Vintage British Record Store Bags: 1960-1990

A great collection of old record shop bags

Long before the digital download, cool kids bought their music from the record store – and took them home in record store bags. There were lost Saturday afternoons flicking through racks of vinyl, seeking something new and familiar amid the often gloomy room bedecked with bands and gig posters pinned to sound-deadening board. The staff would play the new, the rediscovered and the lost sounds to the shoppers. Sure you carried home some terrible music, but at least it was yours, and some of it was great.

And then there was the record store bag:

 

 

Keith Prowse Music Store bag, for 45s (1960s)

Keith Prowse Music Store bag, for 45s (1960s) Via

 

HMV Record Shop, Oxford Street, London, 45 bag

HMV Record Shop, Oxford Street, London, 45 bag. 1965

45 record store bag for Muzik City reggae shops. 1969

45 record store bag for Muzik City reggae shops. 1969

 

 

W.G.Stores, Shepherds Bush Market, London, record shop 45 bag. 1965

W.G.Stores, Shepherds Bush Market, London, record shop 45 bag. 1965

Hickies Music Shop, High Street, Slough, UK, record bag. 1965

Hickies Music Shop, High Street, Slough, UK, record bag. 1965

 

David's Record Shop, Slough, Bracknell, & Euston (London), 45 record bag. 1969

David’s Record Shop, Slough, Bracknell, & Euston (London), 45 record bag. 1969

 

Rainbow Records, Yiewsley & West Drayton, 45 record bag.

Rainbow Records, Yiewsley & West Drayton, 45 record bag. 1965

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rasputin records vibes kam

 

Hickies Music Store, Slough, 45 record bag. 1965

Hickies Music Store, Slough, 45 record bag. 1965

 

All via EgoTrip

 

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NEMS Liverpool Via

NEMS Liverpool Via

 

All these via Edinburgh Archive

 

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All via Record Store Bags

 

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