Record Shops

Bath

FOPP 8-10 The Corridor. Tel: (01225) 481949, email: bath@fopp.co.uk
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GROOVEMENT RECORDS 72 Walcot St. Tel: (01225) 425376 Newly established dance 'n' Ôurban lifestyles' emporium, dealing mainly in hip-hop but also reggae, ragga, house, techno, breaks and funk. There's clothing too, as well as spray paint for the graffiti heads.

MUSIC MATTERS 11 Broad St. Tel: (01225) 427494 One of the few jazz specialist shops outside London, covering the whole spectrum, original to contemporary. Many imports from France, the USA, and - attention jazz anoraks! - Japan.

NASHERS 72 Walcot St. Tel: (01225) 332298. Web: www.nashers.demon.co.uk. Email: nasher@nashers.demon.co.uk Much-va unted vinyl paradise, with tens of thousands of 'plates' to dig through, plus a decent smattering of secondhand CDs too. Covers everything from old school blues and rock n' roll to pretty much all contemporary dance genres.

REPLAY RECORDS 27 Broad St. Tel: (01225) 404060. Web: www.replay.co.uk, Email: bath@replay.co.uk Specialises in independent music across the board, from up and coming guitar acts to the latest drum and bass, hip hop and house. Mostly new stock with a small secondhand selection.

TUMI 8-9 New Bond St Place. Tel: (01225) 462367. Web: www.tumimusic.com. Email: info@tumimusic.com World music of all styles Ð focusing particularly on Latin American Ð from the multifarious Tumi collective, synonymous with the record label and craft shop.

Bristol

AND THE BEAT GOES ON 24 Cotham Hill (off Whiteladies Rd). Tel: (0117) 974 ª7241 A collector's delight, with a 60-to-40 vinyl-to-CD ratio, an extensive new and secondhand DVD/video selection to boot and a recently established sideline in T-Shirts and paperbacks too. An idle ten minute browse and you're bound to find something of interest on some format.

BANG BANG 78 Colston St. Tel: (0117) 922 7377. Web: www.bangbangrecords.com. Email: shop@bangbangrecords.com Bristol's finest underground vinyl music store, specialising in upfront promos and imports of soulful funky and electronic house, funky breaks. Plus the most comprehensive back catalogue of Classic Soul, Funk, Hip Hop and Disco. Worldwide mail order online with MP3 audio and label images. Knowledgeable friendly staff and five Technics listening posts. Authorised Stanton & Ortofon stockist.

BS1 113 Stokes Croft. Tel: (0117) 377 4473. Email: fleshclothing@hotmail.com « Specialists in R Ôn' B, ragga, soul, house and hip-hop, plus record cutting services available.

CHEMICAL RECORDS Unit C2 St, Vincents Trading Est., Feeder Rd. Tel: (0117) 971 4924
Web: www.chemical-records.co.uk. Email: info@chemical-records.co.uk DJ equipment, drum & bass, trance, house, techno, UK garage, hip hop, hard house, progressive, breaks. A large range of DJ equipment on display and a huge range of vinyl to sample via 16 virtual listening posts, giving access to approx. Fifteen thousand titles of untouched and unplayed vinyl. Real time stock information. Order online, by phone or in store. Regular in-store events. Open 11-7pm Mon-Sat, 12-5 Sun.

DISC 'N' TAPE 17 Gloucester Rd. Tel: (0117) 942 2227. Web: www.disc-n-tape.co.uk. Email: sales@disc-n-tape.co.uk Well populated palace of platters, including great back catalogue, Top 40 and specialist sounds. Note to g DJs: top-notch 12" promos are often to be found here, discarded by big-name spinners who can, apparently, afford such profligacy with all the tuneage they get sent.

DMT SOUNDS 74 Stokes Croft. Tel: (0117) 9425900 Recently opened and a great port-of-call for your tougher-tinged dancefloor fare: breakcore, ragga/jungle, techno, house and breakbeat all in abundance plus all kinds of DJ equipment and PA systems for hire too.

