i also miss all the record shops - one of my former favorite pass-times was visiting and looking. not so many now or are in places difficult to reach - i have some mobility problems - however also very interested in Yoko Ono exhibition - hope to go soon.
Hi John, I really enjoyed the record store footage,two totally different stores, thanks or taking us along with you. I just showed Nath and Martin that you got me hooked on to
I lived in Hither Green about 20 years ago so 'Records' was just around the corner, you're right, he is a nice old bloke, happy to play you samples of any record you are interested in, etc. There was also an incredibly obscure tiny hole-in-the-wall record shop stuffed right down in the lower bowels of Catford Shopping Arcade, I found some amazing stuff there, but I think it relocated to Lee Green some years ago.
Great job! I was under the impression Tate Modern doesn't allow photographing of works in the gallery by visitors. Did they adjust their guidelines for the Ono retrospective?
Hi John, you've been in my neck of the woods! To my shame I've never been to 'records' but need to have a look before it's too late. Upsidedown records is doing a great job, as they did in theor previous incarnation as rat records nearer to my home... quality product at fair prices. Lovely eddie kendricks find. Cheers!
Hey Laurence. I was really impressed with Upside Down. They had some great stuff. I was chatting to the owner. He’s clearly getting hold of interesting stock, and is selling it at fair price. I’ll definitely pop in their again ‘Records’ is somewhere you can easily spend an hour looking through boxes of soul and reggae 45’s. Condition can be hit and miss but there’ll be something for you.
Excellent video. The Records shop in Lewisham was used in the artwork for a set of album cover postage stamps some years back. I need to pop over to Upside Down, didnt know about that one. Thanks!
Hi. I knew of the shop because it was featured on the artwork for an EP put out by Peter Parker’s Rock n Roll Club. Those stamps sound very cool! Cheers
Hey now John , would’ve enjoyed soaking in the Yoko exhibit, I appreciate her work, the first store is a proper record store as you mentioned, the second one ooooo yeah liked it too!!!! Thank you for introducing music to me that I totally missed in my younger years...peace☮️🎶🎶☮️😎- Lis ✊🏻
Haircut looks good, brother. 💯 That Kendricks record is fantastic. First LP is pretty great as well. I feel like you get those first three or four Eddie LPs and you're in a real good (but funky) place.😎 One day I'm gonna end up in London and have a Reggae Freakout. Leave thousands of pounds in debt with boxes of that business. Love it! Cheers.😁
If you leave London with boxes of reggae, you’re definitely gonna be thousands of pounds in the hole. That business can be big bucks. Worth every penny though👌 Reggae Freakout! Sounds like a new VC thread 👍👍
When I lived in London, I went to that shop in Lewisham a few times. It would have been more often but his opening hours are so part time and ad hoc: the amount of times I went and it was shut. Like you say, you need to put in the work but it's worth it. I can't stand the glossy shops nowadays. I love digging in the dirt and dust...
Hi Alan. I’m with you in that looking for records shouldn’t necessarily be easy 😂. Too many shops “curate” their stock, assuming that they know what the punter wants. The fun about digging in an old school record shop is the chance of finding something interesting or something you didn’t necessarily know about. The Lewisham shop is a bit of an Aladdin’s Cave. It ain’t perfect by any means, but still loads of fun. Cheers! (You’re due a video, by the way 😉).
Hi John while I was in London last week I went to atlantis records in Hackney which was just like the one you described in Lewisham if put the work in you’ll find some gems .. jealous you saw Dee and Steve .. I was in that rough trade just before Easter ..
Good stuff John...shame the shop won't be continuing though. Greenwich, Deptford and Lewisham have strong Squeeze connections of course - the back cover passport-style photos of the band on the 'Frank' album were taken in the Lewisham branch of Boots! Btw, the ELO poster that can be seen in the first shop at the 11:22 mark - I still have that. It's effing massive and rolled up in the attic in my childhood bedroom. The second shop looked very cool - great to see a vinyl copy of Police & Thieves. Good to see the Yoko stuff. I'm intrigued to know how you managed to actually play with the all-white Chess set. 👍
Hi James. Yoko Chess is fun. You just play until you can’t remember which pieces are yours. It’s surprising how long you can play for before it gets really confusing.
