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Now your talking!
I was very interested in collection John Carpenter scores as I had been a huge fan and belonged to the fan club here in the UK! I saw an advert in the James Bond 007 fan club magazine advertising 58 Dean St Records ' a source for film soundtracks' and also a shop called 'Movie Boulevard' in Leeds.
So everytime I had an opportunity I visited the store in dean st and began my immense collection of vinyl - To this day I still have my wonderful collection and their shop bags!
I can remember them having pretty much every score by JC so I purchased the lot - 10 in all!
I got to know the owners quite well - Martin, Phillip and the scary guy!
On occasions to London I would go into the shop to find out the new releases and seem to purchase somewhat two or more vinyls at each visit!
Some rarities I have is an australian Raiders & Doom gatefoldout colour sleeve vinyls of the entire film in pictures and I purchased ALL the Elm St scores there aswell!
It was such a great atmosphere and I can remember when decided on buying your record you hand it over to whoever was on duty and he went back into the stockroom and brought out a BRAND NEW/FACTORY PRESSED RECORD. Then I saw them put the original record back on display! I remember going to their new premises near Oxford Circus but they began to offload their vinyl soundtracks and were more into shows and cd scores!
Miss them but I STILL see Martin now and again!
Great Times>>!
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It was interesting at the time to see them incorporating the first soundtrack CDs into their displays. There was much doubt about whether CD would catch on, but they embraced the format from the start, displaying them in some rather awkward wall racks that swung outwards from the wall.
I was a supporter of soundtrack CDs at that point, having tired of the useless pressings so many soundtrack LPs suffered from. So I bought quite a few of those early CDs from them.
If I recall correctly, the Gerhardt Empire Strikes Back and Kojian Robin Hood were two of the earliest I bought there.
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Apologies to G'Kar. 
I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we’ve exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
Ooohh - in the window I see 'Octopussy', 'Days of Heaven' & 'Mary Queen of Scots'. Damn I miss pawing through record bins. (I miss pawing through cd bins! If I recall correctly, either around the corner in the photo or, on this actual street, there were indeed sex-shops that made me think my cab driver was lost when he dropped me off. Nothing I hadn't seen before in San Francisco, but it just was a bit of a surprise. I think it was because I was in England and of course......The English don't have sex - as everyone knows.
Sort of like that scene in the porn cinema in 'American Werewolf in London'. 
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Everyone thinks of them as "58 Dean Street Records" but I assume they were really just "Dean Street Records" and happened to make the 58 on the left of their banner a bit too large.
Anyone recall if they were they listed in directories as 58 Dean Street Records, or just Dean Street Records?
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great shots , full of so many memories ,
talk about spot the cover, top soundtracks
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Yes, the Cinema Bookshop, sadly missed. Remember the guy who ran it had such a grey pallor from his chain-smoking habit. Great shop though!
- JMM.
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