EAT THE BEAT 11 St Nicholas St. Tel: (0117) 925 1691. Web: www.eatthebeat.co.uk. Email: info@eatthebeat.co.uk Record shop, cafŽ ba dr and art gallery, serving up drum & bass, US house, nu jazz, breakbeat, hip-hop, funk, soul and milk (that's the cafŽ bit). Friendly and funky.

FOPP 43-45 Park St. Tel: (0117) 9450685. Web: www.fopp.co.uk. Email: bristol@fopp.co.uk An absolute treasure trove of low-cost music, books and DVDs, with racks and racks of CDs you never got round to buying for as little as a fiver. Cool books, a basement of specialist sounds (including 12" vinyl), friendly staff - Fopp makes shopping fun. But be warned - you will spend more than you bargained for!

HERE 108 Stokes Croft. Tel: (0117) 942 2222. Web: www.thingsfromhere.co.uk. Email: shop@thingsfromhere.co.uk This unique enclave of DIY arts and craft is now one of the few remaining dedicated stockists of local independent music in Bristol. Given Bristol's thriving creative scene, it also provides rare offline access to some of the finest, most lovingly presented new music ever to grace your ears. Newly refurbished too. Go see.

PLASTIC WAX 222 Cheltenham Rd. Tel: (0117) 942 7368. Fax: (0117) 944 1342. Email: dave.kellard@plasticwaxrecords.com Over 100,000 secondhand/rare items, a ten percent discount card is available plus bulk purchase offers galore. Deals in CDs, vinyl, 78s, DVDS, videos and books.

PRIME CUTS 85 Gloucester Rd (below Repsycho Clothing). Tel: (0117) 983 0007 A shop wi öth stock as vast as its staff are cheery. Huge range of stuff, with hefty drum and bass/hip hop sections, annals of breaks for crate-digging producers to sift through and a healthy selection of 60s/70s psychedelia more in keeping with the kitsch clothes shop with which it shares its premises.

PK MUSIC EXCHANGE 51 Gloucester Rd. Tel: (0117) 9124658 Buy and sell all manner of secondhand vinyl, CDs, band and DJ gear and hi-fi. Massive selection of old-skool dance monsters and 80ps electro-boogie tastiness. Mmm.

PROVIDENCE MUSIC 1 St George's Rd. Tel: (0117) 9276536. Fax: (0117) 9276680. Email: shop@providencemusic.co.uk Mainly sells classical CDs.

REPLAY RECORDS 134a East St, Bedminster. Tel: (0117) 330 6393. Web: www.replay.co.uk. Email: east@replay.co.uk The southerly sister to Park St's more dance-friendly branch. New and secondhand rock, indie, doom, punk and hard-to-find classics with stock split pretty evenly between CD and vinyl.

REPLAY RECORDS 73 Park St. Tel: (0117) 904 1134. Web www.replay.co.uk. Email: bristol@replay.co.uk A healthy balance is struck between the latest house, broken beat, hip-hop, drum and bass and techno, plus guitar music new and old. A favourite haunt of provincial spinners, with local music stocked on a sale or return basis.

ROCK SHOP 63-65 St Nicholas Market. Tel: (0117) 927 7300 Central shop caters specifically for your merchandising needs. Record-wise focuses on metal and punk.

ROOTED RECORDS 9 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston. Tel: (0117) 907 4372 Rooted specialises in vinyl but also has a feature selection of new
electronica, d 'n'b, UK hip hop CDs and DVDs. Particularly well-stocked in new and classic drum 'n' bass with an extensive second hand selection. Also deals in vintage reggae as well as new UK roots releases,new skool breaks, hip hop (UK and independent US), electronica, breakcore, classic funk and soul and more. New releases every week and friendly, knowledgeable staff.Bristol's only dubstep and grime specialist.

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