Your local record store for Quo

had 3 in my town .sadly all are long gone. always used to move the quo records to the front so people would see them. lol

Oh, I remember Bruce's, 4th Chord . That takes me back 👍 

They eventually opened more shops, one on Princes Street and another on Shandwick Place. They were in direct competition with Virgin who had a shop in Thistle Street (where I bought Hello! on the day of release) and then another on Frederick Street. Before they opened the megastore on Princes Street next to HMV. So many record shops in those days. 

As you can tell, they were my second home  

Little bit of trivia; Bruce's was founded by Bruce Findlay who went on to discover and manage Simple Minds. 

Further record shops that always got a visit were Phoenix on the Royal Mile, The Other Record Shop on the Pleasance, Katie's Record Bar at Haymarket and Sweet Inspiration at the top of Morrison Street (where I bought Quo and If You Can't Stand The Heat). There was also a store called Jeffrey's on Bread Street. That's where my mum bought me the In My Chair single. 

I did a lot of walking in those days

Harlequin Records in Oxford was great for cheap imports, Quo stuff on A&M and Capitol, German singles with picture sleeves.

Got my early Ramones, Saints, Dead Boys and Talking Heads stuff there as well.

Listen In Co/The Music Box in Didcot and Wallingford were the local mainstream shops.

All gone here. There's an overpriced vinyl store in the touristy part of Greenwich, they have a fcukin Yes album, who'd buy that crap.

This was 'my' record store back in the seventies in Holland: in the basement of an electronics and appliances store (they closed the basement section in the late 80's when CD's took over).
I used to go there every week to check out the latest album releases.
Bought most, if not all, of my Quo singles and albums there. They even used to put one aside for me when they received them.
Those were the days: the excitement of looking forward to hearing a new Quo record still makes for terrific memories.  

Well I have no recollection of Bruce's Record Shop, so it must have been gone by the time I was purchasing music in Edinburgh in the early 90s. For new releases I'd usually go to the big chains, HMV & Virgin on Princes Street. But for buying up the Quo, and assorted other bands, back catalogue on vinyl, it was Hogs Head, Record Shak, Avalanche, Ripping Records and then Vinyl Villains as I made my way from South Clerk Street down to the top of Leith Walk.

With the exception of Vinyl Villains all are sadly now gone, though someone has tried resurrecting Avalanche in Waverly Market, though seems more t-shirts and tat than actual records.

Nowadays my music is more a solitary experience on the computer as opposed to the fun of going out with a group of friends round all the shops trying to find a bargain, or discover an unknown Jem.

Thanks mortified for reminding me about my record buying now. I use Fopp too.  Though I think it's been bought out and is no longer an independent.