who works at Fopp too, it was for reasons of space rather than sales..

what a shame though, used to pick up some interesting bits and bobs from fopp.

vinyl vs cd . ahh.. what an old argument, but I canna resist; reason #345. Vinyl just looks so cool (man).

i know hmv still stocks vinyl i must admit im still nostalgic for the big covers etc i hope santa will be bringing me the ac/dc box set on vinyl this year lol:)

I have begun to hate Fopp because of this post that I started. Tho why i'm surprised they ditched vinyl I dunno...it was always a pile em high and sell em cheap shop....for that reason it puts me off when you have to fight thru the place. They even some to have downsized the amount of CDs in there.............its just becoming a cheapo dvd dump....and who needs another one of them...

To be honest a lot of the vinyl they sold at Fopp was poor quality repressings, Bought a Velvet Underground album and a Captain Beefheart album there, both modern repressings and the sound quality was awful. A Heavily played second hand copy would have sounded a hell of a lot better.

Originally posted by Pistol Pete
Yeh, Record Collector at Broomhill have a separate Vinyl shop.

I've very nearly knocked over passers by whilst walking past the Vinyl display window admiring the artwork.

Pete

Most (if not all) of which was done by my daughter. She works there part-time and studies Fine Art at Hallam.

I love the tactile feel of vinyl and you can see where all the breaks and drops are which is well handy for DJing.

Originally posted by Pistol Pete

Yeh, Record Collector at Broomhill have a separate Vinyl shop.

I've very nearly knocked over passers by whilst walking past the Vinyl display window admiring the artwork.

Pete

Originally posted by lectrolove
Most (if not all) of which was done by my daughter. She works there part-time and studies Fine Art at Hallam.

I won't hold it against her!

She must have a very good taste in music to put up such a fine selection :thumbsup:.

If my Uni course was'nt so intensive, I'd love to work at RC.

Cheers, Pete

VYNELL went out with l l bowen

VYNELL went out with l l bowen he IS THE ONE WITH NO KLASS

Originally posted by Damon
No mate. It was the Warp shop that kind of came out of FON, in that the late Rob Mitchell, who used to manage FON's record shop, was one of the co-founders of Warp.

However, he sold the Warp shop to FOPP several years ago. FOPP had a branch in Edinburgh and, I think, one in Glasgow before they came further south.

Fopp did come from FON as previously mentioned.

FON used to be run by Rob Mitchell across the road, in a tiny tiny little shop , i used to buy punk records from upstairs in there, top plce, then he moved across the road and started warp, that was a top top shop too (i still have my warp club night card :P) then sold to FOPP :( luckily that was just as i was leaving sheffield, or just after :)

i knew quite a few people in FON / warp including Rob (RIP)

by the way does anybody know if FON actually did stand for "**** off nazis" as has always been rumoured??