First there is a bargain, then there is no bargain, then there is.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks, Mark e, but no worries: What will be will.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Made it to the new Fopp in Gower street, ostensibly in Waterstones but it has it's own entrance.
Loads of stuff, not as big as the shaftesburyave one, but still. Got "The Drift" and the JapLP styled CD of "End of the Century" Ramones. £3 each. Oh, they have plenty of the Donovan.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Twin Peaks Gold Box £18The Prisoner Box £21
Cov Gds
― PJ Miller, Thursday, 18 November 2010 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
may make a trip there this lunchtime...
― Neil S, Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Twin Peaks Gold Box £18
is that season 1 + 2 ?
― mark e, Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, plus extras including the pilot movie
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link
off to see if there is a copy in my local branch. thats very tempting.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
The 2CD Tusk is a fiver...
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 November 2010 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Spotted today at Cambridge Fopp: Lindstrom and Christabelle (2CD version) £3, Hercules and Love Affair s/t £3, New Amerykah 2 £5.
― seandalai, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Lindstrom and Christabelle (2CD version) £3
spotted that today. guess it didn't sell quite as well as the label had hoped.waiting to see if the label are going to do the same thing with the last annie album they released, as that too came out in a ltd edition 2cd set.
― mark e, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
it came out in both
― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
T.Rex on TV, DVD £3
You'd have thought they'd have sent me a free one, but hey.
― Mark G, Thursday, 6 January 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Today:
Lemonheads : Shame about Ray (deluxe) £6book: Luke Haines: Britpop - £7Book: Syd - Irregular Head - £3Velvet Underground live DVD £3
― Mark G, Friday, 7 January 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Chung-King Express £3 if you buy something else as well. Including a badge for 50p, so £3.50 then.
Masses of other stuff, as usual.
― PJ Miller, Monday, 17 January 2011 11:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Funnily, the T-Rex DVD has some notes I wrote.
The next time around, I got the VU DVD, mainly because we went to see them back in the day (though I don't think it was that particular gig, maybe the day after).
So, I thought I'd be safe with the Luke book, but my surname's all over one page of it! (Not in relation to myself though)
― Mark G, Monday, 17 January 2011 11:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet in hardback for three bucks thank you very much
― jed_, Monday, 24 January 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadness.
http://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/fopp-off/
― Ukranian crocodile that swallowed a mobile phone (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 27 January 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
My sympathies, dude. My local chain (Newbury Comics) is still going strong though imports are hit and miss and frankly I only buy domestic releases there.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 27 January 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, the Fopp in Reading, RIP also, back when.
― Mark G, Friday, 28 January 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonder how long the London branch will last?
All the early Eno cd's for £5 btw, at the moment anyway.
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Friday, 28 January 2011 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
London ones, probably forever (it's always megabizzy there)
― Mark G, Friday, 28 January 2011 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah you do wonder though, what with business rates doubling etc. Maybe they could continually re-open and close again in new premises on the arse-end of Oxford Street, on a rolling 1 month lease, a la dodgy clothing emporiums.
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Friday, 28 January 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
bristol shop is looking somewhat tired.shelves not fit to burst with goodies, and some of the floor space was totally devoid of any racks.for the first time in years, i didn't come out with anything (though was very tempted to just get all of the 'disco discharge' compilations which they had for £7 a pop).i guess the question is - will they get sucked into the money woes of HMV ?
― mark e, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Wailing Souls, "Wild Suspense", £2. Gower St. Branch. Couldn't see any other copies, any interesed reggaeheads.
― Tom D (Tom D.), Friday, 18 February 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
A life less lived : The Gothic Box 4CD plus book and lace-up box (£15)
Iggy/Stooges : Raw Power/Georgia Peaches £6
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Best of Greensleeves Records: From Dubplate to Download (£3)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (£3)
And a whole bunch of Virgin Records CDs from back in the day, £3 (from KevCoyne to Magaz and suchlike)
― Mark G, Friday, 15 April 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
(I'm the only one reviving this anymore..)
A whole bunch of early seventies reggae CDs, £3
I went for Dave and Ansell Collins, "Double Barrell"
Oh, there's a bunch of Aphex Twin CDs there, "I care", "RDJamesAlbum", "SelAmVol2" at £5
Which one to go for?
