Regis Hull

Record shops were all the rage with many teenagers spending their spare time listening to the new singles. Pictured: The Hull Rock and Roll Appreciation Society who took part in a nine hour sponsored dance at the Newbridge Club (1977)The Regis Records store could often be seen swarmed with customers when top singers like Elton John and The Rolling Stones released new music.

Regis Records on Holderness Road where I bought my first records. They used to have listening booths. They were also opposite my dad's shop, where he sold some records as well as TVs - but before I can remember. First record I remember buying is Back Home by the England 1970 world cup squad (b/w Cinnamon stick - I didnt know what Cinnamon was for years). Paul Wright

Well how spooky is this...? My first single was 'Back Home' from Regis in the summer of 1970 too... Got my first LP from here too... Creedence's 'Willy And The Poorboys' in Dec 1970. The shop still stands of course but it's now a bridal shop or similar....Comment: Peter Greendale

(May 19, 2014) Nrg117 said:Regis on holderness road .. My first single - Knights in white satin is it still open ? i doubt it

Name chris parker Comment I bought the monkees greatest hits on tape in 1985 aged 8 used to spend all my pocket money in that shop. ( Sept 21, 2016)

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I used to but all my records here when I was djing at the antler club in Marfleet.
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Ian Young
(2019)

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I bought my first record here too, ‘tiger feet’ by mud.
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Tina Harrison(nee Palmer)
(2022)

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First went there in 1969. Asked for a record, don't know who it's by, but it's got Something on one side and Oh Well on the other. They put me right and I spent a lot of my money there afterwards. Happy Days.
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Nick Riley
(2022)

Comments

Dave Harwood

15 Aug 2023 at 01:34

I found an article on the Business Page of the Hull Daily Mail, dated 21st October 1992:
“Small businesses facing competition from other, often bigger shops stressed that customer service was the key to keeping their share of the business. Mr Mike Sedman, proprietor of Regis Record Centre, Holderness Road, said that shops themselves have to do their part by offering a good service to their customers.”

Roger

17 Oct 2024 at 11:39

Purchased the single 'Side Show' by Barry Biggs from there in 1977.

Dave Harwood

18 Oct 2024 at 01:25

I found this advert in the 'Hull Daily Mail' dated 29th March 1961: “FOR THE TOPS in ‘POPS' - REGIS RECORD CENTRE, 339 HOLDERNESS ROAD (at Durham Street Bus Stop). Tel.: 20113 & 720-722 HESSLE ROAD (North Road Bus Stop). Tel.: 38636. Thousands of titles plus Latest Releases. ALL SELF-SERVICE. LP’s, EP’s to suit all tastes.”
... and this in the 30th November 1966 edition:
“REGIS RECORD CENTRE, 339 Holderness Road, Hull. Tel: 20113. RECORDS, RADIOS, PLAYERS, etc.”

Claire M

06 Nov 2025 at 05:53

I used to spend hours in here on a Saturday as a kid, while my dad spent the housekeeping money on records!! I would occasionally be allowed to buy something, including 'True Blue' by Madonna on 7" (I've still got it). As a teenager in the 1990s I bought lots of Britpop CD singles in the bargain section - I seem to remember the guy who ran it would get annoyed if people mixed up ones at different prices!? They still wrote down what you bought before it was all computerised and I remember much hilarity when I ordered in a cassette by The Other Two - they rang to say it had come in but I'd already collected it; a confused shop assistant asked what other two cassettes I'd collected, not understanding that the band were called The Other Two!? I also bought a lot of records and tapes further 'up road' at Woolworths. I still live in East Hull and sometimes dream of opening a record shop on Holderness Road again - anyone interested?!