Defunct music stores
#1
Posted 28 September 2006 - 05:43 PM
And the bikini store in the same mall is having a "retirement sale"... not sure if that's a sale on old person's swimsuits, or a sign they are closing too.
What's next? The miniature store in Market Square closes?
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#2
Posted 28 September 2006 - 05:48 PM
I've been trying to figure out what happened to all the merch.
#3
Posted 28 September 2006 - 05:49 PM
Goldy was shut down a month ago.
I've been trying to figure out what happened to all the merch.
OK, I hadn't noticed. :? (edit) :wink:
#4
Posted 28 September 2006 - 05:52 PM
#5
Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:22 AM
And this is my latest purchase...
#6
Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:56 AM
Goldy's was in that horrible little semi-underground strip mall beneath that 80s lowrise tower on the corner of Douglas and Pandora. You know, the complex that is patrolled by security on the second floor in case someone actually dares to enter it.
Shall we turn this thread into "Old Record Stores That Have Faded Away, Gone Bankrupt Or Have Otherwise Disappeared Off Victoria's Streets"?
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#7
Posted 29 September 2006 - 12:32 PM
#8
Posted 29 September 2006 - 05:43 PM
In addition to the venerable A&B Sound, the 700 block Yates was the place to look for (and comparison shop) records. Kelly's records was somewhere around the Mozart lot on Yates. Further up Yates, somewhere around where the post office extension is now was Millers. They mainly focused on audio products but they did sell records and tapes as well. Miller's became Miller's The Sony Store and eventually moved to Douglas St. between Yates and Johnson and later dropped the Miller's name completely.
Kelly's closed in the 80s and became a Circuit City for a few years. It was vacant for many years before being torn down to make way for the stalled Mozart building.
Lyle's place moved onto Yates from its original location at Menzies and Simcoe in the early 80s.
Modern Sounds records was on Fort St. where Stevenson's Shoe Clinic is now. Richards Records was where Roberta's Hats is on Gov't. They specialized in Jazz and Blues.
You can imagine the competition between all these independents and small local chains was incredible. People had no problem crossing the street to save ten cents on that new Men at Work or Cheap Trick LP. Combine that with the similar competition in Vancouver (A&B, Kelly's and I think either A&A or Sam's were nearby on Seymour?) and you had a music buyers dream.
So, for quite a while Victoria had the best music prices in the world. In many cases, half the cost or less of other cities (and that's not even including the cost of living differences). It wasn't until the 90s when eastern competition pushed prices to levels seen in the rest of Canada and North America.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#9
Posted 29 September 2006 - 06:20 PM
Music was cheap here. I used to shake my head when I saw people buying at Sam the Record Man in Hillside Mall - A&B was 30% cheaper on everything.
OK, here's one. Back in the late 80's or early 90's there was a music store in University Heights Mall called Stages.
#10
Posted 29 September 2006 - 06:52 PM
When did Miller's - The Sony Store finally drop the Miller's part? I think it was still Miller's - The Sony Store when I bought my first receiver.
There was also a good jazz store on Johnson in the early 1990s or so. I don't know if it's still there.
#11
Posted 29 September 2006 - 07:04 PM
The jazz/blues store on lower Johnson was Sweet Thunder records. I think it was where the soap store is/was.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#12
Posted 01 September 2008 - 09:13 PM
A&B Sound closes last Island store
Millstream Village outlet had been open a short time
Times Colonist
Published: Monday, September 01, 2008
Music retailer A&B Sound abruptly closed its last store on Vancouver Island on Saturday, marking the end of an era for a once-mighty B.C. retail icon.
The company's Langford store at the Millstream Village shopping centre sat locked and shuttered yesterday.
more...
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#13
Posted 01 September 2008 - 09:42 PM
Wow:
A&B Sound closes last Island store
Millstream Village outlet had been open a short time
Times Colonist
Published: Monday, September 01, 2008
Music retailer A&B Sound abruptly closed its last store on Vancouver Island on Saturday, marking the end of an era for a once-mighty B.C. retail icon.
The company's Langford store at the Millstream Village shopping centre sat locked and shuttered yesterday.
more...
Wow, that is sad, I guess. But things happen, things change.
#14
Posted 01 September 2008 - 09:47 PM
Oh, hang on, I have to recharge my iPod, be right back.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#15
Posted 01 September 2008 - 10:20 PM
Sorry
#16
Posted 01 September 2008 - 10:27 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#17
Posted 01 September 2008 - 10:35 PM
My fault, this probably wasn't the best thread for me to post it in, but I try not to have too many threads. Maybe we can title this defunct music stores.
Haha, there's a plan.
I also wondered what Goldy's rent was there!
Tougher tougher market dealing with the big boys.
That frustrates me too.
Just need my thread deleted. Mod!
#18 Guest_Marcat_*
Posted 02 September 2008 - 08:33 AM
#19
Posted 02 September 2008 - 10:27 AM
#20
Posted 02 September 2008 - 04:33 PM
I think much of the blame can be laid to the record companies giving people 1 or 2 decent tracks and making them pay for 10 other tracks of filler crap. Greedy dinosaurs not paying attention!
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