Woebot
Well-known member
Its a sad tale of our times!
Reckless were an institution along the same scale in London as that other venerable empire the Music and Video Exchange. Unlike MVE they maybe even had a less cynical exploitative approach to culture (it's true isnt it?)
Reckless put out stuff by Mu and The Bevis Frond even Henry Kaiser (a few Prog oddities for you). I can't seem to find any photos of the records online, but it shows they must have been bursting with some kind of enthusiasm for being a shop.
The people who work in their stores (especially the Dance Shops in Islington and Soho) are serious experts.
Anyway I noted here the other week that high rents have forced them to shut their Islington branch and I was horrified to discover recently that the Camden branch is to shut soon as well. Thats hardly been open very long and was slowly becoming a bit of a favourite, it suffered by being a little too far down the high street (off the beaten track) but the Islington store was in many ways THEE CENTRAL LOCATION in Islington. It's closure has left a real hole in my perception of that neighbourhood.
My friend Fred is the manager of the Rock store in Soho. I ought to ask him what the future of this shop is. It's a damn shame!
Reckless were an institution along the same scale in London as that other venerable empire the Music and Video Exchange. Unlike MVE they maybe even had a less cynical exploitative approach to culture (it's true isnt it?)
Reckless put out stuff by Mu and The Bevis Frond even Henry Kaiser (a few Prog oddities for you). I can't seem to find any photos of the records online, but it shows they must have been bursting with some kind of enthusiasm for being a shop.
The people who work in their stores (especially the Dance Shops in Islington and Soho) are serious experts.
Anyway I noted here the other week that high rents have forced them to shut their Islington branch and I was horrified to discover recently that the Camden branch is to shut soon as well. Thats hardly been open very long and was slowly becoming a bit of a favourite, it suffered by being a little too far down the high street (off the beaten track) but the Islington store was in many ways THEE CENTRAL LOCATION in Islington. It's closure has left a real hole in my perception of that neighbourhood.
My friend Fred is the manager of the Rock store in Soho. I ought to ask him what the future of this shop is. It's a damn shame!