This was "45's" in Gloucester - an independent record shop that sold cd's, vinyl, cassettes and gig tickets, as well as supplying a generous amount of flyers for raves and so on.
It's the same shop but caught in 2 different time periods in 2 different locations.
The top image is dated 1998 - the flyer on the door for an Astralasia gig in Lydney, confirms that.
When that closed down, they opened their new premises just around the corner from the old shop - the store in the 2nd picture.
The window display for The Cure's "Bloodflowers" album, dates that photo to 2000.
Yes the second location was right down the bottom of Northgate street. I bought so many records from there. There were a couple of disabled bays right outside, I'd pull in, run into the shop, grab a few white labels and nip back out before I got a ticket. Apart from that one time I did get a ticket.... most expensive record I ever bought...! Great memories
ReplyDeleteIn fact I just found it on Google maps, the disabled bays are still there. It's now called "Northgate Convenience Store" (as of 2024), number 64. *nostalgia intensifies*
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