Never seen it cheaper than £16 before.
Which was fair enough, I guess, but I have Out Here off a tape from the album..
― Mark G, Friday, 6 February 2009 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
So, what with Zavvi closing the day before I could get to TCR, and my sometime coach trip overnight from Victoria to Newcastle, thought I'd pop into Fopp, not believing there'd be much different to 2 weeks ago.
Hmm!
Let's just say if I hadn;t been travelling, there'd be a bunch of Lee Perry singles comps (2LP's) £3 , Who box sets £12 and other such (They had the 4CD Amy Winehouse box for £5, more of those Bedazzled DVDs, and that Warner Wertzog DVD collection that ICurtis would have died for oops very sorry now shamed)
Anyway, settled on:
A 4 7" single Reggae set, £3"Flow Motion" Can, CD, £3A Joe Meek 4 track single, £1a "Reggae Greats" 4CD box/book for £3 (criminal, that price!)and "I wanna punk rock" 10 7" singles box, £2 (so's that!)
Theye had literally hundreds of that box!
Might go and poll that..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
which fopp is that? I'm on London next thursday and never been to Fopp before...
do they have much in the way of vinyl bargains in general?
― Jack Battery-Pack, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Not tons of different things, but quite a lot of 'ooh, might try that' items in bulk quantities.
Shaftesbury Avenue, between Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road tube. (LSq is closer one, go north from there)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
in the bristol fopp, they are clearing out excess sanctuary stock. hence the antidote records back catalogue is now @ £3 a pop (madlib/nextmen/shortcut cut up mixes of trojan classics being of brilliance, as is the Steinski mix of sugarhill), along with a LOT of trojan/sanctaury stuff for £3.tis almost too much choice.
― mark e, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Oooh, hope they do likewise at Fopplondon
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Blimey. I guess I'm going to Fopp this lunchtime then!
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Those Reggae and the punk ones are Sanctuary, true. Actually, so's that Joe Meek one.
So, what's happening Sancwise?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, Google seems to suggest there's a Fopp in Wardour street.
True?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Trojan is Sanctuary. Hope they'e not going under or sumthin'.
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, Google seems to suggest there's a Fopp in Wardour street.First I've heard of it, but if it's true it'll be closer to me, so I'd best have a look...
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Fopp website only lists the Shaftesbury Ave/Charing Cross Rd one
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:43 (fifteen years ago) link
The Wardour Street address appears to be Fopp's head office rather than a shop as such.
― Bernard Braden Misreads Stephen Leacock (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah right. Ta.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lunch time bonus points :
pama international - trojan sessions [very rare as the album was never distributed as it was caught in the sanctuary collapse chaos]savage pencil presents .. lion vs dragon in dub [worth it for the cover alone !]king tubby meets the aggravators at dub station [allmusic tells me this a classic album]lee perry - dubstrumentals [3 complete lee perry albums on 2 cds]trojan uk hits box set - 3 cd set of all the 70s reggae stuff you know from the radio - a party soundtrack in a box.
£15.
thats me sorted for a few days.
― mark e, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
You lucky bastard, they better have that stuff in the London one
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
lee perry - dubstrumentals [3 complete lee perry albums on 2 cds]
I have got this though. £3??!?!?!?
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
mad innit.i am grinning from ear to ear.never even seen the savage pencil set before, but at that price .. you just know that once this stock is gone, these cds will be impossible to track down (a la when they cleared out the Output catalogue for £3 each).
― mark e, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Bugger. Oh well, I did manage to pick up a load of Lee Perry vinyl boxsets for £3 over Christmas. But nothing of that nature on cd back then. I don't even have a bloody record player at the mo. But couldn't resist.
― sam500, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
and "I wanna punk rock" 10 7" singles box, £2 (so's that!)
Was looking for this but couldn't find it :(
The Can CD's aren't the remasters, so sod that. MASSES of cheap reggae but dunno where to start with that, nothing I'm specifically looking for. Ended up just getting the new(ish) Portishead & Spiritualized CDs (£5 & £3 respectively)
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
The Can CD's aren't the remasters, so sod that.
yeah i was rly back-and-forth on these. i've got the canonical ones on remaster, dunno if i need the other stuff THAT much on pricey remaster, but held back nonetheless.
― meme economist (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep hoping the Can remasters will turn up in the £5 section, but not yet.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I did get the "Future Days" remaster for £5 (here), back when Rdg had one.
