by neilmc » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:49 am
My record-buying heyday was late '60s to mid '70s, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned Hades, which was in Bath Street, just along from 23rd Precinct, and across from East Bath Lane (my preferred short-cut to Bruces). At ground level, if memory serves, Hades sold singles and posters (and probably loon pants), but downstairs was where you got your King Crimson and Soft Machine, and it was heaven.
Another notable omission is the Music Centre, which was in Buchanan Street, roughly where Forbidden Planet is. It was more of a traditional record shop, but again you went downstairs for the serious album action; didn't sell loon pants though....
Now, Listen Records ("Cheap 'n' Nasty Records & Tapes"). The very original Listen was, I'm sure, in the long-since-demolished Dundas Place, before moving to Cambridge Street, opposite Cuthbertsons. I remember their advert in Glasgow's answer to Oz and IT, an underground magazine called The Word. It was a cartoon of a typical wee Glesga wifie (possibly drawn by a young Malky McCormack) with the caption "It's a' thae weird records". Very apt, but couldn't hold a candle to Hades though!