Name: Steve Richards
Comment: As I lived just around the corner I used to go to Dinosaur Discs every other Saturday in the early 1980s. The shop was run by a guy who was in (UK) Deadbeats (they released one single on Red Rhino).
Dinosaur Discs had a great selection of DIY/indie post punk records. My main interest was 45s and I would spend a couple of hours looking at the entire stock then buying about 10 or so based on what I’d read about/heard or simply by the name of the band or the look of the cover. I seem to remember that most covers were in black and white.
Dinosaur Discs had their own record label and released singles by Empire featuring ex-Generation X members Bob Andrews & Mark Laff and Dawn Patrol among others.
I’m not sure how long the shop lasted but it was probably only two or three years.
(8 September 2014)