Name: Sparro Comment: Simons Records in Southend-on-Sea? More 60s Saturday social club than shop, as far as us Grammar-school boys were concerned. But I did buy my first LP there, and still have it; Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica.
Name: Rob Comment: I loved this record shop! It was really near to my home; I was about 15 or 16 when I first used to buy records there and would sometimes buy two albums a week there. He was a very laid back guy who had John Lennon glasses.
He had real gems for sale and I remember being very excited about getting the Pink Floyd 'bootleg' called 'Pinkie'.
Simons was to resurface to me much later in the early nineties when back in Southend I became friendly with someone called Simon who one day told me that his dad had had a record shop and had named it after him! Totally amazing! Keep on spinning! (2019)
Name: Sparro
Comment: Simons Records in Southend-on-Sea? More 60s Saturday social club than shop, as far as us Grammar-school boys were concerned. But I did buy my first LP there, and still have it; Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica.
Name: Rob
Comment: I loved this record shop! It was really near to my home; I was about 15 or 16 when I first used to buy records there and would sometimes buy two albums a week there. He was a very laid back guy who had John Lennon glasses.
He had real gems for sale and I remember being very excited about getting the Pink Floyd 'bootleg' called 'Pinkie'.
Simons was to resurface to me much later in the early nineties when back in Southend I became friendly with someone called Simon who one day told me that his dad had had a record shop and had named it after him! Totally amazing! Keep on spinning!
(2019)