tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post6034578767724684772..comments2023-10-28T18:12:33.101+07:00Comments on The Opinionated Diner: There's a stack of shellac and vinyl / Which is yours now and which is mine? / 45Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-9153670108772943082010-05-06T02:01:33.156+07:002010-05-06T02:01:33.156+07:00God this was a trip down memory lane. The first 2n...God this was a trip down memory lane. The first 2nd Hand record place I went to was the Record Exchange's two stores in St Kevins Arcade.<br /><br />School teachers' stop work meeting, early 1979, day off school. Only 15, so we were supervised - Mum came up on the train from Papakura with me and a couple of mates.<br /><br />Mum was convinced there were drugs in the place. I couldn'tRob Hoskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781851818389502001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-12130934973501570072010-04-21T13:34:06.040+07:002010-04-21T13:34:06.040+07:00That's great. Thanks for taking the time. I ap...That's great. Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it.3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-11350584661630060142010-04-21T11:28:49.509+07:002010-04-21T11:28:49.509+07:00ok, album was jan 83 http://australian-charts.com/...ok, album was jan 83 http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Todd+Rundgren&titel=The+Ever+Popular+Tortured+Artist+Effect&cat=a (with, I guess a ℗1982 copyright date hence the confusion) so I reckon the single was the same monthSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-50329140281004282582010-04-21T11:19:01.134+07:002010-04-21T11:19:01.134+07:00it's on http://www.discogs.com/Todd-Rundgren-T...it's on http://www.discogs.com/Todd-Rundgren-The-Ever-Popular-Tortured-Artist-Effect/release/1393439<br /><br />which, looking at the Festival number for the release, was right at the end of 1982 (because the number is shortly before http://www.discogs.com/U2-War/release/786161 's in the Festival sequence and that was globally released on the same day). But when the single was lifted off Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-19039219955904328222010-04-21T08:42:07.483+07:002010-04-21T08:42:07.483+07:00Hey, Simon, could you help me with a bit of archae...Hey, Simon, could you help me with a bit of archaeology? <br /><br />I need a release date (just the *month*, really - late '82 or early '83, I think) for a Todd Rundgren single, "Bang The Drum All Day / Chant". I've looked everywhere for the info. Thanks if you can help.3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-8607846065231006832010-04-18T18:13:07.167+07:002010-04-18T18:13:07.167+07:00I used to head out to gemini a bit in the 1980s..l...I used to head out to gemini a bit in the 1980s..lots of Hip Hop that no-one else had. They're outside the scope of this though as I was ruthless in limiting it to the Central city areas.<br /><br />Otherwise it would go on and on and on...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-53490439047020862062010-04-18T16:14:30.701+07:002010-04-18T16:14:30.701+07:00awesome memories, great read
what about Gemini Re...awesome memories, great read<br /><br />what about Gemini Records in Otahuhu....dude had Planet Rock & all that real old school stuff<br /><br />swear Sam Hill bought his 1st copy of that from there<br /><br />RocknRoll records on fort st was my favsmac19https://www.blogger.com/profile/16505279848194483449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-25690571995410908022009-09-23T15:26:43.058+07:002009-09-23T15:26:43.058+07:00Used to really piss me off when they started putti...Used to really piss me off when they started putting stickers that tore the cover of the album when you tried to remove them. <br />Dave Perkins had the right idea at Taste - he put them just on the inside of the cover where it didn't really matter. I still have some of those LP's to this day almost 40 years on.OzScouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166687380792072035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-23642858136753041902009-09-03T04:09:11.562+07:002009-09-03T04:09:11.562+07:00Simon, thats the problem - we are addicts and good...Simon, thats the problem - we are addicts and good record shop people are extremely dangerous. I used to run away from primary school and hang out at record shops. As a 7 year old Lorayne sold me Flick the fire engine and then reached under the counter where the hard stuff was and gave me a Sarah Vaughan record and forced me to go off course and life has never been the same.nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460116542777530607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-41140135314844318962009-09-03T02:32:35.172+07:002009-09-03T02:32:35.172+07:00hahaha. Lorayne reminds me she ran The Maple Furn...hahaha. Lorayne reminds me she ran The Maple Furnishing Co Record Bar first in K Rd, then John Courts & then Music City & Peaches. Vulcan was called the Loft and was run by a lady called Shirley who is now Shirley Waugh. Beggs was run by the wonderful Kevin Hall who later went to Sydney.nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460116542777530607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-82707233632756815442009-09-02T16:29:58.686+07:002009-09-02T16:29:58.686+07:00see, now you are just confusing things Nige. Blood...see, now you are just confusing things Nige. Bloody vinyl junkies...