Please enlighten me: good CD stores in Exeter?

nick to thread......

Martian Records down Gandy Street is the second-hand and cheap European import shop, staffed by metallers and booming Korn at volume.

Solo Records is yer top of the range independant shop with a good '3 for £20' sale range and excellent classical/country/world etc sections upstairs but is shite for dance/electronica/postrock.

HMV too small, Virgin too badly staffed.

Replay (or is it Reform?) Records the scary 'dance' shop with facial-hairded crusties behidn the counter scowling at you (but an excellent café/quick-lunch place next door!).

MVC the worst record shop ever but often with surprising little bits just languishing in the racks forgotten (old Fridge albums you can't find anywhere else for example).

Ooo...k. Thanx, Nick! All written down and ready to search for addresses. By the way, is any of these really close to Summerway, EX4 8JD?

For second hand vinyl I go to Hens' Teeth which is just down Gandy St from Martian. It's weak on CDs mind. I don't find Reform especially scary but then I tend to buy Exeter hip hop in there which I suppose they like.

Other good Exeter record shops: Pitts, Left Bank, Henderson's, Catapilla, Destiny One. All had their moments, each had its problems. Dead now, all dead.