Comments
Name: Vladimir Lenin
Comment: There were two Bloggs stores, both in Glasgow and both owned by Mike and Steve McNaughton of Listen (and latterly Echo) fame.
The St Vincent Street branch (pictured, with Micky Rooney at the door) was a goldmine for new wave and indie releases while its ugly-sister shop just around the corner in Renfield Street dealt mainly in disco and easy listening.
Name: Neil Menzies
Comment: A great wee shop and where I bought my punk singles! They used to do six punk singles in a sealed brown paper bag for £1. A sort of Punk Pot Luck.
Name: Hammy Hammy
Comment: Aye, I remember Bloggs well, the six-for-a-pound bag was great. I was a punk back in 1977 and loved that record shop, and the one round the corner called Listen. I remember they banned punks from going into their shop for a while.
(26 June 2015)
Name: Tim Chronnell
Comment: Worked for the McNaughton brothers at various Listen/Bloggs branches between 1977 and 1982. It was a great experience and a wonderful time to be involved in the record business. Micky Rooney was a star but then so was Tex and many others.
(30 May 2017)
Illustration is by R Hodgens. 'The Ten Commandments' was produced/co-edited by R Hodgens, K McNeil and R Sharp.
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