Ron's Music Shop

Name: Michael Viner.
Comment: The Ron's Music Shop bag was the inner sleeve to a copy of the 1961 Philips EP Blues By Clara Smith 1926-28

Name: BarnsleyBob
Comment: Bought On The Beach here; and Elvis LPs for Mum! Happy days. Visited most evenings on way home from school, 1960s, 1970s.
(20 July 2014)

Name: Simon Drew
Comment: I worked for a short spell at Ron's Music just off Bond Street. He had another branch in Ilford High Street.
(7 August 2016)

Name: Jon Talbot
Comment: Just bought a Meade Lux Lewis EP with a Ron’s sticker on it. If only things could talk.
(2021)

Name: Irayne Paikin
Comment: My dad was Ron. It was wonderful to see these images. Thank you.
(2021)

Name: Terry Macdonald
Comment: I remember your dad well. I used to go in the shop in Barkingside, mainly records I think, I used to know his daughter well, sadly her name eludes me, I found my first guitar in my dad's loft when he died, he kept it all these years, its an old Egmond acoustic, so nice to see it, started me off on a long career of playing. I also designed amongst many other products from 1965 The Watkins Copicat till around 5 years ago when Charlie Watkins passed away.

All the very best to you, your dad was so good to me, cheers, Terry.
(2022)

Comments

Dave Harwood

26 Jun 2025 at 03:06

I found this in the 'Evening News (London) dated 17th December 1971:
RON'S MUSIC SHOP, 25 Ilford Lane, Ilford, 478 2712. Musical Instruments, records, cassettes, cartridges.”
...and this in the 28th January 1972 edition:
“RECORD SALE - LPs on show reduced - STARTS TODAY. Rons Music Shop, 25 Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex. 01-478 2712.”
...and this in the 20th October 1972 edition:
“RECORDS, 10 p.c. off all LPs, new releases, boxed sets, etc. Send s.a.e. state requirements. Orders over £10 post free. Discounts on Hi-Fi, etc. Ron's Music Shop, 22 Brook St. (off Bond St.), W.1. Tel. 01-629 0543.”

Kevin Hudson

22 Jan 2026 at 01:14

I bought my beloved Left-Handed Olympic White 1977 USA Fender Telecaster from Ron's Pioneer Music Shop - I worked at Argos Ilford High Rd & during my lunch break I saw this guitar & absolutely drooled over it, yet, was literally pole-axed by the Biblical sized price - £285.00 & that was WITHOUT the case - Highwayman's price in my view back then, as I was a Teenager - it's Tolex case was yet another £85.00 on top - The Guitar / Telecaster cost MORE money than my very first car (a gorgeous Dark Sherwood Metallic Green Sunbeam Rapier Fastback).

At the same time there was another Left-Handed Electric Guitar nearby at a shop in North St, Romford inside a store that sold keyboards - It was a Gibson SG, but it was secondhand, as opposed to the brand-new Fender Telecaster & the latter looked so pretty in Olympic White.

I had & owned that L/H Telecaster for 23 years before part-exchanging it for the guitar I'd always wanted as a teen, but never had - an Olympic White Fender Stratocaster which I obtained at Holiday Music Store in Leytonstone High Rd - Steve Jolly, the manager gave me £490.00 in part-exchange for it, which, looking back in hindsight was a fair deal as I then only had to put another £185.00 towards it, securing the beautiful 1999 Olympic White Strat', which I still own today.

Am told today that my Dad used to use this store too, for records.