Vinyl Experience Hanway Street

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Vinyl experience hanway street.

Vinyl and cd 1 13 of 13. 36 hanway street london w1t 1up england. Insulated from the traffic roar of tottenham court road a soho emporium catering exclusively to fans voracious acquisitional desires. At some point earlier it had this fine sign.

Vinyl experience lies in a quiet victorian back street. Casablanca records established in 1979 at no. 18 hanway street london w1p 9dd telephone. I knew some people who worked there in 1997 when it closed down.

Which was based at the back. 22 under its owner tim derbyshire as on the beat up to its closure in 2014. I sell records here. Vinyl experience painted the façade of no.

26 grosvenor street london w1xobd uk some releases show this address the vinyl experience shop address. It pervades this basement bar and really spoils the experience as it lingers constantly. 0171 636 1281 fax. At the tottenham court road end there was a pub on the north corner of hanway street tho never went in it.

They told me the main reason they were closing was because of the massive virgin megastore 50 yards away. London s hanway street used to be legendary for its second hand record shops. Used to be some top record shops on the street. Its most famous shop was probably vinyl experience.

There are still some there. Back in the 80s i spent a lot of time in vinyl experience on hanway street picking up some auld punk rarities test pressings and the like. Marketplace 40 for sale. 0171 636 0738 l254786 label.

Vinyl experince vinyl experience. Not sure whether the soho vinyl bar is still running but that one is rubbish compared to the st paul s one anyway what a shame. Website 44 7894 020105. 20 with characters from yellow submarine removed in 2013.

This was the record label of the shop vinyl experience which was in hanway street london. Then we d head down hanway street past the blue posts on the corner to visit vinyl experience a huge place over a couple of floors which was covered by this fine beatles mural. Hanway street was designated a conservation area. 20 continued next door at no.

Soho s berwick street may not have as many record shops as it did in the 90s when it was known colloquially as vinyl mile but it s still a major destination for music fans and collectors. Email comment submit. Photo by ronald hackston.