I have a theory every British person has one
Buy CD’s, opening them by the hinges being careful not to damage the seal, copying the CD, then returning the CD for a refund.
Trying games on the demo machines, finding the Cure’s discography at £3 a CD, marking big events with a new CD… ahhh such nice happy times before panic and no money :) damn life was easy :)
I remember when it opened in my hometown by Julian Clary.
If regularly go every Monday to see what the new VHS releases were and then on a Friday for the latest games.
I’m sure I went for a midnight launch of something but I can’t remember what. It might have been The X Files on VHS?
Just double checked on a Wiki, they started releasing two episodes a tape, two tapes a month. But the show became so popular, they scrapped that after just a couple of months and decided to do it differently.
This was before major internet, so I would discover things at hmv if never heard of before.
I remember discovering a 4CD soundtrack set to the Star Wars trilogy. A CD for each film with the fourth CD containing rare unreleased music. Bought that instantly I think.
Yeah, lots of other memories too. 😁
Buying a really shit record called ‘Lolipop’ because I needed a 3rd one to get the ‘3 for £10’ deal and there was nothing else that I didn’t already have.
It’s logo was very memorable. Bright pink on black with the bold typeface.
Never bought anything there.
Goths looking at posters. The cd machine where you could listen to new albums. And, latterly, goddamn funkopops.
I was one of them! Well goth-ish looking at posters
I was as well but in stores like HMV in Germany (that also hat CD listening stations 😸)
Games, posters, and singles in the basement. Albums on the ground floor. DVDs and classical upstairs. It was fun just to look through stuff, but I think I did actually buy all my music and a lot of my game boy games from HMV.
