Record stores are so dodo. There used to be this great place "Steve's Sounds" -- a hole in the wall off the old Soho Market in London that sold promo and review copies of CDs for under ten pounds (OK when the dollar was stronger, and US prices were silly). I noticed it wasn't there anymore on my last visit to London. In the late 1970s, I picked up David Bowie orange RCA singles for fifty pence in the basement of this space.And from north of the border.
Sam the Record Man, the one-time cross-Canada music store chain, will close its iconic downtown Toronto flagship location next month. Here's a report from the CBC. When the Canadian dollar was weaker it was a great place to pick up CDs very cheap. (Also there was an HMV store next door which kept prices competitive).