Ive been searching for that Eddie Kendrick for 25 years. 'Date With The Rain' is an absolute dancefloor destroyer. 'My People Hold On' is a wonderful tune. I'm a big fan of Aaliyah, Ive got all the twelves from that era.
Yeah, the Eddie Kendricks has been a big want for years. Never see it. Brilliant record. Fantastic early 70’s soul. That period is a real sweet spot. Mazzy’s coming over to London in august. Fancy meeting up for a few beers and a trip to the odd record shop?
Hi John. I've tried responding, but keeps disappearing! Yeah if it's a possibility be great to say hi. You've got my number let me know nearer the time!@@6inchpianist
Good Saturday evening John. Nice to see you again. So that record 🧿 shop at the 2:41 mark is just called Records? I must have missed it when you said its proper store name. It looks like a cool shop. That is Eddie Kendricks best solo album. Man did he have a smooth voice. I liked his disco stuff too. I cannot remember when I saw some of Yoko's art. But we went to the Museum of Modern Art and they had some of her work displayed a few years back. She is not a bad artist at all. The one that you went to looked really cool. Do you play chess? Thanks for sharing it all~ Rob/Boston
Hi Rob. Yeah, Eddie Kendrick had a beautiful voice. I’ve been looking for this album for years. I’ve been playing it solidly for a couple of weeks now. Brilliant! Cheers. John
Nice tunes, John. I think the first shop was more my thing (Spotted a cool Dolly Parton picture disc). The second one was a bit too clean. The Yoko Ono exhibition looked great. I used to cover her more performance-based work with my students, while discussing the Fluxus movement. Seems like a good trip.
Yeah, you’d definitely like the first shop. A real mixed bag of stuff. You’ve just gotta put the time in though. The Yoko exhibition was really interesting. The whole thing was interactive, whether it be listening to her albums, playing chess, graffitiing the blue and white room. It wasn’t like the usual art exhibition because, although it was all her ideas, in many cases it was the public that was creating the “art”. Great fun.
Kendrick's voice is like a nail down a chalkboard. 20 yrs I dug around London town and NEVER visited that Lewisham shop, or recall knowing it was there. Not that Sauff London was a space one wanted to frequent all that often.
Good version of Smiling Faces and a nice set of finds. I was wondering about the DC Lee album - quite a Style Council feel on that clip? I must be getting lazy in my old age as I probably prefer a well curated shop with the quality on display. What would frustrate me is spending hours digging through rubbish to find a few nuggets and then the shop owner simply looks them up on Discogs and charges you top dollar. I'd feel like I was getting penalised for doing their hard work...
Yeah, we’ve all been there. Doing the hard work, only for the owner to then charge the top price on Discogs. To be fair, everything was priced in the shop so no surprises when I went to pay. 👍
What's the famous saying "the man who is tired of London is tired of life" well we've been on quite alot of protesting there lately and frankly I'm a bit tired of it..... if i could just shoehorn in some records I'd be awake again. Liking a bit of random modern art too though am jealous of them also just started reading the Kim Gordon autobiography never previously aware she was an artist before sonic youth. Maybe I'm just too much a suburbs boy and a case of London is on my doorstep and it's always there so why rush in? Notting hill downstairs record and tape exchange used to be great.
Hi Martin. I keep meaning to read the Kim Gordon autobiography. She’s a really interesting artist. Have you heard either of her solo albums? I like the bits that I’ve heard. Her last single was played on 6music quite a bit. Cheers!
