Reckless Records (London) closing
 

RECKLESS RECORDS CLOSURE

Sadly we have to announce that Reckless Records has had to close down and has gone into liquidation after 24 years. The business of dealing in secondhand records and compact discs has become more and more difficult due to lots of factors, particularly the growth of internet trading, both at new and secondhand levels, and the impossibility of trying to keep abreast of falling prices in High Street stores and online retailers. The business affairs of Reckless Records are being dealt with by a liquidation company: there's unlikely to be a resurrection.

So regrettably it's goodbye from all of us at Reckless. There were lots of good times, but they've gone and it doesn't look promising for similar businesses.

Thanks and goodbye from all of us........

www.reckless.co.uk

This is quite sad. No record-buying visit to central London will ever be the same again :(

its (nearly) always sad when a record shop closes down.

aww, that sucks!!, goodbye to another independent music store hello to another tesco.

it's never good to hear about music stores closing. there are so few good ones to go to these days.

oklahoma city has shit for music stores.

the only "independent" store near me is really small and never has what I want.

I had to buy from iTunes this weekend. :(

Meh. Ebay is my favorite indie record store.

50 % off everything.I'd go and check it out,if i was you.

^
I'm in London on Sunday, so maybe I will.

thats good news about the 50% thing but by the time i get there all the best stuff will be gone i bet.

Oh, that's sad. If you can't even survive in a big city like London then where can you?
They looked decent; quite a bit of vinyl... mostly focused on "indie rock " though, not so much stuff in the avantgarde section and maybe a bit expensive on some second hand things but that was probably also because i'm calculating in euros.

50% off... did you get anything, eikrop?

(that's what I thought too though!)

i got 100 7" singles for £17 there on friday.

nice haul, any notable ones?

NO WAY!

Any good stuff?

Some good UK garage 12'''s and things.I've found it hard to get stuff that really interested me so i run to the basemenet in
Music Exchange.Reckless never tickled my fancy anyway.

so far, yes, quite a bit. i've been going through gradually and i'm about half way through. i have them sorted into three piles at the moment, "to listen to", "good" and "bad".

the "good" pile consists thusly:

DNA/Indepence - split (not the DNA of no new york fame, these bands are both from finland i think)
splintered - link
the raspberries - overnight sensation/hands on you
tar - solution 8
high tension - british hustle
johnny guitar watson - it's a damn shame
bum gravy - fat digester
tipper gore's anal retentive love children - make me an outlaw
the cult - rain
junior disprol - fight club
paul b. davis - enter the mystical faggot
downpour - don't go breakin' my art
ultrascope - three week melody
junior tucker - one of the poorest people
winterstrand/lenz - split
filthkick - hand crushed heart
the o'jays - love train
superconductor - the most popular man in the world
fringe benefit - all in vain (this isn't good at all, i just bought it because i thought it was the worst name for a band ever)
jfk - sexodus
don-e - peace in the world
the hedrons - be my friend
joni mitchell - in france the kiss on main street
le pamplemousse - le spank
leon huff - i'm jivin', i'm jammin'
trance - notre-dame de l'oubli
beenie man - hmm hmm
the gymslips - silly egg
sweet sensation - touched by magic
the jones girls - at peace with woman
tar - teetering
bomb the bass - 10 seconds to terminate
splitered - hilt
eddie henderson - prance on
antony m - consumer device

Eh? both bands?! fuckin' bollocks, that's Circle's first 7" from 1991 (which I haven't heard). From what I know, it's not a split single.
Pretty desirable item these days, you know.

you are talking about this one? yes?

yes! it cost me 17 pence, which is approximately 25 euro cents. how much do you reckon it's worth on ebay? (FYI i'm not selling it)

http://www.huuto.net/fi/showitem.php3?itemid=49019312

This might give you some clue. The starting price was 3€ and right now it's going at 24€.

how long till that finishes?

i had no idea what it was when i bought it i was just attracted to the cheapness of the cover. it's good though, but i would never have guessed it was circle from the way it sounds.

I tended to use Reckless more as a place to sell rather than buy records. Still, sad to see it go. No doubt to make way for yet another theme bar. Soho is going to shit.