Record Store Day

[Rolmill]

Forsyth's is a good start (the only such store I know in Manchester). Deyails here (go to "Music" for CDs - the store sells all sorts of Music equipment):

http://www.forsyths.co.uk/music

Thanks fhg, Forsyth's looks good and will be my first port of call when swmbo + eldest sprog drag me shopping. Googling also throws up some possible smaller shops not too far away, so I think I'll be able to pass the time very satisfactorily. There is obviously plenty to see anyway (art gallery, Royal Exchange Theatre, Bridgewater Hall etc).

[EdgeleyRob]

Forsyth's is just about all there is these days

[Petrushka]

I haven't been to Manchester for many years but I remember many a happy hour in Forsyth's and Gibbs purchasing LPs.

What happened to the Free Trade Hall? Did it get demolished?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

What happened the Free Trade Hall? Did it get demolished?

No - it's now a hotel/conference centre.

[Petrushka]

No - it's now a hotel/conference centre.

Thanks. I've not been since 1978 and a day in Manchester with a trip to Forsyth's and a concert in the Bridgewater Hall might not be a bad idea.

[Barbirollians]

I went into Forsyths today and it really is like stepping back in time .

Someone was trying out a piano at the back of the shop , it sounded like Pip Eastop's Mozart recording was being played in the CD section. Elderly customers were ordering a record or two and they still 45 years after his death have a special CD section devoted to Barbirolli ! Next to the one of the Halle label CDs .

I found Christian Tetzlaff's Schumann Violin Concerto recording in the sale section and jolly good it is too .

[Alison]

What a great feeling it was when a record had been ordered and had arrived at the shop!

[edashtav]

I went into Forsyths today and it really is like stepping back in time .

Someone was trying out a piano at the back of the shop , it sounded like Pip Eastop's Mozart recording was being played in the CD section. Elderly customers were ordering a record or two and they still 45 years after his death have a special CD section devoted to Barbirolli ! Next to the one of the Halle label CDs .

I found Christian Tetzlaff's Schumann Violin Concerto recording in the sale section and jolly good it is too .

Yes, Forsyth's is a haven of delight - even its main entrance door displays a desire to inhabit a more lop-sided, individual era.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Forsyths is a truly great music shop.

On the other side of the coin, I was in Banks in York yesterday. The entire CD section has been reduced to Naxos only, and what used to be the one of the best sheet music department departments in the country seems to reduce in size every time I go in. No wonder the shop was nearly empty. Music Sales seems to destroy every shop it takes over.

[hmvman]

Forsyths is a truly great music shop.

On the other side of the coin, I was in Banks in York yesterday. The entire CD section has been reduced to Naxos only, and what used to be the one of the best sheet music department departments in the country seems to reduce in size every time I go in. No wonder the shop was nearly empty. Music Sales seems to destroy every shop it takes over.

Agreed. Banks used to be a wonderful shop but since the Music Room takeover they only seem interested in selling guitars and keyboards.

[Serial_Apologist]

Forsyths is a truly great music shop.

Rather a long way away, sadly.

[EdgeleyRob]

What a great feeling it was when a record had been ordered and had arrived at the shop!

Indeed,and grabbing a fistful of those glossy DG,EMI,Phillips etc catalogues.
Forsyths always had loads of them IIRC.

[Barbirollians]

Some bargains in my local HMV today - kaufmann's recent operetta CD reduced to £3.99 and some of the Classic FM full works reduced to £2.99 including the Baker/King/Haitink Das Lied

[Nick Armstrong]

Some bargains in my local HMV today - kaufmann's recent operetta CD reduced to £3.99 and some of the Classic FM full works reduced to £2.99 including the Baker/King/Haitink Das Lied

Last night on the way home, I stopped in the 363 Oxford Street HMV to return the impulse purchase Havergal Brian CD from a couple of weeks ago. I wandered around for ages, flicking through the paltry classical shelves, and there was nothing I wanted

I ended up swapping it for 2 blu-ray films (non-music)....

[Barbirollians]

Which HB disc was that ?