Inside Black Market Records in SOHO, London. Before it closed!
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2015
- This was my trip back in August of 2014. It has apparently closed now, so I wanted to post this because it represents a big part of dance music culture in London. Here is my FB post I wrote about it when I found out that it was closed as of today.
"I was just here in October of last year - and it was a milestone visit for me because I had bought records from this location 17 years earlier when I visited and stayed with my good friend Taff Bakali when we were roaming London together.
I even played a few records in a Birmingham after hours club - where opened with Sabres of Paradise / David Holmes remix of SmokeBelch - for those that know, you know! Epic track.
So, I took video going through this store last October to mark the occasion - so I should post it here for posterity sake. Because as far as I'm concerned, Black Market records is a historical landmark for vinyl and dance music in London.
One of my favorite memories was walking downstairs where they sold drum and bass and jungle tracks - and it was packed! and the record store guy was dropping bombs for people to listen too and people were throwing their hands in the air, like it was a club. It was so intense, I actually couldn't stay in the room! ha ha. It was amazing. Love that memory.
One other cool thing that happened this last October, I met a random guy at the store, we chatted a bit and then I ran into him at Fabric later that night. Turns out he WORKS for Fabric as well - which was great. Drink tickets incoming! ha ha. Good times. He even told me about that underground event going on under a bridge on the river Thames that night - which I went to but then came back to Fabric to finish out the night with Nina Kravitz and Ben Klock. Epic times!
Looks like they are closing for good. Damn. Glad I got to go back tho and revisit that memory before this happened." 
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I used to skip college and go spend my days round Blackmarket, Uptown, Puregroove and HMV. Them days are long gone. Thanks apple!!!!!!
late 80s through to the late 90s, BMR was my favourite record shop. So many flyers, so many raves, so many tunes, so many good times, oh for a time machine!
Spent so many hours in this place. Music lost something when people stopped hanging out in record shops
Holy shit dude walking in that basement you took me back
Thanks for sharing this nugget of history
Been a few times, seen Ray Keith a NBM playing tunes downstairs 93-94 great shop. Also frequented Lucky Spin Kings Road and Spin City in Edgware road. Good times.
NO ... please reopen nicki blackmarket ... forever !
Wow, I was there downstairs in 1996. DnB will never forget!
R.I.P BLACKMARKET RECORDS,NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN,NOT UNLESS THEY REOPEN SOMEWHERE ELSE WHO KNOWS
Great video..
Used to be there most Saturday afternoons 90-94
bought my records from here every Saturday 88-92 Nicky, Ashley and the guy with the mad spiked hair
Such a great, great shop
1995 for me OMG. Nikki BKMKT & Krew downstairs, best House upstairs, they were legends!
when does it reopen - like the hadicenda? please god !
Not really the same if nbm isn’t there it had huge bass bins and a flying rig with the most amazing sound system you would find on a Saturday afternoon
Great stuff! Brings back memories. Track ID at 1:40 anyone?
The track is called Without You and it’s by Foamo. It’s a great tune
Thank you! 😎
Well you probably wouldn’t do a video AFTER it closed would you?
thank you for your insightful comment. lol
:(
Memories ❤ 1999 - found my golden track peekay sweet sensation. Only had it on a Charlie Brown desire tape pack - 16 years old, listening to tracks with my heroes
How things change , a ture flagship of the ungerground
Love right back Robert 😍 all day long !
Gutted. Spent many an hour in there in the late 80's and 90's.