Second hand record shops have (sadly) been in decline (certainly in London) for years, John. I don't know if you've heard of Sounds Original (Ealing) but he's closing down after more than 40 years in a few months time. I prefer charity shops for that elusive bargain these days.
Sounds Original closing? Guess it will happen to all the one man band shops in time. Had some great finds there so need to get over again quickly. Thanks for info!
Thanks for the info! I’ve only been to Sounds Original once, several years ago. I’ll try to get there over the next few months. I remember it being a lovely little shop 👍👍
That Donna mcGhee you flipped past wondering if it was an og or reisssue as thats a very pricey record. You'll probably like some of that if youv'e not heard it , 2 from it i love.. ruclips.net/video/SVj1SCMV5Eg/видео.html ruclips.net/video/HPtIOI33itU/видео.html Betty Davis was a nice price as well if its not a reissue
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Thank you for the feature and kind words John!! Hope to see you again soon.
Cheers, UDR!
Really enjoyed the record store tag along. Also loved your finds. Well done. Loved the video.
Cheers for that! You can’t beat visiting a new record shop, it’s one of life’s great pleasures 👍
i also miss all the record shops - one of my former favorite pass-times was visiting and looking. not so many now or are in places difficult to reach - i have some mobility problems - however also very interested in Yoko Ono exhibition - hope to go soon.
Hi David. The Yoko exhibition was really interesting and good fun. Well worth a visit. Cheers. John
Hi John, I really enjoyed the record store footage,two totally different stores, thanks or taking us along with you. I just showed Nath and Martin that you got me hooked on to
Varied genres, great record tours and an enviable weekend in London. Awesome video.
Cheers WnW!
Another excellent video. Thanks!
Cheers Ben!
I lived in Hither Green about 20 years ago so 'Records' was just around the corner, you're right, he is a nice old bloke, happy to play you samples of any record you are interested in, etc. There was also an incredibly obscure tiny hole-in-the-wall record shop stuffed right down in the lower bowels of Catford Shopping Arcade, I found some amazing stuff there, but I think it relocated to Lee Green some years ago.
Great job! I was under the impression Tate Modern doesn't allow photographing of works in the gallery by visitors. Did they adjust their guidelines for the Ono retrospective?
The staff were allowing photographs for the Yoko retrospective. I assume because the majority of it is interactive.
Hi John, you've been in my neck of the woods! To my shame I've never been to 'records' but need to have a look before it's too late. Upsidedown records is doing a great job, as they did in theor previous incarnation as rat records nearer to my home... quality product at fair prices. Lovely eddie kendricks find. Cheers!
Hey Laurence. I was really impressed with Upside Down. They had some great stuff. I was chatting to the owner. He’s clearly getting hold of interesting stock, and is selling it at fair price. I’ll definitely pop in their again
‘Records’ is somewhere you can easily spend an hour looking through boxes of soul and reggae 45’s. Condition can be hit and miss but there’ll be something for you.
Excellent video. The Records shop in Lewisham was used in the artwork for a set of album cover postage stamps some years back. I need to pop over to Upside Down, didnt know about that one. Thanks!
Hi. I knew of the shop because it was featured on the artwork for an EP put out by Peter Parker’s Rock n Roll Club. Those stamps sound very cool! Cheers
I agree, that Dee C Lee album is really good. I just got a copy last week. I could spend quite a nice afternoon in Records! Cheers John.
Hi Andy. I’m really enjoying Dee’s album. Best thing I’ve heard in a while. Cheers!
