,as well as Robinsons at the top of Deansgate
Manchester was indeed a paradise for record shops in the early 70s... they were all over the place......John Dalton Street (at least two!), Oxford Road, Piccadily Plaza etc..etc.. I can remember finding "Soul My Way" in a basement bookshop/record shop on Lower Moseley Street...
And what was the name of that fellow who had a place a bit out of town on the Oldham Road (I think!)..(George Davenport?) he was country music mad.. his was the first place I saw things like the French issue of "The Return of Rock"... much later he moved to a first-storey shop somewhere out towards the University..
Even Stockport (my usual first port of call) had abundant stores.. there must have been six or seven places just in and around Merseyway where you could buy records, certainly if you count in Boots and Smiths. I recall "Boots" got my business for "The Session" back in March 73... it was also the best place to get your heavy-duty pvc covers... much the best ever made; all my really precious Lewis albums are still housed in the thick-edged Boots variety!
But Robinsons (technically just over the bridge in Salford?) was, as you suggest, perhaps the ultimate.... many a happy Saturday morning spent in there... I think most of my Sun International US issues came from Robinsons ... plus all my Faron Young Mercury albums, George Jones on Musicor etc.. all at £1.50 a throw.
Andrew
