Shopping for Music in the North West of England
11 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 2QQ “A place to get stuck in and get digging…” Opening Hours:Mon- Sat 11-5.30pm Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeleton-Records/126627770721610 Telephone: 0151 653 9003 Skeleton Records has a long history, opened by John Weaver in 1971 – and described as a patchouli scented Head shop that specialised in rare imports , underground press […]
Clarendon Shopping Centre, 33 Rutherford Way, Hyde SK14 2QY “” Opening Hours:Monday-Saturday 9-5pm Website: Telephone: 0161 312 1582 Moving further afield into Greater Manchester, Tameside we thought was the only GM borough that didn’t have at least one place to buy music, however it turns out we were wrong! Music and Movies Exchange operate out […]
Retail Unit 1, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX “To browse the record racks of Probe is to poke around inside the DNA of the Liverpool Music scene” Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 9.30-6pm Sundays 12.30-5pm Website: Telephone: 0151 708 8815 Described by legendary Liverpool music writer Paul Du Noyer as “the semi-official control room of Liverpool […]
5 Hilton Street, Manchester M4 1LP “Manchester..so much to answer for..” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 10:00-17:00 Website: http://vinylrevivalmcr.com/ Telephone: 0161 661 6393 Just around the corner from Oldham Street you’ll find Vinyl Revival. They’ve been here since 1997 and sell a mixture of new and secondhand records on CD and Vinyl, plus DVDs. They sell […]
44 Bridge Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 2EG “” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 10:00-17:30 Website: http://www.xrecords.co.uk/ Telephone: 01204 524018 A bit futher afield, but well worth a visit is X-Records of Bolton, Lancashire. You can get to Bolton by train in about 15-20 minutes so you could easily do a quick detour during your Manchester record-shopping […]
53 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JR “As much a Manchester institution as a pint of Holts or Chips n’ Gravy!” Opening Hours:Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00, Sundays 12:00-17:00 Website: http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ Telephone: 0161 839 8008 Where do you start with this one? As much a Manchester institution as a pint of Holts or Chips n’ […]
Bank Street Studios Prestwich Greater Manchester M25 3HN “a veritable shrine to the glory of obscure 45s” Opening Hours:Thursday – Saturday 10.30am to 5.00pm – Sundays 11-4pm (Other days by Appointment Only) Website: http://www.beatinrhythm.com/ Telephone: 0161 773 1589 * Note that Beatin’ Rhythm have now moved to Prestwich – This review and photos are of […]