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
have to be honest, the bristol one aint fulfilling my £3/£5 booster sessions these days, and hasn;t for a while now.though, i may be tempted to pick up the o.children album tomorrow if its still there.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
It used to be good for WTF box sets, the last time was the Goth one, £15 which I saw recently in the big HMV for £55.
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
the fopps in glasgow has been pretty barren recently - i'm guessing as a consequence of hmv's ongoing probs - tho at the moment they have lots of gd folk albs for 3 quid a pop - fairport, denny, jansch, renbourn etc etc - and yeah, they seem to have bought up a lot of old island stock, too (i got slow dazzle' by john cale today for 3 quid.) also at three quid - rush, status quo, uriah heap, rainbow, thin lizzy, etc.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
I've noticed that the behind-the-counter stock shelves are completely empty nowadays in Union Street, Glasgow.
The Island folk stuff for £3 is always good. I didn't spot the John Cale though yesterday, will have to have a second look...
― just call me brian (krakow), Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
I had a Fopp bargain-rack splurge this week: Pentangle, Tim Hardin, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Magazine, Neu, Pere Ubu.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's great for back catalogue filling in & hole plugging.
― just call me brian (krakow), Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Today, not CDs but a book: The Immediate Story, a large thick-ish book for £5.
Basically, ALOldham's bits he wrote about the label for his autobiogs but dropped because of ongoing legal issues (it seems), with lots of pics, sleeves and newspaper articles, and filling in by the author Simon Spence.
― Mark G, Monday, 8 August 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
ooooooooohh
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
mmmmmmmmmm
― Mark G, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Broken Social Scene, last and first albums for 3 quid and a Dirtybird label 3 CD comp also 3 quid.
― mmmm, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Fopp Union Street in Glasgow completely closed up and shut at 4.30 this afternoon. Bad sign?
― Colin Allstations (PaulTMA), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
Really? I've not heard anything about that! Will ask about...
― just call me brian (krakow), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Power problems apparently. They had a sign up outside say my scouts.
― just call me brian (krakow), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm.
Fopp (London) seem to be having a 'deluxe editions' clearout. Loads for £10 each.
VU&Nico (i.e. the first yes JPaxman), Loads of the Cure ones, Siouxsie 1st, Black Sabbaths, Kinks, QOTSA, XRaySpex, TooRyeAy, etc..
Didn't get any. Was tempted by the XRaySpex one but wasn't sure if it still had those 3rd generation demo tapes (as opposed to 1st gen)...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
That's quite a tempting price, might take a scout in the Glasgow one tomorrow lunch.
― just call me brian (krakow), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Fopp in Edinburgh has been shit recently. I know it's to be expected when the festival was on and the shop's full of tat but I can't really think of much I've bought from there in the last 6 months or so. Just seems to be the same titles for £3 one week and then £5 the next. I know they had loads of folk stuff in but that's not really my sound. Really hoping it's not a sign of things worsening.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ same re bristol.i've not bought anything in ages.in fact, Head is now doing a much better job.unexpected back catalogue/reissue stuff that you never see in other shops, and at good pocket money prices (eg the momus catalogue for £4 each).
― mark e, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure there's a "good day" as in "massive amounts of a deluxe title arrive,priced low to clear" day.
e.g. "Tell Tale Signs" 3CD+box, which started off stupidly expensive, I got there for £30, they also had the 4LP version for £20. They didn't hang around, obviously. When do these things tend to arrive? Or can it be any day?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
Fopp in Edinburgh
Where is FOPP in Edinburgh these days? I seem to have lost it or forgotten where it is/was.
― Euripides Trousers (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
It's not far from Harvey Nichols
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's on Rose Street, just off St. Andrews Square.
― treefell, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
One of the odd effects of Fopp is that I now never buy any Strut compilations until they go down to £5 - they all do eventually.
― seandalai, Monday, 8 February 2010 00:58 (1 year ago)
Indeed! Fopp Nottingham currently have a whole display rack of Strut releases on offer for £5 plus free sampler CD. I picked up the Walter Gibbons and Bob Blank comps.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:19 (twelve years ago) link