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Name: James Muir
Comment:
One of my favourite record shops in the late 1980s.
(2022)

Name: Lord Cornelius Plum
Comment: Yeah, all of this has gone now... how I recall seeing all the members of Napalm Death c.1988 walking up those stairs in the first picture... samosas from a small café at the end of the walkway next to a sex shop, buying Spacemen 3 albums from Franks Wild Records, the sheer stench of the place (rotting fruit mixed with exhaust fumes). Such bucolic memories of Olde England.

Di
26 Jan 2024 at 09:54
The bags from Frank’s were amazing. I used to take one to school most days. I’d love to find a photo of the old shop…
Dave Harwood
26 Jan 2024 at 05:46
I found this in the 'Gig Guide' of the 'Birmingham Mail' dated 28th October 1988: “TUESDAY: Frank Sidebottom 4pm PA - Frank's Wild Records, Martin's House, Bull Ring - Frank Sidebottom with Little Frank & The Oh Blimey Big Band.”
… and this post from the forums on birminghamhistory.co.uk at this link:
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/record-shops-in-bham.27349/page-4
“Later in the 80's, there were other shops: Frank's Wild Records (opposite the Bull Ring market)”

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