MDT R.I.P

[pastoralguy]

That's exactly how I feel about my childhood/early adulthood haunt, Rae Macintosh in South Queensferry Street in Edinburgh, vinteuil. The hours I must have spent in there as a youngster! Although it still exists, it's nowhere near the nirvana I remember as a 15 year old.

[Braunschlag]

It was in Old Blacksmith's Yard, off Sadler Gate. There used to be another classical store tucked away in Duckworth Square, Derby (long since demolished), called Collector's Record Centre, which had a wonderful selection of LPs, then CDs. Had many a happy lunch hour in those.

I’ve been trying to remember the Duckworth Square shop name, CRC it was. Guy who ran it could seem aloof when you first met him but he didn’t half know his catalogue. Bought my first Solti CD Ring set from there, one per month I think. Once I’d done that he was most helpful and encouraging, he lent me some old ROH programmes, he’d seen nearly every singer, he knew his trade.
There was another, Dixon’s, in an arcade, smaller stock though, it fizzled out.
MDT was a really smart shop, in a nice yard but surrounded by bars and boutiques, tucked away as well.

Laughed at Conchis derogatory (but,sadly, completely true), remark about Derby. Melvyn Bragg was right with his cultural desert remark. I com from there, I take no offence, the town really never tried anywhere near hard enough.

[AmpH]

Very sad news indeed about MDT. I've had excellent service both from them and 'Englishpostbox'. So now it's really only PRESTO or AMAZON.

...... and not forgetting Europadisc.

[vinteuil]

...... and not forgetting Europadisc.

... nor jpc.de


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[french frank]

(Why can't the header come out in capitals?)

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[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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Is that what it was?

[french frank]

Is that what it was?

I presume so - it seems to have worked.

[MickyD]

... nor jpc.de


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Yes, well worth doing business with for all those interesting CPO releases.