Ernie wrote:
Because my office is right next door to the huge HMV on Oxford St., Londinium I get most of my music in there.
But for more obscure stuff I head down Berwick St. to a couple of marvellous shops called Selectadisc and Sister Ray. And then there's Rough Trade down the road, but all the staff in there are pretentious wankers...
Berwick Street is the only thing I miss about not living in London (one year to the day since I came back up north). Selectadisc is great, the staff in Sister Ray are very High Fidelity (I witnessed a very funny argument about a live Magazine album). But you can't beat Mr. CD, just opposite Selectadisc (if it's still there), no item more than a tenner, the occasional bootleg and a great sign on the wall "NO CHEQUES. NO CARDS. CASH ONLY. GET IT?!?!". And you can't argue with that.
My other fave London record shops are Minus Zero just off Portobello Road (go the opposite way to the Rough Trade shop at the crossroads) and Listen in Crouch End run by my mate Reecey!