Rush my money to the record shops

[venta]

Crap.

HMV is going into administration.

And if HMV goes, it'll take Fopp with it (I imagine).

And that'll be the end of the big high street record shops.

If it causes an outbreak of independent record shops, then hurrah! I fear it won't. And I like record shops.

I don't browse well online, not for music or for books. I want to pick stuff up, and look at it. I want to own a CD, and a nice cover, and some sleevenotes. I want to be able to wander into a record shop, and listen to what's playing. I want to flick through CDs and see what's on offer.

I'm a dinosaur.

Time for a ceremonial trip to HMV on the way to work in the morning.

Comments

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

I'm the other way round - I tend to check the listings on Amazon each Monday to see what's out, then if there was anything interesting I'll head to HMV at lunchtime and see if they have it. Success rates have sharply dropped lately - they've stopped stocking anything they can't get on sale-or-return, for one thing - but I'd still prefer to buy from a human if I can. Newbury had a good independent record shop back in the day, but it closed down not long after HMV opened. The nearest one I now of now is in Guildford.

[octalbunny.livejournal.com]

Do you have any info on how their sale-or-return works with administration?

I'm wondering if it might be better for an artist to have their CDs still on the shelves and later returned, rather than having the CD actually bought and the cash included in the administration pile.

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

No idea of the details, I'm afraid - just a brief chat with someone at my local branch about why they weren't getting stock from certain distributors any more.