About five or six (great band) years ago I had crossed the border in to Cornwall to go discovering the town of Liskeard. There I saw a shop with the sign "The Only Second Hand Record Shop In Cornwall", so since then my trips to the deep south have been limiting - what's the point?
The sign proved to be a lie, as I was in Falmouth the other day and discovered "Sounds OK", a secondhand record shop that has been operating for 20 or so years.
A small two roomed affair focussing mainly on 60's / 70's / 80's rock and pop but with a healthy and diverse Punk section. I managed to pick up a mint copy of "E(gg)clectic 1" the Fried Egg Records compilation from 1980 for £15. Most LP's seemed to run between £10 + £15. A small selection of Punk singles - The Clash, Madness, Lene Lovich - standard fayre.
The shop is on Arwenack Street, virtually opposite the Maritime Museum and well worth a visit if driving through these parts.
Now I have to rediscover Bodmin, Truro and Penzance … see if there are any shops there (Can any one help)?
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ReplyDeleteI visit Sounds OK whenever I am in Falmouth and always find something interesting. Did you visit Jam while you were there?
ReplyDeleteI can't comment on Penzance or Bodmin, but Music Nostalgia is worth a visit in Truro. But my Cornish second hand record shop highlight is Lost in Music in Camborne. I really did get lost in there for hours.
Thanks for the information.
DeleteI used to love A1 Music in Truro. Will certainly head for Camborne soon (passed there the other day to visit friends in Redruth)!
Went to Lost In Music last week. It was like a warehouse for Charity Shop overstock. Really poor. I would say "avoid".
DeleteI find the Vinyl Hub website most helpful in such circumstances https://www.vinylhub.com/
ReplyDeleteThere was a Test Dept record I nearly bought in Sounds OK last time I was in there and then there's that other record shop down the other end of town which does coffee and sells Wire magazine. There's a SH & new vinyl shop in Bodmin called "33" or something like that, it's on the corner of the old market hall. There's rather a lot of metal , but I picked up a decent priced SH Space Oddity vinyl, and also the Sleaford Mods CD which was displayed prominently(owner had seen them live and also warned me of the content ;-)). I spotted a Conrad Snitzler LP in there last time I was in, but it was pricey. There's major road works happening in Bodmin, so allow a bit of extra time. I must check out that Camborne place! Beerwolf, which is both a pub and a bookshop off that same main street in Falmouth, opposite M&S, has some good books in it. I say that because I picked up the paperback edition of "Albion Dreaming" that I contributed to, in there! Also a cheap copy of "Disinformation - the interviews" - they must pick up remainders or something. Happy shopping!
ReplyDeleteThank You Nigel. Looks like second hand vinyl shopping in Cornwall is getting better. We saw the Beerwolf place but was on a mission for veg pasties at the time, and on a timer for the car park! It all got a bit "rushed" in the end with Falmouth being bigger than imagined and the kids wanting to buy toys etc …
DeleteWe passed by your place too … should've popped in I know. Apologies.