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Josef wrote:I've never heard of a Virgin Records store in Glasgow prior to the Megastore in Union Street, but regardless, there wouldn't have been one in the sixties. The bearded crook's first shop was opened in 1971.
[Edit] Tell a lie. The ever informative Dexter has already mentioned it.
Bridie wrote:Josef wrote:I've never heard of a Virgin Records store in Glasgow prior to the Megastore in Union Street, but regardless, there wouldn't have been one in the sixties. The bearded crook's first shop was opened in 1971.
[Edit] Tell a lie. The ever informative Dexter has already mentioned it.
and I worked(?) in it
eldubbug wrote:Extensive google searches have brought me here, and it seems as good a place as any to ask. To settle a debate, does anybody know the opening and closing dates of the original Virgin Records on Argyle Street/Wellington Street? Most sources have it as early 70s, but I have somewhere here who insists it was around in the late 60s.
Josef wrote:Bridie wrote:Have you managed to get the smell of incense out of your clothing yet?
Bridie wrote:Josef wrote:Bridie wrote:Have you managed to get the smell of incense out of your clothing yet?
naw I love the smell of patchouli in the morning
moonbeam wrote:Used to be a wee record shop in Burgher Street at Parkhead Cross in the 1960s. I think the guy who ran it had another shop in Tollcross Road that sold jazz records in the late 1950s. He sold records at the Gallowgate opposite the Barras at weekends. I seem to recall meeting Adam McNaught of the jeely piece song fame in one of his shops.
I seem to remember was it Tam Bruces? record shop in Shettleston Road. They had a "Nolans" promo on and the Nolans turned up and signed their LP. I seem to recall Tower Records having groups on the first floor at lunch time. They opened the windows onto Argyll St and the traffic got stopped by the crowds.
Josef wrote:I've never heard of a Virgin Records store in Glasgow prior to the Megastore in Union Street, but regardless, there wouldn't have been one in the sixties. The bearded crook's first shop was opened in 1971.
[Edit] Tell a lie. The ever informative Dexter has already mentioned it.
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