That punk set? They had tons! Literally. Did you ask? Or maybe they sold like buckets, or got redistibuted or something.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
The "Flow Motion" wasn't the remaster, true, in fact I bought it sort-of by accident, as I had forgotten I was still holding it when I went to the till. £3 though.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Whereabouts were the I Wanna Punk Rock boxes then? I suppose I should've asked...
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
There were some upstairs, some downstairs, and a big stack behind the till.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
(not downstairs, I mean ground floor)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I think they must have sold them all, I looked upstairs and ground floor.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
They're punk rock daft, them kids
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't see any of those punk sets in the bristol, though i wasn't really looking to be honest.there were lots (LOTS) of copies of the amy winehouse 4 cd boxset (4 cds ?) for a mere £4.
― mark e, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I think the problem with that set was that the 2CD sets had been bought individually already by those that might have wanted it.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I got all the £3 Can albums (5 in total); even though they aren't the remasters, I couldn't resist. Also got a Carter Family 2CD for £3 and Miles Davis "Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time" 2CD for £6.
― krakow, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I got a Black Oak Arkansas 2CD compilation for £5! Carry on...
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Clancy Eccles 2cd anthology + Ranking Joe's "Dub It In a Dance", £3 each. Could have got more, but wasn't in a buying mood.
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 February 2009 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
decided it was time to fill out my meagre Trojan collection. so, got all 5 volumes of the "Tighten Up" series (2002 expanded editions).may go back on friday for more, if there is anything left by then.
― mark e, Thursday, 26 February 2009 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Shut It! Music from the Sweeney CD + a Hot Butter comp CD + a Colissem II 2CD thing + the Rush R30 2DVD+2CD box set, all for £3 (from Cambridge Circus)
The shop was pretty busy last night too; the box sets on special offer seemed to be flying off the shelves.
― Jeff W, Friday, 27 February 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
New Boots & Panties, Kill 'em All, Never Say Die, Sweet 2cd anthology, Steeleye Span - 10 Man Mop 2cd expanded - all £3Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump - £5That Sun Records 8cd + 7" thing - £15and the crowning glory - Uriah Heep : You Can't Keep A Good Band Down (first 7 albums in cd replica sleeves + box) - £5
Happy birthday to me! 41 today and I spent £40 - the only way of making it £41 I could see was some Kooks album or something, so no.
― Matt #2, Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Three quidders:
Johnny Guitar Watson - 3CD anthology (yowzah!)Steeleye Span - Ten Man Mop (2CD edition)
Both Sanctuary, so hopefully other Steeleye + folk stuff available
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Sun Ra, "Space is the Place" DVD, £4
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, what else? (Might be passing tomorrow)
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely worth popping in
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:10 (fifteen years ago) link
oh boo I won't be around for ages. Last time I was there there were a surprising number of decent books for £2, I got myself a couple of Virginia Woolf novels, a Hemingway one, and some hardback collection of Jonathan Franzen essays at that price. There seems to be more in the way of the very very cheap than there used to be.
― Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Merdeyeux), Friday, 27 March 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd be up for Franzen at cheap, but all the bargain books in our city centre branch are a bit rubbish to my mind.
― krakow, Friday, 27 March 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, a bit light this time. Mind you, last time was sensational! (See upthread)
Anyway, settled for "Right time, wrong speed" the John Peel 2CD, £5"Tomorrow" (Keith West, Mark Wirtz,etc) £7
Happy with that.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Recently: the 4th, 5th and 6th Byrds LPs, remastered and extended, in a CD box, for ... £4.
― the pinefox, Monday, 30 March 2009 09:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Got the Complete Jack Johnson sessions box for £25, which I was pretty pleased about.
― krakow, Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
lucky git. any left?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I bought it on Friday afternoon, they had about 10-15 copies or so then. I reckon they'll still have a bunch.
Also got the Seven Steps Complete Columbia Recording 63-64 box in that series for £22. Both are the short metal-case versions.
― krakow, Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I got that Byrds 3-CD box for £4 yesterday, and a 4-CD Sugar Hill Records box set for £5.
They also had Chemical Chords by Stereolab for £4.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I got a bunch of £2 books as well, including that Franzen memoir that I was bemoaning Glasgow's lack of just above. A successful Friday lunchtime shopping trip indeed.
― krakow, Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link