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Wedge Standard Userer	Okay all you London Locals out there -- I'm almost SURE I remember hearing talk of soundtrack specialty stores thereabouts, where boots and limited or rare issue CDs can be found. I'm headed for London in just a few days. I need locations and prices, if it's not too much trouble. I'd be most appreciative. Thanks!
posted 06-08-2000 10:45 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Hi Wedge, alas there are not many, try RARE DISCS on 18 Bloomsbury street which is just off Oxford street (the main shopping area in the centre of London) though I doubght you'll find many boots or promo's there?!,the guy's who run the shop are friendly and knowledgable. Also try HMV on Oxford street (note that there is also a smaller branch on the same road) which has a massive selection of soundtracks, though please note at UK prices....in other words STEEP! situated on Piccadilly Circus is Tower Records, with a street map all of these are within walking distance. What a shame you weren't up in London a couple of weeks ago for Goldsmith's concerts?! So Wedge are you here for business or pleasure? tim
posted 06-08-2000 11:19 AM PT (US)

pietari Standard Userer	There´s a place called the Cinema Store nearl TRafalgar Square. I can´t remember the street name now, but it might have something to do with the Academy of SAint-Martin in the Fields (some sort of concert hall?). All I remember is it´s in that direction from Trafalgar. They´ve got boots and promos but the proces are very steep. NP-Chill Factor score **/*** (This is definitely growing on me!)
posted 06-08-2000 01:55 PM PT (US)

Wedge Standard Userer	Thanks for the info! quote: Originally posted by Timmer: What a shame you weren't up in London a couple of weeks ago for Goldsmith's concerts?! Yeah, I know! ESPECIALLY his "Star Trek" themed performance. I'd'a bled for that one! quote: So Wedge are you here for business or pleasure? tim Pleasure. I hope. I'm going with my family, after all. Hey, if you're up for it, e-mail me a phone number! I'm going to be in town for four days. Perhaps we can get together for lunch or something.
posted 06-08-2000 02:39 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Standard Userer	Is "58 Dean Street" still around? As I remember it, that was partly owned by the same fellows (or some of them) who founded Silva Screen. I was only there once (in 1991), but I found some excellent rarities there. You can find it at -- yes -- 58 Dean Street in central London. If it's still there, that is.
posted 06-08-2000 02:45 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Yes Your H'ness 58 Dean St.,whoa what memoriies for me,I bought TON'S of stuff there either by mail or personally dropping in from around 1979 to 1996, It was a lovely little place (and it was little), 58 Dean St. is now the above mentioned RARE DISCS and it's still run by the twin's (can't remember there names?),It's still good for rare Vinyl but not so good on the cd front! p.s. It wasn't TON'S, but it was enough to have a serious weight training session with! NP : Monte Walsh - Barry
posted 06-08-2000 05:48 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Wedge, did you get my e-mail?, i'm having a few hard drive problems at the moment.
posted 06-09-2000 04:58 AM PT (US)

Pete M Standard Userer	Yeah, 58 Dean Street moved to become Rare Discs. And when I visited during the Goldsmith concert period, thay had a few cassettes being sold off for £1 each - I got Poltergeist 2, Backdraft, Hoffa, & others. If they've got any left, it's worth checking out. np Leftism - Leftfield
posted 06-09-2000 07:21 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	I'm heading to London for a few days in early February - any new stores you guys have discovered apart from the 3 mentioned above? Especially ones with used CDs...
posted 01-07-2005 01:50 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Hiya Mark, 58 Dean Street no longer exists, it's called Rare Discs and has so few CD's it's almost not worth bothering with unless your looking for rare Vinyl. Tower Records on Piccadilly Circus is still there but it's now either Virgin or HMV (can't remember which) and still has a decent soundtrack sellection. HMV and Virgin still have superstores on Oxford Street. The Cinema Store on Upper St.Martins Lane has quite a selection including FSM and other specialists releases (including b**ts), but are extremely expensive. And, of course, ALL at wonderfully cheap British prices [insert sarcastic icon here] If Richard Street is still looking in on this board he's your real man to ask as he knows all the good second hand shops etc. Tim [Message edited by Timmer on 01-09-2005]
posted 01-09-2005 06:30 AM PT (US)

FalkirkBairn Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: Tower Records on Piccadilly Circus is still there but it's now either Virgin or HMV (can't remember which) and still has a decent soundtrack sellection. It's now a Virgin Megastore. The Cinema Store on Upper St. Martin's Lane does have a reasonable selection - but as Timmer says, it's very expensive considering how easy it is to get these CDs online. But there are some surprise finds that may tempt. Doesn't The Forbidden Planet (on Shaftsbury Avenue?) store have a selection of movie score CDs? But, I think their selection is limited.
posted 01-09-2005 08:30 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Your right Alan, Forbidden Planet has a very limited selection of mostly Dr. Who soundtracks and the usual Horror Sci-Fi....nothing you can't find in the bigger stores.
posted 01-09-2005 07:42 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	p.s. Mark, are you in London for business or pleasure?
posted 01-11-2005 09:09 AM PT (US)

