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Chips Music Box in the Granville Arcade. He had all the 78s on the sloping counter.


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Name: David.
Comment: It was owned by Clapham's very own Arthur Daley who was in partnership with Colin Hicks (Tommy Steele's brother). The very few new records were of dubious origin but the basement was a collector's heaven. I mentioned it to a couple of well-known collectors and the place was cleaned out. It was stacked with boxes of Melodisc, Starlite, Island and various minor labels. Frank Virtuoso's Rockin' and Rollin' was there by the box as was Dewey Groom. Lee Finn, Alvis Wayne and Jim Morrison. Also some very odd albums like a compilation from Longhorn records on Starlite plus all the reggae you could want. I hope this helps. I'm sure the shop was called The Music Box.
(6 August 2015)

Mark Griffiths
20 Dec 2024 at 06:07
Interesting. The interior of the shop (taken `56'/57?) looks similar to the Brixton Music Box I knew with the sloping counter but when I was buying there `72-`75 it was all new Soul and Reggae 45s. It looked too small to have a basement and I don't remember anything other than the main shop level.

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37 Granville Arcade, Coldharbour Lane SW9 8PR Brixton / London
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