Collectors Corner
Was that the little shop in the dog-leg arcade off Swanston St?
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Collectors Corner
Was that the little shop in the dog-leg arcade off Swanston St?
Got stax of them around somewhere...
FYI - I also bought Operation Mindcrime at Metal for Melbourne....still got that WASP picture disc?
I recall Collectors Corner being on Swantson St proper - I remember where it was exactly.....but it may have started in the Arcade. I do remember the dog leg arcade and shop you refer to but can't remember it's name.
It was on Swanston street proper. I'm trying to remember the dogleg arcade but can't recall it. There was also a record shop on the corner of Bourke ans Swanston, you had to go down an escalator, I can't remember it's name though. They used to carry bootlegs in there. Collectors moved across the road at some point in the mid 90's, it wasn't the same though. The original store used to get some good stuff, I was heavily into collecting Kiss Vinyl during those years. Au Go Go was the best shop in the city for old vinyl and posters.Was that the little shop in the dog-leg arcade off Swanston St?
The Kiss convention was 1995.Yes - and also the "Forever Free" picture disk. I think it is with my other picture Disks - "God Gave Rock and Roll to you II" which I bought from Metal For Melbourne and had Gene and Paul sign at the Convention in 1992.
"Headless Children" - one of my all time favorites.
It was on Swanston street proper. I'm trying to remember the dogleg arcade but can't recall it. There was also a record shop on the corner of Bourke ans Swanston, you had to go down an escalator, I can't remember it's name though. They used to carry bootlegs in there. Collectors moved across the road at some point in the mid 90's, it wasn't the same though. The original store used to get some good stuff, I was heavily into collecting Kiss Vinyl during those years. Au Go Go was the best shop in the city for old vinyl and posters.
You may be right, I can't remember if it was Billy Guyatt's. I bought a set of four, 7 inch Kiss picture discs from there.Downstairs at Bourke & Swanston was Billy Guyatts (spelling?) at one point. Bought my Savatage "Hall of the Mountain King" poster down there for $2.
The Kiss convention was 1995.
I got Hard to Believe at Virgin Megastore. $25 I remember it cost me.Sheesh. And I call myself a hardcore KISS fan ! I should have remembered the year as I met Stanley and Simmons with a local newspaper journo for a story on their tour (and the rabid KISS fan that can't even recall the year they toured)..
I'll have to dig out my picture disks. I bought a heap of them in the late eighties and early nineties. Crazy Nights, Animalize, To Hell with the Devil, In God we Trust.. Every KISS bootleg I could get my hands on. If memory serves, that was the only place you could buy the Red vinyl "Hard To Believe" covers album. I had that signed as well. Awesome memories.
I used to catch the train into Flinders street and walk up the ramp and on your right was one of the entrances to the old "Central station Records". You could also enter from Flinders street. In 1981 we took a trip into town to buy KISS' "The Elder". Years later we lined up to buy Stryper tickets, and when Stryper toured, they visited to the shop and the front glass window smashed from the rush. The last thing I bought from the old store was "The Headless Children" picture disk. Just down the road was a tiny shop with just a roller door and the dude used to make those heavy metal belts with the chains and other metal items. Boot spikes were a big seller from memory. "Metal For Melbourne" moved to banana alley and it used to sell a lot of cool stuff. It was only place I could by "Operation Mindcrime" back in the late 90's.
Then every department store sold Metal records..
Daniel's favourite Quote .. His a Bloke not a Guy.. ClassicGood old Daniel.....which he pronounced Danielle, in his heavy German accent.
Used to visit him regularly and he even had a name for me............Mr Hawkwind
Downstairs at Bourke & Swanston was Billy Guyatts (spelling?) at one point. Bought my Savatage "Hall of the Mountain King" poster down there for $2.