Ron Pulliam Standard Userer	Back in 1984, I was in London for a few days of leave following a week in Luton where I conducted some military training, and I was determined to find some of those fantastic European and Japanese reissues of impossible-to-find LPs. I could find no specific listings of shops in the phone books, so I set out on foot in and around Piccadilly Circus. I took the tube to SoHo and a couple of other places, but found little to nothing and considered myself a most unfortunate fellow. Anxious to return to my hotel (The Tower), I was trying to orient myself back toward Piccadilly and the tube entrance when I found myself staring directly across the street at a plate glass window with "58 Dean Street" painted across it with promises of soundtracks and original casts and all sorts of other incredible stuff. I have since believed I was being "led" to this store. It was late in the day and I had little more than an hour to shop before they closed. Still, I managed to pick up about 20 LPs, including "The Swan" and a stereo "Mutiny on the Bounty" (which had eluded me for more than 20 years), "A Certain Smile," "An Affair to Remember" and several other wonderful titles. I went back to my hotel, had a wonderful dinner and slept like a baby. I was leaving the next day. I got up early, packed, checked out and hailed a cab. I asked the cabbie to take me to the airport with a stop at 58 Dean Street where I planned to purchase three more LPs I had passed on the evening before. I flew back to the U.S. with those LPs under the seat in front of me on takeoff/landing, but between my legs during the flight...often stroking and caressing the bag and wishing for all I was worth that I'd get home quickly so I could listen to all my treasures. 58 Dean Street was a magical experience. I'd consider myself fortunate if I ever again experience even half the excitement that I felt at that time. [Message edited by Ron Pulliam on 01-18-2005]
posted 01-11-2005 09:48 AM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	I remember going to 58 Dean Street Records every Saturday, chatting to Phillip and Martin, the twins, and ploughing through the many LPs they had in stock. UK/U.S./European and Japanese titles, so many on offer there. I used to visit there with a friend of mine, Mike Jenner, from the Goldsmith Society. We would even buy on spec, try out a composer. Most times this actually worked, and we would come home with our spoils. I even ended up working at this tore for a while, before going onto Silva Screen Records.
posted 01-11-2005 10:16 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Timmer - I'm going for a weekend postgraduate course, but hopefully will find a couple of hours for score hunting. Do shops normally open till 7pm in London?
posted 01-11-2005 05:16 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: Timmer - I'm going for a weekend postgraduate course, but hopefully will find a couple of hours for score hunting. Do shops normally open till 7pm in London? ....and beyond!
posted 01-11-2005 05:47 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Heh Ron, I live in England and I didn't find 58 Dean St until about 1981 or so! Before that I used to go to 'That's Entertainment' in Covent Garden which had an even better selection than '58', unfortunately they moved more into musicals and pretty much neglected the soundtracks so finding out about 58 Dean St was a godsend. (I still remember the first score I bought from 58....METEOR by Lawrence Rosenthal ) JHJ, Do you remember the name of the guy who worked in 58 with the infamous phone manner?! Considering I was in London at least every 6 weeks throughout the 80's it's not inconceivable that I got served by you?!
posted 01-11-2005 05:57 PM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: Heh Ron, I live in England and I didn't find 58 Dean St until about 1981 or so! Before that I used to go to 'That's Entertainment' in Covent Garden which had an even better selection than '58', unfortunately they moved more into musicals and pretty much neglected the soundtracks so finding out about 58 Dean St was a godsend. (I still remember the first score I bought from 58....METEOR by Lawrence Rosenthal ) JHJ, Do you remember the name of the guy who worked in 58 with the infamous phone manner?! Considering I was in London at least every 6 weeks throughout the 80's it's not inconceivable that I got served by you?! Was he the rude guy?
posted 01-14-2005 07:51 AM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	Did you know that composer Roy Budd, was a silent partner at the store? Also, many celebrities have been there. I Goldsmith coming in on day with one of his sound engineers at the time, Mike Ross-Trevor, I think. Nicholas Ball was a frequent visitor too, being a soundtrack collector.
posted 01-14-2005 12:39 PM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	The guy's name was Derek. He was the owner of 58 Dean Street Records. He was well know for having arguments with customers, either on the phone or actually in the store itself.
posted 01-16-2005 10:53 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	I shopped at 58 Dean Street on trips down to London in the late 70s-early 80s. I recall one of the guys who worked there telling me that I'd just missed Jerry Goldsmith. On another occasion, Georges Delerue had been in. I think we talked about this a while back, remember Timmer? I wonder if Rude Derek was the one who told me to put all the LPs back (which I had under my arm) because he thought I wouldn't have money to pay for them all! Well, he was right, I didn't.
posted 01-16-2005 02:03 PM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	Yeah, Derek was a real pain. He wasn't exactly the most patient of people. If it wasn't for the twins, the store would have folded.
posted 01-16-2005 03:30 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Your right Graham, I believe we did talk about this a while back. Either that or I'm going senile or suffering a lot of Deja Vu?!
posted 01-17-2005 03:20 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by JohnHJohnson: Yeah, Derek was a real pain. He wasn't exactly the most patient of people. If it wasn't for the twins, the store would have folded. Derek it was! He was actually always nice to me when personally visiting the store, it was his phone manner that left much to be desired.
posted 01-17-2005 03:26 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: Your right Graham, I believe we did talk about this a while back. Either that or I'm going senile or suffering a lot of Deja Vu?! That would have to be a telepathic Deja Vu then...I remember it also.
posted 01-17-2005 03:56 PM PT (US)

JohnHJohnson Non-Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by JohnHJohnson: [b]Yeah, Derek was a real pain. He wasn't exactly the most patient of people. If it wasn't for the twins, the store would have folded.<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> He could be okay, then get easily bored with someone or something. I often saw him blow up at customers in the store. Derek it was! He was actually always nice to me when personally visiting the store, it was his phone manner that left much to be desired.[/B]
posted 01-24-2005 10:55 AM PT (US)

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