Other Music Shops in London

I'd just like to write a nice little nostalgia piece on one of the best specialist music shops in London if not Britain. It is hard to imagine such a shop in England although maybe ten-a-penny in the U.S.A. The shop being The Elvis Shop in East London. For those that are interested the address is 400 High Street North, E12 6RH. Telephone number is 0208 552 7551. The shop is open Monday-Saturday 10.30am-6pm. You can get there on the District line tube. I think this shop is much better than the other London Elvis store in Baker street because it is more serious; rather than selling tacky merchandise cards, rings, soap dishes, mugs etc. which is all ...  Read the complete review

For many record shopping involves a trip down to your local record store, normally an Our Price, HMV or MVC. However for some people (myself included) there is nothing that can match the thrills of record shopping in London. Sure there are other great Cities to shop for music in, Birmingham and Manchester are both full of great independent record stores, but it is London that really has the greatest range of specialist record stores. For purposes of space and ease I will only concentrate on the 3 main shopping areas that I normally frequent in my search for the obscure and rare. Oxford Street and Soho Nearest Tube Stations: Tottenham Court Road ...  Read the complete review