Asylum

13 Home Street, Tollcross

 
From the 1979 Edinburgh telephone directory

 


 Back Beat Records

26 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge 


From the 1984 Edinburgh telephone directory.


 

Bandparts

9 Union Place 


From the 1965 Edinburgh telephone directory.


 Bruce's

45 Shandwick Place 
134a Princess Street
79 Rose Street


From the 1981 Edinburgh telephone directory.


79 Rose Street.   © S.S. 2009.

School kids outside Bruce's, Princess Street.  Thank you to Simon Clegg for the picture.


 

Fopp

42-44 Cockburn Street (the original Edinburgh Fopp)


42-44 Cockburn Street 2009.    © S.S. 2009.

 


 

 GI Records

37-39 Cockburn Street


 Greyfriars Market

14 Forrest Road in Oddfellows Hall- The Ezy Ryder/Hot Wax owner was Bert Muirhead who incidentally wrote this indispensable book

 
From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


Gutter Music

19 Henderson Row, one of the proprietors of Gutter Music was Allan Campbell who promoted concerts around Edinburgh under the name Psychotic Reaction, and was also the manager of Josef K. The manager was Andre Thornton Grimes.


From the 1981 Edinburgh telephone directory.


19 Henderson Row  © S.S. 2009.


 

Head Quarters

11 South College Street


From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


 

Hell

45 Thistle Street
28 Lady Lawson Street - later The Last Record Shop and Avalanche. The Hell shop apparently had a sign at the bottom of the road stating "go to hell!!" 


28 Lady Lawson Street.  © S.S. 2009.

 Hot Licks

47 & 32 Cockburn Street


From the 1977 Edinburgh telephone directory.


Hot Licks bag showing 32 Cockburn Street
 

47 Cockburn Street  © S.S. 2009.
32 Cockburn Street.   © S.S. 2009.


 Jeffrey's Audio House

6/8 Bread Street


From the 1975 Edinburgh telephone directory.  I have included the recording studio entry aswell, as it has the same proprietor.  I presume this is the famous "Craighall Studios".


 Listen

Frederick Street


Frederick Street.   © S.S. 2009.


 Other Record Shop

46 High Street
17 St Mary's Street 
Princess Street


From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


17 St Mary's Street  © S.S. 2009.


46 High Street  © S.S. 2009.


Thank you to Jeff for this photo.


 Pheonix

215 High Street 


From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


215 High Street  © S.S. 2009.
 

Thank you to Harry for this bag.

Record Exchange
 
1 Brunswick Street
46 South Clerk Street

From the 1972 Edinburgh telephone directory.
 
 
46 South Clerk Street 2009.   © S.S. 2009.


 

Ripping Records/Sound Centre

17 Easter Road (Sound Centre)
91 South Bridge (Sound Centre/Ripping Records) The Sound Centre store opened at this location on 10th December 1975, becoming Ripping Records in 1978.  Ripping was named after the Michael Palin series "Ripping Yarns" airing on the BBC between 1977-1979.  Thank you to John for the information. 


From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


Sounds Super Record Shop

211 Portobello High Street


From the 1981 Edinburgh telephone directory.


 Sweet Inspiration

14 Morrison Street


From the 1979 Edinburgh telephone directory.


 

Virgin Stores

61 Thistle Street- The first of the Edinburgh Virgin Shops
131 Princess Street
18a Frederick Street


From the 1973 Edinburgh telephone directory.


From the 1976 Edinburgh telephone directory.


From the 1982 Edinburgh telephone directory.


61 Thistle Street  © S.S. 2009.

18a Frederick Street.  © S.S. 2009.

Early 1980's "crinkly" Virgin 7" single bag.
 

An advert for Binns department store.  Binns had a popular record department.  From the 1965 Edinburgh telephone directory.
 

While I was trawling through the old directories I came across this full page advert.  An indication of far simpler times methinks!!  Retro heaven! From the 1976 directory.
 

More retro gold.  What makes this even better is it's from the 1981 directory, NOT the 1971 edition!!
Will YOU join the Trimphone set?

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