Russell's (Leicestershire)

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Name: Steve Jesson
Comment: Russell's sold hi-fi equipment at the front of the shop and you went right to the back of the shop down the steps to a small record department. The kind lady would put on a record for you before you bought it! Closed early 1980s? Became Adams for a long time afterwards.

Name: Lesley Gent
Comment: My first Saturday job was in the record section at the back, top songs Bachelor Boy by Cliff and Return To Sender by Elvis. good memories.

Name: Chris Mason
Comment: They used to stock a great selection of hard-to-get rockabilly, so was frequented often by the several hundred rockabilly fans in Hinckley in the mid to late 1970s. Of course, it helped that the owners loved the music as well.

Dave Harwood

17 Feb 2024 at 08:49

I found this advert in the 'Leicester Daily Mercury' dated 13th February 1946:
“RUSSELLS RECORD DEPARTMENT have always in stock a complete selection of SYMPHONIES & CONCERTOS and all the latest Monthly Records.”
… and this in the 17th April 1946 issue:
“RUSSELLS GRAMOPHONE DEPARTMENT Have pleasure in announcing that all their Records Stock are sold at 33% Purchase Tax only. Complete range of Symphonies and Concertos in stock. RUSSELLS, 99 GRANBY STREET, LEICESTER.”

Dave Harwood

13 Sep 2024 at 03:50

I found this piece in the 'Hinckley Times' dated 21st June 1963: “Hinckley Dealer Visits Teenage Record Show. A recent visitor to Radio Luxembourg’s 'Friday Spectacular' was Mr. Charles Payne of Russells music shop in Castle Street. He was there as guest of EMI records with other dealers and after the show was taken backstage to meet staff and celebrities and to look round the recording studios. The show is pre-recorded in London.”
... and this piece in the 25th November 1988 edition: “... a woman with a long experience in record retailing, Josie Moore, has been in the trade for 30 years, a quarter of a century working for the late Mr. Charles Payne at Russells on Castle Street and, for the past six years, as manageress at Shooting Star on Market Place.”
... plus there are photos, a press cutting and comments on Russells music shop on this Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1557303544519408/posts/3561697434079999/?_rdr