If anyone has seen the documentary “Sound It Out” the shop shut late last year after the owner passed away. If you haven’t seen it - highly recommended
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Id have liked to have loved & known this
Video of Robs in Nottingham
Still going but I dont frequent, worried anything I buy will pollute my collection with that fusty smell
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First record store I worked at. Didn’t know my arse from my elbow but worked hard and was a sponge. First Moodymann record I ever heard was in here, first Charles Webster record, introduction to labels like Gourmet, Driftwood, Seasons, etc and also the first time I ever heard a super wavy piece of Underground Resistance. Proper gave me the feels walking by.
And also, Cape Town looking magnificent today:
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Cape Town is such a stunning city. How’s the load shedding?
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I’ve never been and always meant to try when visiting my sister in Derbyshire - has it been picked over or does he still get a load of new stock in regularly?
None at the moment.
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I go in but give up looking most times as it just too much to deal with, pretty small shop but you can barely move around it. Worth a visit if you’re in town tho.
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Not sure, even late 90s the new stock would be some nutter come in with carrier bag of charity shop garbage which Rob would given them a £ for & just put in a pile ( still in bag with other bags) - Like he could never not buy records
He once had some great Northern Soul 7" outiside of the debris
May be worth a curious visit but probably v depressing
I dont remember getting that much from Robs over years , only 2 that standout are
1 sided copy of Lorraine Johnson Feed the Flame
Five Stairsteps Ooh Child 7" which when I asked if he had he said give me a few days to find
Great he’s still going though
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@jolyon - You can check out the shop better from the pics in this article
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I’ve got a pair of those too! Still mourning the loss of my Inner Rhythm slip matts that got nicked when my decks went in a burglary.
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Intoxica was ace!
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Used to go in there all the time.
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Someone Like you 12” in background… great dub on there x
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Haggle and the mad owner Lyn!
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I knew one of the owners of Atlas. He intro’d me to Soho record shops - Flying and others, and through those I got a job at Vinyl Junkies.
He was a bit of a “face”, but liked to be hidden away - used to get me to go and buy records for him.
Last I heard he went off to live in Japan about 15+ years ago.
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Craig “More rare” and the legendary Crazy beat mailing list extracted most of my spare money once upon a time. I can almost date the add from Piccadilly records change in advert design style and address “post bomb” 
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RIP Ray’s, now some over-priced but meh chain * shakes fist at cloud *
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Didn’t Pete Herbert work there?
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