45 Lower Hillgate, Stockport
Opening Hours:Thursday - Saturday 10-5pm
Telephone: 0161 477 1335
The Stockport shop places the focus firmly on cheap DVDs and CDs with rack after rack of pop and rock CDs. Indeed ninety percent of the shop is dedicated to the shiny little silver discs. Lots of bargain stuff, all the usual stuff (Oasis, Queen, Kiss, etc) and the shop offers good deals for multi purchases. There are also more pop compilations than you could shake an old Woolworths gift voucher at and you’re guaranteed to get that Culture Club album or Handbag House Classics 1998 comp.
On the vinyl front it sadly all looks a little unloved and forgotten. The vinyl is over in the left hand corner with one set of racks against the wall and the rest either in boxes or stacked on the floor. There’s no order to it and it’s a case of sifting and getting down on the dogs shelf! Content wise its 70s and 80s denim heaven with the odd bit of Soul and Pop thrown in, possibly just to incorporate the element of surprise! One minute I’m looking at Nazareth and Genesis albums the next I’m faced with a Smokey Robinson airbrushed 80s effort, very disconcerting! Price wise…..hmm Next! Also worth noting that there’s no listening post.
Ok, it was a rainy Friday and maybe my expectations were unrealistic but I left with my wallet intact and a slightly heavy heart..cheap CDs and unloved vinyl leave me reaching for the Rennies!
mark says
ive been going to double four records for twenty five years now cd/s to buy at a great price a lot to choose from in the four for a tenner also dvd/s 3 for a fiver and 3 for tenner what more do you need
billy says
this shop is still going 25 years later it also has two more shops one in marple and one in glossop ask yourself this why are the other record shops going and these are still here good items at low prices keep going john and bob
DAN says
Ive been using doublefour for the last 15 years or so,especialy the ones in glossop and marple ,they are both packed to the brim with bargain cds and dvds unfortunatly no vinyl ,(but hey you have to move with the times dont you).the staff are all pretty cluded up and have always located me hard to find pieces.. i would recomend them always i hope there still goin in another 25 years ..many thanks double four records ,
Ian says
A great shop if you want to pick up a bargain. 4 CDs for a tenner. I got some Bowie, New Order, John Foxx, The Cure, Ian Dury and The The. My only complaint is the large 4 for £10 stickers are a pain to get off!
Jules Sharpe says
We used to visit all the time when we where 15/16 years old collecting hip-hop and dance got almost all my SOS Band records from here…..
mike pelech says
anyone know if the shop is still open ive rang a few times and been down and its been shut?
mike pelech says
The shop opening hours have changed he only opens Thurs, Fri and Sat i spoke to him today
Rhys Jones Ager says
i regularly visit this shop and am good friends with the owners… i go there to buy vinyl but often only leave with a couple of singles because the albums are expensive… The all inclusive 4 for a tenner deal isn’t bad though…
Rob stevenson says
This reviewer clearly doesn’t like this shop !!! Unloved vinyl? I was in the shop today 21/5/17 everything is labeled in genre and clearly marked . True there are crates of vinyl on the floor and it’s mixed up but guess what that’s the joy of crate digging finding that hidden jem. John the owner helped me put crates on a table so i could dig through them nice guy , I found some great records and I intend to go back.