FOPP (Original Branch) (Glasgow)

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The very first branch of the now (in)famous low cost record shop. Originally called A1 records (so as to be first in the telephone directory) and started in 1981 as a stall in a market, it moved to it's first permanent residence in Byres Road and renamed itself after a song by the Ohio Players. Initially an indie-orientated store much in the Rough Trade mould, it gradually reorientated itself into a seller of both indie and local and classics for under a tenner.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fopp_(retailer)
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Coordinates:   55°52'37"N   4°17'28"W

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  • A1 and then Fopp actually had a shop in Renfield St before this shop started. Back then, it was an amazing place to find all sorts of wonderfully obscure stuff and their sales actually reduced the price of things you wanted to buy to more reasonable prices. Nowadays, they're pretty much like a small version of Virgin or HMV (although still miles better). Incidentally, their success in this shop killed off the best music shop in the world, Echo, which stood a couple of blocks down on the other side of Byres Road.
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