Garth Cartwright
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In his exhaustively researched book, Garth Cartwright tells the story of Britain’s record shops, tracing the roots to earliest stores like Cardiff’s Spillers or London’s HMV Oxford, right through the years to the major players like Virgin, Tower and others before the internet virtually wiped out all competition. Past times are recalled when the shops were a common meeting and listening place, and specialist music (jazz, folk and others) outlets flourished, frequently detailing the person and their store, like Richard Branson’s Virgin, Brian Epstein’s NEMS and Andy Gray’s Andy’s Records, the good alongside the dodgy dealers in the author’s extensive coverage of UK retailers.
An entirely fresh slant on the music business, the book concludes with a current store directory, although some listed may have subsequently gone the way of others in the book – closed up shutter – since the book’s publication.… (mehr)