Michael Fuchs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 anybody know of any decent record shops on the following islands: - Tobago - Grenada - Carriacou - Bequia - St. Vincent - Barbados cheers, M. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Rimmer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Got a nice holiday planned Michael ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 BARBADOS: In the centre of Bridgetown there's a big department store; Cave Shepherd. That USED to have a great record department (as the owners of the store, a local conglomerate had bought up the local assets of W.I.R.L. -- studio, warehouse, stock). I used to go there every visit to the island and buy cheap old 45's & LP's. Unfortunately they closed the record department down some years back. Just across the river bridge (south side) there was a shop that sold import (Jamaican) reissue LP's (old 60's Wand stuff & the like) but again I doubt that it's still there. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
mark ellis Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi Michael, if you're in Tobago on a Sunday make sure you go to Sunday School at Bucco Reef. It's an all night reggae party & is fantastic. The locals are very approachable & you may get some tips there. best Mark. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Got a nice holiday planned Michael ? just trying to put on a bit of a tan in time for Prestatyn - off on monday - yippie Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 thanks for the info, looks like we'll only have a few hours in Barbados, but will try to get to Bridgetown if only for a few drinks, cheers, M. BARBADOS: In the centre of Bridgetown there's a big department store; Cave Shepherd. That USED to have a great record department (as the owners of the store, a local conglomerate had bought up the local assets of W.I.R.L. -- studio, warehouse, stock). I used to go there every visit to the island and buy cheap old 45's & LP's. Unfortunately they closed the record department down some years back. Just across the river bridge (south side) there was a shop that sold import (Jamaican) reissue LP's (old 60's Wand stuff & the like) but again I doubt that it's still there. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi Michael, if you're in Tobago on a Sunday make sure you go to Sunday School at Bucco Reef. It's an all night reggae party & is fantastic. The locals are very approachable & you may get some tips there. best Mark. Ah feck, would've loved to go, unfortunately we won't be there on a sunday , thanks for the info anyway ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Karl s Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 If your in trinidad in port of spain theres a record shop called rymers or rhymers , cant remember but when i went there in 2002 there was loads of soul in the back of the hot dark stifling warehouse . i was llucky as my uncle was a radio dj and got me access iwent through it over 2 days and cleared all the reggae studio 1 , coxsone , upsetter , black art , treasure isle , loads of ska , rock steady , roots etc it was amazing my uncle had it boxed and shipped back for me , i wasnt interested in the soul as there is so much of it , motown ja etc funk as well , only drawback was mr rhymer insisted on helping me all good except he kept farting all the time , propper wet an heavy in that heat and humidity no windows and massive mozzys every where felt quite sick but where theres tunes i am there , farts or not Seriously though there is a warehouse full of 60s 70s soul us and uk ,labels and west indian us and uk labels , they love bashment and soca so this music is nothing to them so its just piled up in his warehouse , good luck if any one goes there 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 If your in trinidad in port of spain theres a record shop called rymers or rhymers , cant remember but when i went there in 2002 there was loads of soul in the back of the hot dark stifling warehouse . i was llucky as my uncle was a radio dj and got me access iwent through it over 2 days and cleared all the reggae studio 1 , coxsone , upsetter , black art , treasure isle , loads of ska , rock steady , roots etc it was amazing my uncle had it boxed and shipped back for me , i wasnt interested in the soul as there is so much of it , motown ja etc funk as well , only drawback was mr rhymer insisted on helping me all good except he kept farting all the time , propper wet an heavy in that heat and humidity no windows and massive mozzys every where felt quite sick but where theres tunes i am there , farts or not Seriously though there is a warehouse full of 60s 70s soul us and uk ,labels and west indian us and uk labels , they love bashment and soca so this music is nothing to them so its just piled up in his warehouse , good luck if any one goes there haha, nice story ! I had heard of the shop, think it's called Rhyners, unfortunately we're only doing Tobago, not Trinidad, but thanks for sharing anyways ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Karl s Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 But dude its a 20 min flight very cheap , i stayed weekdays in tobago , and limed it in pos for weekends , worth a quick flight fof a day , maybe ring shop first to se if still got ware house be a shame not too , have a good time drink lots of carib , mind the hot sauce on the rotis its a ring