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Wynonie Harris · 15-10-2004, 08:03

Mary's was the best record shop in Accy. You could ask for the most obscure record (and I asked for some pretty obscure ones, believe me!) and Mary would order it and have it ready and waiting for you in a couple of days. She had some pretty stiff competition in those days, too. Marshalls, further up on the same block for a start. Then there was Wiseman's Golden Disc Bar on Broadway. The main attraction here was the "never-never" club enabling you to buy an LP and then pay it off at a couple of bob a week. Moving over to Blackburn Road, we had Bandbox opposite the market hall with a great selection of sale items. I once chanced my arm on a 45 by Davy Jones & the King Bees for 1/6. It was naff so I chucked it. Turned out it was David Bowie's first ever record and it's now worth around £900. Then there was Tony's further on Blackburn Road opposite the bottom of Paxton Street and probably lots more places I've forgotten. Whatever happened to all the record shops in town?

15-10-2004, 08:03	#7
Wynonie Harris Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: On another planet. Posts: 11,865 Liked: 1217 times Rep Power: 144710	Re: Mary's Music Mary's was the best record shop in Accy. You could ask for the most obscure record (and I asked for some pretty obscure ones, believe me!) and Mary would order it and have it ready and waiting for you in a couple of days. She had some pretty stiff competition in those days, too. Marshalls, further up on the same block for a start. Then there was Wiseman's Golden Disc Bar on Broadway. The main attraction here was the "never-never" club enabling you to buy an LP and then pay it off at a couple of bob a week. Moving over to Blackburn Road, we had Bandbox opposite the market hall with a great selection of sale items. I once chanced my arm on a 45 by Davy Jones & the King Bees for 1/6. It was naff so I chucked it. Turned out it was David Bowie's first ever record and it's now worth around £900. Then there was Tony's further on Blackburn Road opposite the bottom of Paxton Street and probably lots more places I've forgotten. Whatever happened to all the record shops in town?