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-28360916077361206752009-09-02T16:17:10.634+07:002009-09-02T16:17:10.634+07:00Or was that Vulcan Lane one originally called the ...Or was that Vulcan Lane one originally called the Loft? I have a feeling Gordons, a very early import shop of jazz was in Durham St.nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460116542777530607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-76675291844890623472009-09-02T10:28:48.585+07:002009-09-02T10:28:48.585+07:00Great list Simon - hope someone has photos and rec...Great list Simon - hope someone has photos and record bags to complete the nostalgia. Vulcan Lane? Music City was Lorayne's store and there was a verye arly upstairs one called Gordons record shop which had early imported jazz. Beggs and Wisemans were also early chains in Q St.nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460116542777530607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-41001964721305233002009-09-01T04:58:45.729+07:002009-09-01T04:58:45.729+07:00LOL at the chart in Sounds, Manukau. Used to fill ...LOL at the chart in Sounds, Manukau. Used to fill that one in a bit...<br /><br />Yeah this blog is amazing Simon, so many memories. I can vividly remember buying the No Tag EP from there like it was yesterday, the image is burned into my brain.<br /><br />Good call by Heidi about Manu too, he was a really awesome guy and between him and Kerry had an extensive knowledge. Unfortunately he passed Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711475254645747834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-78433615805729042562009-08-31T15:35:34.514+07:002009-08-31T15:35:34.514+07:00The saying in the 1990s was that the singles chart...The saying in the 1990s was that the singles chart was decided on Thursday evening at Sounds in Manukau.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-83409413592903110202009-08-31T15:05:26.011+07:002009-08-31T15:05:26.011+07:00I remember Manu at Rock n Roll Records. He was a r...I remember Manu at Rock n Roll Records. He was a real cool dude. Kerry Buchanan was and still is the ultimate vinyl guru.<br /><br />St Lukes Tru Tone was cool but Sounds Manukau with Sirvere, Kirk Harding, Mike Morgan, Brian, Icepick, and many other hanger ons was where the party was at. The madness that went on there on Thursday late nights is probably best left in the past!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917130871757042118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-16445703418393159082009-08-26T11:24:35.419+07:002009-08-26T11:24:35.419+07:00Thanks Mike, I'd made the decision not to incl...Thanks Mike, I'd made the decision not to include currently open shops, hence Beat Merchants and DMC are missingSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-53869203169023513222009-08-26T10:57:32.371+07:002009-08-26T10:57:32.371+07:00AFIK uptown records is a different entity to lowpa...AFIK uptown records is a different entity to lowpass records, although it occupies the same, now renovated premesis in La Gonda arcade.<br /><br />You are also missing Beat Merchants on Victoria street, which specialises in hip hop, dubstep/grime and drum and bass.<br /><br />and DMC on High Street<br /><br />I can't remember what it was called but there was also a store in Beresford Square deletedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002415274366842312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-59119088967673498082009-08-26T05:24:13.272+07:002009-08-26T05:24:13.272+07:00This is so nostalgic it makes me want to puke with...This is so nostalgic it makes me want to puke with joy! Basement Records -- in the corner of the basement of The Corner, where I'd go hunting for the strangest things... and "256 Records And Cassettes" -- whose early 80s ad on bFM got me into the ad game in the first place. Ah, sigh...! THANKS SIMON!Greg Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518962079086047547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-7079493693879382222009-08-25T12:08:33.602+07:002009-08-25T12:08:33.602+07:00Hi Simon, great piece of local history. A couple y...Hi Simon, great piece of local history. A couple you've missed (perhaps on purpose). Jim's Record Spot (Panmure), Revenge Records (Hunter's Corner) - used to get some goodies here, and Checker Records (Remuera). The guy who ran Basement records was Dave from Dead Flowers... Cheers, JubtUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093706531096618822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-54222182383574850082009-08-25T11:26:15.434+07:002009-08-25T11:26:15.434+07:00funny too that the Record Warehouse should have go...funny too that the Record Warehouse should have gone belly up in the Sharemarket Crash, since it was the new (then, but there no longer) Stock Exchange that replaced them when the Durham Lane West building was demolished.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139695942351452338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-68871694634027625052009-08-25T11:24:02.204+07:002009-08-25T11:24:02.204+07:00I remember the Record Warehouse well, having hatch...I remember the Record Warehouse well, having hatched a cunning plan to steal a whole bunch of records. The heist involved going to the second floor with a ton of records and escaping through the fire exit which they regularly kept open (and unsupervised) as a defacto air conditioner. I wrote it up as a film script, but when my school chums realised it wasn't really a movie we were going to doNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139695942351452338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-40806642872407272812009-08-25T10:33:58.843+07:002009-08-25T10:33:58.843+07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lewis Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251120497152489529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-36574634225396584702009-08-25T10:27:51.614+07:002009-08-25T10:27:51.614+07:00....and BIZARRE BEATS on K 'Rd.....and BIZARRE BEATS on K 'Rd.Mark Wallbankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483170604632476476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-80942229870058157282009-08-25T10:01:59.737+07:002009-08-25T10:01:59.737+07:00I'll wait a day or two to see what others I re...I'll wait a day or two to see what others I remember then give the map a go tooSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.com