Sister Ray goes into administration

as select-a-disc. but still a bummer.

Sister Ray bought Selecta disc a few years ago and moved itself into the property (from down the road on Berwick Street).

So yes, essentially, it is Select-a-Disc's store in administration.
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http://www.thrashhits.com/2008/07/in-memoriam-of-shades/

I get stuff from there all the time. They're pretty good, very similar to the Selectadisc in Nottingham (obviously) and they pretty much always have what I want. And some rare cheap gems.

If I had the money I'd buy it.

The staff of both stores merged.

Select-a-disc was good and all but Sister Ray brought in a lot of old vinyl stock which is great in my eyes.

That's the opposite of my experience.

puregroove goes shitty, sister ray into administration :(

Shades was THE shop for the early 80's Metal Head. Used to love my trips up there.

did you realise you werent in Saint Etienne after all?

ZING!!!

I love this shop :(

I'd like to think, considering the amount of money I used to spend there, that if I hadn't have moved out of London that this wouldn't be happening.

And Mr CD has gone aswell :(

Did i also hear rightly that Steve's Sounds nr Leicester Sq isn't there anymore either?

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but in this case I couldn't care less. I boycotted Selectadisc years ago because the staff were up-their-own-arse pricks who hated women. If Sister Ray had the old Selectadisc staff, then good riddance to the old shithole.

this is amazing- I boycotted Sister Ray probably ten years ago when it was across the street, after they basically laughed me out of the shop cos I wanted to hear a bit of a track.

Never went back til they started occupying the old selectadisc pitch, and forgot- bought something, and the guy was a total arsehole- at which point it all came flooding back to me.

I only used to go in there from then on to laugh at the ridiculous prices of their muck common fifties and sixties singles they went to the effort of colour photocopying in case someone fancied half inching a knackered copy of 'puppet on a string' or some other such wonder

the staff in the original sister ray store were a hell of a lot more helpful to me than the staff in select-a-disc.

I used to love selectadisc when i was a student and around that time they expanded it i think. To see it it downsize is a shame and closure would be tragic. Great record shop and always very friendly. They would always give you the heads up on up and coming bands worth seeing at the Social as well.

when I was at uni. I found the staff friendly and the stock good and reasonably priced.

Since moving to London I have not found anywhere as good except for Rough Trade East, and nowhere at all that had as good a selection of really cheap second hand vinyl.

Sister Ray is pretty good and I never had a problem with the staff but there have been a few times when I couldn't get what I was looking for.

I'll be sad if either of the shops go though. Independent record stores closing like this is only a bad thing. I'm still mourning the loss of Fopp.

there will be nothing left

ANYWHERE

I work in the industry and Notts Selectadisc is trading as selectadisc 2007 limited and Sister Ray is sister ray limited so they are both separate companies!!!

I worked at Selectadisc for 10 years and met my husband there. I am pretty sure he doesn't hate women, neither do I and nor did the other female staff including our female boss.

Twice I rang up and placed a phone order with these sloppy fools. Both times, my stuff didn't turn up. I rang and asked where it was and they said "Oh you gave us the wrong card number". This was a blatant lie as they repeated the number to me once I had given it to them. Also, why didn't they ring me back to say they couldn't process the payment? I tell you why, they're a bunch of jerks. No wonder they're going into administration.

They weren't overpriced, I'll give them that, but neither were they bargainsville by any stretch.

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