Hey now John , would’ve enjoyed soaking in the Yoko exhibit, I appreciate her work, the first store is a proper record store as you mentioned, the second one ooooo yeah liked it too!!!! Thank you for introducing music to me that I totally missed in my younger years...peace☮️🎶🎶☮️😎- Lis ✊🏻
Hi Lis. Hope all is good with you. The Yoko exhibition was good fun. It was cool that most of it was interactive so you feel involved all the time 👍
Haircut looks good, brother. 💯
That Kendricks record is fantastic. First LP is pretty great as well. I feel like you get those first three or four Eddie LPs and you're in a real good (but funky) place.😎
One day I'm gonna end up in London and have a Reggae Freakout. Leave thousands of pounds in debt with boxes of that business. Love it! Cheers.😁
If you leave London with boxes of reggae, you’re definitely gonna be thousands of pounds in the hole. That business can be big bucks. Worth every penny though👌
Reggae Freakout! Sounds like a new VC thread 👍👍
When I lived in London, I went to that shop in Lewisham a few times. It would have been more often but his opening hours are so part time and ad hoc: the amount of times I went and it was shut. Like you say, you need to put in the work but it's worth it. I can't stand the glossy shops nowadays. I love digging in the dirt and dust...
Hi Alan. I’m with you in that looking for records shouldn’t necessarily be easy 😂. Too many shops “curate” their stock, assuming that they know what the punter wants. The fun about digging in an old school record shop is the chance of finding something interesting or something you didn’t necessarily know about. The Lewisham shop is a bit of an Aladdin’s Cave. It ain’t perfect by any means, but still loads of fun. Cheers! (You’re due a video, by the way 😉).
Hi John while I was in London last week I went to atlantis records in Hackney which was just like the one you described in Lewisham if put the work in you’ll find some gems .. jealous you saw Dee and Steve .. I was in that rough trade just before Easter ..
Hi Rob. I follow Atlantis Records on Instagram. Looks like a really cool shop. As you say, full of gems. Will try to go next time I’m down there 👍
Good stuff John...shame the shop won't be continuing though. Greenwich, Deptford and Lewisham have strong Squeeze connections of course - the back cover passport-style photos of the band on the 'Frank' album were taken in the Lewisham branch of Boots! Btw, the ELO poster that can be seen in the first shop at the 11:22 mark - I still have that. It's effing massive and rolled up in the attic in my childhood bedroom. The second shop looked very cool - great to see a vinyl copy of Police & Thieves. Good to see the Yoko stuff. I'm intrigued to know how you managed to actually play with the all-white Chess set. 👍
Hi James. Yoko Chess is fun. You just play until you can’t remember which pieces are yours. It’s surprising how long you can play for before it gets really confusing.
@@6inchpianist Genius.
Ive been searching for that Eddie Kendrick for 25 years. 'Date With The Rain' is an absolute dancefloor destroyer. 'My People Hold On' is a wonderful tune. I'm a big fan of Aaliyah, Ive got all the twelves from that era.
Yeah, the Eddie Kendricks has been a big want for years. Never see it. Brilliant record. Fantastic early 70’s soul. That period is a real sweet spot.
Mazzy’s coming over to London in august. Fancy meeting up for a few beers and a trip to the odd record shop?
@@6inchpianist that sounds great John, you’ve got my number, just let me know once you have details!
Hi John. I've tried responding, but keeps disappearing! Yeah if it's a possibility be great to say hi. You've got my number let me know nearer the time!@@6inchpianist
Hi good morning .could you send me the address of the shop called RECORD please . I tried to look it up .on goggle .couldn't find it .blessings
That Tamlins single is damn good.
Do me a favor go back there and get me that Dionne Warwick record in the video. lol Nice video. Great Digs!
Ha! That’s a great record!
Good Saturday evening John. Nice to see you again. So that record 🧿 shop at the 2:41 mark is just called Records? I must have missed it when you said its proper store name. It looks like a cool shop. That is Eddie Kendricks best solo album. Man did he have a smooth voice. I liked his disco stuff too. I cannot remember when I saw some of Yoko's art. But we went to the Museum of Modern Art and they had some of her work displayed a few years back. She is not a bad artist at all. The one that you went to looked really cool. Do you play chess? Thanks for sharing it all~
Rob/Boston
Hi Rob. Yeah, Eddie Kendrick had a beautiful voice. I’ve been looking for this album for years. I’ve been playing it solidly for a couple of weeks now. Brilliant! Cheers. John
Small Axe is a great tune!!