wrecker good luck any way Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Karl s Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 But dude its a 20 min flight very cheap , i stayed weekdays in tobago , and limed it in pos for weekends , worth a quick flight fof a day , maybe ring shop first to se if still got ware house be a shame not too , have a good time drink lots of carib , mind the hot sauce on the rotis its a ring wrecker good luck any way Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) I'm assuming he's on a cruise around the Caribbean and will therefore only have 6/7 hours in each destination. If I'm correct & that's what you are doing Michael....... when in Barbados ..... its only about a mile from the Cruise Terminal into the centre of Bridgetown. Not too far to walk or lots of mini buses on local routes into town (If no buses from Cruise Terminal building, walk up towards Kensington Oval cricket ground to find main road that buses shoot up & down). Bus stn (& adjacent minibus area) just on west side of town centre itself. MESEN, I'll be on a cruise to the Bahamas in just over a week BUT already been told not to bother looking for record shops in (funky) Nassau. There aren't any. Edited January 10, 2014 by Roburt Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ste S Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Ayup Mick, no nowt about record shops in the south caribbean (or north) but if you're visiting Carriacou find a rum shop and sample some Jack Iron Rum, used to work with one of the Huddersfield Carriacou posse and he brought me some back, knocked mi sox off, runs between 80 & 90% that's volume and not proof, hope you enjoy ya jollies and manage to catch ya boat to the next island. lol. Huddersfield Caribbean carnival for excessive rum fun. ;) Edited January 11, 2014 by Ste S Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 I'm assuming he's on a cruise around the Caribbean and will therefore only have 6/7 hours in each destination. If I'm correct & that's what you are doing Michael....... when in Barbados ..... its only about a mile from the Cruise Terminal into the centre of Bridgetown. Not too far to walk or lots of mini buses on local routes into town (If no buses from Cruise Terminal building, walk up towards Kensington Oval cricket ground to find main road that buses shoot up & down). Bus stn (& adjacent minibus area) just on west side of town centre itself. MESEN, I'll be on a cruise to the Bahamas in just over a week BUT already been told not to bother looking for record shops in (funky) Nassau. There aren't any. Thing is, we're doing all of the above islands and getting around in between them by means of plane, ferry and sailing boat, got approx. 3 nights on every island. Barbados will be our last stopover before the flight back, that's why we only got some 7 hrs. there, just trying to arrange some luggage storage while we're heading before Bridgetown for the afto. Thx for the info and enjoy your trip ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Ayup Mick, no nowt about record shops in the south caribbean (or north) but if you're visiting Carriacou find a rum shop and sample some Jack Iron Rum, used to work with one of the Huddersfield Carriacou posse and he brought me some back, knocked mi sox off, runs between 80 & 90% that's volume and not proof, hope you enjoy ya jollies and manage to catch ya boat to the next island. lol. Huddersfield Caribbean carnival for excessive rum fun. ;) thanks for the info & advice :-) Huddersfield Carriacou posse ? I know Robin from Hull is from Grenada, that him ? Gotta get me snorkel gear together now... cheers, M. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ianw Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 On 9 January 2014 at 08:18, Michael Fuchs said: anybody know of any decent record shops on the following islands: - Tobago - Grenada - Carriacou - Bequia - St. Vincent - Barbados cheers, M. How did you get on with this Michael? Did you find any record shops? Off there myself in a few weeks. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Have to say I found nowth. There was supposed to be a shop on Tobago, but as I didn't manage to find it I wouldn't know if it stocked only CDs or vinyl too. On Barbados we didn't have enough time to wander around. The closest thing to a record shop I came across was this, on bequia, of course it was closed ! Bequia music fest should be on again, at Bequia beach hotel on sat. afto some bands should play traditional reggae - at least they did 2 years ago. Quite a good vibe in town that weekend https://bequiatourism.com/bequiamusicfest/ where exactly you headin' ian ? Edited January 4, 2016 by Michael Fuchs Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ianw Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Cheers Michael. Doing two weeks across the islands, so Barbados, Grenada...think Bequia's on there too. We go to Tobago, so I'll have a google and see if I can find out if that record shop's still there... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Michael Fuchs Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 just found this when i flicked tru the pics again - pretty cool place to stay on Grenada, with live reggae in the bar. enjoy your hols, take it easy on the rum and let us know how you got on, cheers, Mick Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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