Voices Of East Anglia: More From The HMV Oxford Street Store

More From The HMV Oxford Street Store

After the runaway success of our Inside the Oxford Street HMV Store in the Sixties post, we thought we'd have another look around the world wide web for pictures of the shop in other decades. We expected to find a few photos of the London store, however we have found loads!

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Shop floor 1950s

The pictures range from the 1930s to 1970s, there are a few 1960s ones that we've featured, but from different angles, such as the much talked about spiral staircase.

As well as lots of pictures of vinyl there are photos of the listening booths, The central record information bureau, the store room and a young lady in the 1950s giving a mixing demonstration in the store.... with a food blender.

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - hmv clearout LPs 1970s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Bowsers and listening post in store 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Shoppers in the specialist music department mid1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Ground floor catalogue refernce area, sales counter and accounts office - late 1950s / 60s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Press button listening panel 1953

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Training Shop 1930s

hmv 363 Oxford Street - hmv branded bus and unknown people late 1970s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Green counter 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Vinyl stockroom 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Listening booths 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Blender demonstration 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Unknown people 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Radio department 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Red Counter 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - New browsers 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Delivery van 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - TV department 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Ground floor - late 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, Lodon - customers in store 1940s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - vocal pops department 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - TV window display 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Customer browsing records 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Personal recording department 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Cosmpolitan Corner late 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Long Playing Records display 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Central Records Information Bureau 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - 12 inch vinyl counter 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Exterior of store May 1976

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - Customers using listening booths 1950s

hmv 363 Oxford Street, London - exterior of store late 1970s

8 comments:

ally. said...: oh to be in cosmopolitan corner
x; 28 November 2011 10:38
Anonymous said...: It's a like a department store. What was the "personal recordings" desk for? And the red and green counters?; 28 November 2011 18:16
davyh said...: Wonderful pics, especially the penultimate one with the chaps in the listening booths. Ah, the spiral staircase...!; 28 November 2011 22:51
Peter Robinson said...: I worked at the HMV store from 1955 to 1961 in the basement department called 'The Browserie'.
Ths was the first self service record shop in
England. The photo of the four ladies in costume dates from 1958/59, and the gentleman with them is George Fenwick, who was manager of the store for many years. Happy days!
Peter Robinson; 29 November 2011 18:06
Jeanie said...: I worked (was the Supervisor for the Video/Laser Disc Dept.) at HMV from 1992 to 1995 in NYC 86th and Lexington Avenue. Great photos...; 30 November 2011 04:10
inês patrão said...: this is priceless, thank you :); 30 November 2011 17:27
minibreakfast said...: Incredible stuff. Cosmopolitan corner for me too please!; 30 November 2011 21:57
fingertrouble said...: The Personal Recording I'm guessing was a recording booth - you could record your own acetates/records...quite a few of these survive and end up in charity shops and are collectable among the few as oddities. Didn't know the HMV store had one!

BTW I know the HMV store moved - not sure this was at where the current one is (opposite Poland Street), I doubt it as there's a plaque on the other side of Oxford Street towards Bond Street that says the first HMV store was there. Certainly I frequented the current one, the Virgin Megastore (RIP) and Tower at Piccadilly and Kensington (again RIP, sorta) throughout the 80's and 90's upto current day for the sole survivor!; 1 December 2011 15:59

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