Nice tunes, John.
I think the first shop was more my thing (Spotted a cool Dolly Parton picture disc). The second one was a bit too clean.
The Yoko Ono exhibition looked great. I used to cover her more performance-based work with my students, while discussing the Fluxus movement.
Seems like a good trip.
Yeah, you’d definitely like the first shop. A real mixed bag of stuff. You’ve just gotta put the time in though.
The Yoko exhibition was really interesting. The whole thing was interactive, whether it be listening to her albums, playing chess, graffitiing the blue and white room. It wasn’t like the usual art exhibition because, although it was all her ideas, in many cases it was the public that was creating the “art”. Great fun.
Haha! I'm sacking the cleaner!! ;-)
Kendrick's voice is like a nail down a chalkboard. 20 yrs I dug around London town and NEVER visited that Lewisham shop, or recall knowing it was there. Not that Sauff London was a space one wanted to frequent all that often.
C’mon, Mike. Nowt wrong with Eddie Kendrick’s voice. Clean those ears out!
Good version of Smiling Faces and a nice set of finds. I was wondering about the DC Lee album - quite a Style Council feel on that clip? I must be getting lazy in my old age as I probably prefer a well curated shop with the quality on display. What would frustrate me is spending hours digging through rubbish to find a few nuggets and then the shop owner simply looks them up on Discogs and charges you top dollar. I'd feel like I was getting penalised for doing their hard work...
Yeah, we’ve all been there. Doing the hard work, only for the owner to then charge the top price on Discogs. To be fair, everything was priced in the shop so no surprises when I went to pay. 👍
That Lewisham shop is a total mess. A large part of his collection is just scattered along the floor.
So’s mine! 🤣
That first shop reminded me of The Diskery in Birmingham (before they moved). I bet the London one didn’t offer every customer a cuppa though eh!
Ha! I popped in to The Diskery at Christmas. Had a glass of red forced in to my hand. I can cope with that. 👍👍
What's the famous saying "the man who is tired of London is tired of life" well we've been on quite alot of protesting there lately and frankly I'm a bit tired of it..... if i could just shoehorn in some records I'd be awake again. Liking a bit of random modern art too though am jealous of them also just started reading the Kim Gordon autobiography never previously aware she was an artist before sonic youth. Maybe I'm just too much a suburbs boy and a case of London is on my doorstep and it's always there so why rush in? Notting hill downstairs record and tape exchange used to be great.
Hi Martin. I keep meaning to read the Kim Gordon autobiography. She’s a really interesting artist. Have you heard either of her solo albums? I like the bits that I’ve heard. Her last single was played on 6music quite a bit. Cheers!
Second hand record shops have (sadly) been in decline (certainly in London) for years, John. I don't know if you've heard of Sounds Original (Ealing) but he's closing down after more than 40 years in a few months time. I prefer charity shops for that elusive bargain these days.
Sounds Original closing? Guess it will happen to all the one man band shops in time. Had some great finds there so need to get over again quickly. Thanks for info!
Thanks for the info! I’ve only been to Sounds Original once, several years ago. I’ll try to get there over the next few months. I remember it being a lovely little shop 👍👍
That Donna mcGhee you flipped past wondering if it was an og or reisssue as thats a very pricey record. You'll probably like some of that if youv'e not heard it , 2 from it i love..
ruclips.net/video/SVj1SCMV5Eg/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/HPtIOI33itU/видео.html
Betty Davis was a nice price as well if its not a reissue
Hi David. The Donna McGhee was an early 2000’s reissue. I have a reissue from 5 or 6 years ago. Great record! The Betty was an OG 👍👍
Best version of Smiling Faces is a Lee Perry thing: ruclips.net/video/K5XEOV_wfDk/видео.html
Great version!
@@6inchpianist punishingly rare though.