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Monday 28 July 2008

LARG'S LISTENING BOOTHS - 1960

Larg's in Whitehall Street, in the 60's, had listening booths near to their record dept. When you wanted to find out what the latest tune in the charts sounded like, they would put the record on the turntable, let you know what booth number it was playing in and in you'd go for a wee listen before deciding whether to buy it or not.
The snap here was taken in Feb 1960 and Anthony Newley was at the #1 spot in the UK charts with his track "Why" for the entire month!

Photo by DC Thomson.
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4 comments:

  1. David Evans25 October 2008 at 06:43

    Used to work in Largs in the 60's in the photographic department. Brilliant memories.

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  2. Radio Memories29 November 2008 at 11:19

    I used to work in the sheet music department with Bill, Sheena, and Mr Laird back in the late 60's. Great memories as well.

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  3. Anonymous8 December 2008 at 16:19

    Well, write some of the down for us, it's fascinating. I bought synths and a bass out of Largs.

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  4. Anonymous11 September 2012 at 14:09

    I was in here every Saturday afternoon...remember it well.

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