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Discworld
1213 Posts |
 Posted - 20/04/2008 : 13:09:15
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With the end of Classical Longplayer in Duke Street there is no longer a shop for classical CDs in Brighton.
This will hasten the growth of online shopping, which means that fewer and fewer places in England have a true local economy.
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6771 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 13:23:33
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It is amazing it lasted this long.
Of course HMV or Virginrebrand stores
sell classical CD's.
So your title is Wrong.
It should be No more Specialist Shop.
Life In The City. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 13:29:14
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| The title is fine ... The sort of classical music you get in those music supermarkets is just the run of the mill stuff. If you want anything decent it looks as if you are going to be forced online now. Disgusting and outrageous! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 13:46:15
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| Isn't there still a shop in George Street Hove ? |
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Discworld
1213 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 14:06:15
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Originally posted by long time no see
It is amazing it lasted this long.
Of course HMV or Virginrebrand stores
sell classical CD's.
So your title is Wrong.
It should be No more Specialist Shop.
Life In The City.
For classical discs, those stores are not worth bothering with.
There could be a good classical store. The record shops in Gardner Street and Kensington Gardens show that specialist stores do well if they have the stock with knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6771 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 14:47:02
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Those Stores both have a classical area
so you can still buy in Brighton.
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Discworld
1213 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 19:43:47
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Originally posted by long time no see
Those Stores both have a classical area
so you can still buy in Brighton.
If you require The Four Seasons, chanting monks and Mozrt highlights. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 19:46:49
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| I don't think LTNS can fully enter the vast array of quality Classical. Mozart is Mozart and he may have heard of Bach and Vivaldi but that is just about where it stops I reckon. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6771 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 19:55:25
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 20:11:20
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| He probably would be hard pushed to tell the difference between various conductors and certainly would reckon that one production of La Traviata is much the same as the next. One can but wonder whether he has ever heard Gohar Gasparian sing or whether he has ever heard Meyerbeer's 'Dinorah'. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1292 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 20:29:30
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| Stockhausen would have had one more customer for his most way-out avant-garde piece if he had called it "The Greggs Suite"... |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 20:34:50
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2008 : 21:04:05
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| Amazing. From Giacomo Meyerbeer to 'The Greggs Suite' in one topic ! |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2211 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 06:41:55
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| This forum caters for all! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Edwin the Scot
Alagaësía
16 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 09:12:11
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| Brighton can hardly be a city if it does not have a shop selling classical CDs. |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2211 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 09:27:46
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| That is only one small factor in the reasons why Brighton is NOT a city! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 09:32:13
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| It is a city in name only ... and the aspirations of some councillors and chief execs. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6771 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 16:02:24
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Borders also sell Classical CD's.
Life In The City. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 16:58:03
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Originally posted by long time no see
Borders also sell Classical CD's.
Life In The City.
Last time I went in there and asked for a CD of Gohar Gasparian ... I got blank stares instead of a CD. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BigJohnPeacehaven
Alagaësía
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/04/2008 : 18:25:15
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Originally posted by Furzewick
Isn't there still a shop in George Street Hove ?
Yes, it’s a veritable golden treasure chest of rare recordings, run by the bustling, but nevertheless obliging, Julian and his friend.
http://www.finerecords.co.uk/index.asp
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 18:40:40
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| And that is where those large stores let aficionados down! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
225 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 20:41:16
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| As an aside although slightly connected - another local store, Gamleys, is closing its long standing Hove shop. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5815 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2008 : 21:05:01
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Lawks luv a duck! I used to go there when my eldest was but a wee nipper. Good ol' Spot, a family comforter, came from there. By now dilapidated, much repaired and well loved by two generations of Binder offspring and seen us through all sniffs and colds, fevers, spotty chickenpox, teething, the screaming ab-jabs, heartbreaks and shattered dreams, I-hate-yous and I-wish-I-had-never-been-borns, tummy upsets, scary moments and all the other tragedies large and small ... heard more secrets, and kept them! Now getting ready for the next instalment of Binders.
The thought that the place where we first met will be no more is sad. |
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Discworld
1213 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2008 : 00:43:52
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| The content of the pasties etc means that "The Greggs Suite" is more likely to be by a minimalist than Stockhausen. |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2008 : 07:03:29
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| Starbucks has got into selling music/CDs. There is scope for Greggs to raise its cultural profile. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1292 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2008 : 09:27:05
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| Especially as the mega Greggs thread revealed that there is a Greggs band. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1292 Posts |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 10:23:48
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Nice to read about that specialist shop near Brighton Station. How long will that last after the current owner passes away ?
Who remembers the famous record shop in Sydney Street of late 70s/early 80s era ? |
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No More Classical CDs in Brighton