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Here's an article about the shop on the Bucks Free Press site.

The shop opened in the Autumn of 1971 in a new building, a block of three retail premises,

The shop was set up with limited funds and with many of the fixtures and fittings obtained secondhand or built with materials from Lynch’s Yard round the corner.

Records and a separate section for cassettes and 8-tracks were downstairs: music of all styles and with a healthy jazz section. (You might be too young to know what an 8-track was!) There was a Hi-Fi showroom upstairs specialising in Pansonic products and also from local manufacturers Hacker and Dynatron.

A small video library arrived downstairs, but, in truth, probably not enough space to do the job properly.

Also upstairs was a spectacular collection of antique gramophones and phonographs and a few vintage juke boxes; the one pictured is a 1940s Mills, playing 78s.

The shop was initially a bit chaotic, but was updated and refitted in the late 1970s, followed by a (slightly reluctant) move into the CD era in the early 1980s.


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stephen
04 Apr 2023 at 11:39
Chiltern Sound in Spittal Street Marlow closed down about three weeks after I moved to the town (damn it).
Dave Harwood
17 Jul 2024 at 02:48
I found this piece in the 'Beaconsfield Advertiser' dated 4th January 1989: “Tickets priced £2.50 for adults and £1.50 for children and senior citizens are available from Chiltern Sound, Spittal Street, Marlow.”
Ian
14 Jun 2025 at 02:02
That's me in the middle photo, with Louise. Michael Eagleton was the owner when I worked there full-time 1982-1985. I then returned to work part-time (on Saturdays) for a short while in the early 1990s for new owners, Jim & Jenny Bosley. Those years were the happiest ones of my entire working life. Michael was really really really into jazz and ran lots of events. A couple of other things I remember about Michael are that his favourite colour was yellow, hence the yellow used in the Chiltern Sound decor/bags etc and that he also held a position (chairman?/treasurer?) at Reading FC. He was a true one-off & every day with him, Louise and all of the Marlow characters was 100% fun. Michael has now sadly passed away (RIP). I'm not sure if Jim & Jenny are still with us - I'm no longer in the Marlow/Wycombe area & so have lost touch, but, what days - can't get over these memories - KTF.

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1971

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