kennyh
pfm Member
Only by getting the old gramophone did I even think of this subject. I rooted out a pile of old records my grandfather owned which had probably not seen light of day for 50 years.
Looking at their covers fascinated me. Here is a small batch of sleeves from various outlets in Liverpool he must have purchased them from. Never heard of any of them apart from one which I think closed down in the 70's/80's.
It also amazed me how the shops changed the style's and art work on the sleeves, I've 8 different sleeves from just one shop.
I now wonder just how many record shops there were in towns and cities around the country in days gone by, all these outlets were in walking distance of where my grandparents lived so I guess there were thousands.
I assume the records must have arrived at the shops in plain sleeves and were then resleeved by each individual outlet.
Looking at their covers fascinated me. Here is a small batch of sleeves from various outlets in Liverpool he must have purchased them from. Never heard of any of them apart from one which I think closed down in the 70's/80's.
It also amazed me how the shops changed the style's and art work on the sleeves, I've 8 different sleeves from just one shop.
I now wonder just how many record shops there were in towns and cities around the country in days gone by, all these outlets were in walking distance of where my grandparents lived so I guess there were thousands.
I assume the records must have arrived at the shops in plain sleeves and were then resleeved by each individual outlet.