Virgin (Marble Arch)

Comments

Name: Richard Blackham
Comment: I worked in Marble Arch until the Croydon revamp and then moved to New York where on a cold December day (the day after I arrived) I walked straight into Pete Dolan. Was the funniest coincidence.

Name: The Curator
Comment: I was a bus ride away from Shirland Road to Edgware Road so the new store had to be seen. The only record I recall buying was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. The problem was, it was warped even though it was sealed in the black plastic cover. I had to return it more than once! I found out it was the heat bar used to seal the black plastic cover. That was the reason given. I don't recall the jukebox room.

Name: Brian Stevens
Comment: Was here in 1972 buying records.
(2023)

Tim Kendall

27 Apr 2024 at 10:01

I worked here from 1976 to 1978 with a fantastic crew. We used to get calls from Richard Branson asking us to turn the sound down as he'd had complaints about noise from the cinema above us.

Ronald van Veen

01 Feb 2026 at 01:42

I remember buying some 7" singles reduced in price at Virgin Marble Arch in the Summer of 1986, my first visit to London. I think the shop was about to close soon, long rows of bargain bins with some superb 7" singles!