Bizarre

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Name: Leon Parker
Comment: My friend from my teenage days in Maida Vale worked here on Saturdays at Praed Street near Paddington station. I'd hang out and listen to music, it's where I first heard the Ramones in about 1976. My mate Steve Curried said that the other guy there was a pain as he kept playing 'Judy Is A Punk Rocker' and 'Nutbush City Limits' repeatedly. I do do recall getting blasted by these two tunes. I brought a Jefferson Starship LP which had the track 'Miracles' at the time, recomended by my mate but I was a little disappointed with it. Now older, I'm loving the track 'Miracles' which you can find on an excellent Ace compilation, 76 In The Shade, takes me back to that small shop with that rancid carpet but one hell of a sound system.

I got to know the French man (Skydog) who worked in the offices above in which I think if I recall correctly there was lots of stuff from the Chiswick label. I recall records in boxes like the Count Bishops.

Name: Brian Nevill
Comment: Parisian Larry Dubay ran this shop, he owned it with partners (whose names I can't recall). There was a connection between the shop and Sky Dog Records of Paris.
(3 August 2012)

Name: Mike Beck
Comment: On a trip to the UK in 1975 my mate and I bought several records from Larry, Heldon, Pole, Zao, and maybe a few others. This is a true blast from the past.
(2021)

Name: John Preston
Comment: This was my favourite record shop ever. I still have the copy of Iggy and the Stooges' Metallic K.O. that I bought from here in the early 1970s (on the sketchy French SkyDog International label).
(2022)

Dave Harwood

21 Jan 2025 at 07:51

I found this advert on page 37 of the 'New Musical Express' dated December 18th 1976:
“Back in stock: MARIANNE FAITHFUL "This Little Bird" (includes Sister Morphine with Stones) £3.85. The Velvet Underground "Foggy Notion" EP 4 great tracks in pic sleeve £1.50, Little Bob Storey LP High Time £3.25 Let Me In + Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood £1. New in from US: Wild Man Fisher 45 "Go to Rhino Records" £1.50 + Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo single about Patty Hearst £1.50. T-Shirts: Blue Oyster Cult - MC5/Back in the USA £2.50 each. P/P free for U.K. Cheques/P.O.s to Bizzarre Records Distribution, 33 Praed Street, London W.2.”