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Bumped for mark
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I was in England twice in the late 60s and early 70s as a teenager. I'm lucked into a record store in Soho that just had soundtracks--58 Dean Street, right? I remember buying Zulu there, and subsequently did some mail-order business with them. These days you can get whatever is available on line, but on those 2 trips back then (Paris, also) I bought Zulu, Boom! and The Raging Moon (at a department store), John Barry Plays 007 at HMV, Once Upon a Time in the West (it had not been released in America), and 45s from Macadam Cowboy (in France) and In Cold Blood. I will be back in Paris in May and hopefully can squeeze in a record store or two.
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Dave Norris has answered that mate.
Just go thru the thread.
Maestax talks about them as well.
And for a brothers update from Dave, see the other dean street thread.
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Jan 16, 2020 - 9:37 AM
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celluloid70
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Having just read this thread, I thought that I would like to share a couple of fond and somewhat amusing memories that I have of 58 Dean Street Records when Derek ran the 'show'.
As an avid collector I used to frequent the shop on a regular basis as I worked in SoHo and on one particular visit with a friend who
had promised Derek a copy of Herman's Twisted Nerve on the Polydor label but didn't have it with him, was verbally assaulted by Derek as we entered the shop.
'Where's my Twisted Nerve ?' Derek shouted out across the store. To this, a surprised customer turned to Derek and replied, 'At your age, you should know'.
Almost at an instance, Derek replied, to the customer, 'If you don't know what your looking for then **** off'
Another time whilst I was there, a customer asked Derek whether he did mail order, 'Yes' Derek replied, 'Spelt Male'.
SoHo in those days was full of amazing characters and 58 Dean Street was certainly a place to find interesting soundtracks and insults. Lol.
Oh and by the way, Harlequin record shop was on the corner of Dean st and Old Compton st.
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That is both disgraceful and funny.
I seriously think that there would be an unbelievably rude and riotously funny xrated sitcom based around Derek in his record shop.
Id describe him as a chubby foul-mouthed version of Larry Grayson but with basil fawlty's brutal sarcasm and insults.
James fitz would be the man for the best stories coz he had the most exposure to his unbelievable antics.
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Yeah cheapo cheapo offered good bargains.
Mostly cheaper LPs that were everywhere anyway but sometimes rarer ones.
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Hi All
Just thought I would post something a little more positive about Derek. I had a friend who also into film music and while looking at some albums in the window, he was practically assaulted by a drunk homeless looking person, well Derek saw this and came charging out of the shop and gave this fellow a good talking to and basically sent him packing. My friend was very grateful as apparently was a nasty situation.
I also have many good memories of 58 Dean St Records, once saw Peter Ustinov walking down Dean St past the shop, he did not go in though!
I was in their relocated shop the day before it closed down, but did not realise this at the time! They had a lot of reduced albums for sale, but as I did not have much time as was there just before closing, I only managed to grab a few LP's. Then I found out a week or so later they had closed on the Saturday, not sure what happened to all their stock but there was a lot let as well as CDs. I always regretted not having more time to get some of these bargains and have a proper look.
It was a sad day when they, and Dress Circle, closed down. End of an era.
Now I satisfy my physical soundtrack purchasing cravings via shops like The Record Album in Brighton and Backtrack in Rye, as well as record fairs and other record shops like I mentioned in the other post.
Dave
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