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Name: Robert Greenwood
Comment: Run by Maurice Hunting who bore a remarkable resemblance, I always thought, to Will Hay both in looks and manner. In the 1970s, the imported New Orleans jazz LPs I used to buy were sometimes priced but not always. This meant you had to ask Maurice, sometimes an exasperating process...

Comment: In its first incarnation that I remember it was in Digbeth and a little bit of a trek from the town centre. The owner was a right miserable bastard but you could always exchange your old records so it meant a continual circulation of stuff. Later it moved to the Burlington Arcade which was more accessible, even if the owner wasn't.

Name: Keith Howell
Comment: The Aladdin's cave of vinyl, and a genuine feeling of being welcomed when entering the shop. Often greeted with the words "Hello friend" by Maurice, even though he didn't know you. Great team of Jimmy and Liam run it now, have spent many long lunch hours there, enjoying the banter, sharing musical knowledge, and making the odd purchase here and there. Long live The Diskery, Birmingham's finest - no wonder they've lasted so long!


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Dave Harwood
20 Dec 2024 at 04:30
I found this address in the 'Birmingham Weekly Mercury' dated 8th March 1981:
“The Diskery, 99 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham (021-622 2219).”
... and this piece on page 51 of the 'Birmingham Daily Post' dated 24th February 1999:
“Morris Hunting estimates the Diskery is approaching its 50th birthday. Vinyl is still his passion after all those years. What goes around, comes around. Morris Hunting tells Jo Ind about his consuming passion for 40's jazz, wind-up gramophones and those bits of vinyl that go round and round. Stepping into The Diskery in Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham, is like walking into a bygone era. Some of the records sold at The Diskery have been stored from the time they were released and, 40 years later, have become collector’s items. The Diskery started as a jazz record store because that is where Morris’ passion for music began. When he was about 21 he got together with a couple of friends and suggested they open a jazz record shop. They opened the store, which was in Moor Street, Birmingham in the early 1950's and only opened Saturday. Eventually Morris decided he wanted to open full time, bought his two partners out and he became the owner. About 25 years ago they moved The Diskery to Bromsgrove Street. People were queuing up to get into the new store. The traffic warden, who had come to see if the vans were parked illegally, was the first customer. Quite soon after it opened, Diskery had to stock more than jazz. Ironically, for a store whose mood is nostalgia, it has survived by always being a step ahead of where the mega stores are. There was a time when reggae and blues were not available in mainstream shops but were stocked at The Diskery.”

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