Sheffield Record Shops

[suzyoo 11]

rare and racy on division street

[Rombo 0]

On 18/09/2013 at 07:27, Lushcannon said:

There was one quite far down London Rd @1975 but I can't remember it's name.

It was called J&BW, I think. I remember buying records there.

On 18/09/2013 at 07:46, Steptoad said:

There was one at the bottom of Sharrow Lane too, that specialised in reggae.

That would be Foxy's Records

[St Petre 85]

On 17/09/2013 at 19:18, MYTIME said:

I thought Violet May's used to be in the Wicker.If that was'nt it what was that one.and where was Violet May's.

the original Violet May's was on Broad Street near South Street., part of the Park Square roundabout is there now.

Another one of Sheffield's firs city centre record shops was Curtis's, they had one on Angel Street next to the ABC cinema and another on the Moor.

[glennC 10]

On 07/12/2013 at 02:57, tedtenchy said:

Remember a place in the nearly 70's opposite Church House, I think its St James Street near to the cathedral. downstairs, called Some Kinda Mushroom, all 2nd hand L.P's if I remember, lots of Ravi Shankar albums!, the owner was a guy with long hair (What a surprise!)

Remember it well, I bought my first Frank Zappa album from there(Hot Rats)😭 and also a copy of Oz school kids edition which was banned at the time, a right under the counter job.

They also had a sister shop in Chesterfield with a much better selection of LPs.

[sharpend 11]

Upstairs at HMV on Pinstone Street always seemed a little scary. Records that you might find in your mates big brother's room.

 

Stairs were on the right hand side as you went in as I recall. 

 

Hard to explain now that finding new/different music back then was HARD.

[VicD 10]

On 18/08/2013 at 14:03, jdodie said:

Locations of Bradleys Records.

59 Fargate Sheffield

103 West Street Sheffield

101 Pinstone Street Sheffield (Tapes)

2/4 South Mall Doncaster

22 Market Street Halifax

19 Yorkshire Street Rochdale

69/71 Drake Street Rochdale

2 The Walk Rochdale (Tapes)

You forgot, New Street, Huddersfield 

[mike-s 13]

On 07/08/2022 at 07:25, glennC said:

Remember it well, I bought my first Frank Zappa album from there(Hot Rats)😭 and also a copy of Oz school kids edition which was banned at the time, a right under the counter job.

They also had a sister shop in Chesterfield with a much better selection of LPs.

The some kinda mushroom shops were owned by (Dave?) McPhie. He went on to open a book / record shop in Bakewell and I believe a member of the same family now owns the High Peak book shop at Brierlow bar. I used to supply his shop in Chesterfield in the late 70s/ early 80s.

[martin441 11]

I remember  Violet  Mays,  and there used to be one   on Chape  walk ;  where you went down stairs to the  cubicals to listen to  the records  that you wanted to hear.

[Sweetcheeks 15]

10 hours ago, martin441 said:

I remember  Violet  Mays,  and there used to be one   on Chape  walk ;  where you went down stairs to the  cubicals to listen to  the records  that you wanted to hear.

The one on Chapel Walk that you refer to was Cann's. 

[sedith 19]

On 05/07/2022 at 21:25, Rombo said:

It was called J&BW, I think. I remember buying records there.

That would be Foxy's Records

J&BW, that was it, across the road from the Cremorne, below Ropers, the Motorcycle and Moskvich car dealers.

[mike-s 13]

On 15/10/2022 at 21:57, Sweetcheeks said:

The one on Chapel Walk that you refer to was Cann's. 

Later Vallances.

[thecliffe 10]

🌎 I remember a record shop in Attercliffe , from memory I think

 it was called Coxes and was opened by Anthony Newley about

1961. No doubt someone out there will confirm the year.