London used bookstores w/ old music mags?

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Any recommendations on used bookstores in London with piles of old music magazines I could search through? I'm visiting in a couple weeks, and am trying to round up as many old copies of Blues and Soul Magazine as possible.

Any tips/leads/advice would be much appreciated.

― Ssweet (Syl), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)

Theres a film store on Brewer Street, near the corner of Rupert St that has started selling old music papers.
Also the rear of a musty old shop on Hanway St which runs along the back of Virgin Megastore on Oxford St sells magazines and periodicals might be yer best bet for Blues & Soul magazine. I forget the name, but it's really easy to find, being halfway along a short backstreet .

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:17 (twenty years ago)

The Notting Hill MVE bookshop (a little way up Pembridge Road from Notting Nill Gate) used to do some music magazines, it might be worth having a glance there.

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 14 November 2005 09:30 (twenty years ago)

If you are around on the weekend of the 26th/27th you should have try here: http://www.vip-24.com/wembley.htm

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 14 November 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

Any recommendations on used bookstores in London with piles of old jazz magazines I could search through?

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Monday, 14 November 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

If you are around on the weekend of the 26th/27th you should try here: http://www.vip-24.com/wembley.htm

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 14 November 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

Oops, crappy double post and double entendre combo....wahey!

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 14 November 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

the brewer street place is insane, like fkn £10 for an old face etc. join the british library or scour ebay.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 14 November 2005 10:25 (twenty years ago)

Oxfam Music Shops. I don't know about London, but they have a boxful in the Reading shop (some of them used to be mine (I am so generous it hurts)).

The Brewer Street place seems to have a very pronounced Kurt Cobain premium, but if all you want to do is rifle, it's probably as good a place as any to while away an afternoon. They are in plastic bags though.

For "used" jazz mags try the Barras in Glasgow.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 14 November 2005 11:06 (twenty years ago)

all i want to do is rofl.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 14 November 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for all the leads!

― Ssweet (Syl), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Anyone remember that rather thin 80's mag,
"Smash Hits" ? It had lyrics throughout, and
a superbly addictive presentation.

"Optimism - and Lots Of Drums" was the headline
for their Adam and the Ants article.All the merchandise
they sold in the ads at the back of the mag was
cool too.

Golly jeez how a miss the eightieeez...

:-[

(kashniffle)

― Jibby, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 05:15 (twenty years ago)

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