Fives Records
Address:
103 Broadway, Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea SS9, UK
We are a family business which was opened by Peter Driscoll in 1977 at 55 Elm Road - hence the reason it was called Fives. We had to move to new premises on the Broadway about 18 months later because it took off and we desperately needed more space. Soon after, a second branch was set up in Rayleigh which Sandra (Peter's daughter), fresh out of school, was running. It thrived for 25 years before closing in September 2006 with the owner Peter going into semi-retirement.In October 2007 we celebrated our 30th year and Mcfly popped in for a special CD signing session, before heading to the Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, for their much anticipated concert.We used to have a lot of bands come in and do signings. We've had Billy Bragg, Donny Osmond and Snowy White down here and more recently the Horrors and even a mini concert by the Rumble Strips in front of the counter.Recently Wilko Johnson the legendary guitarist of the band Dr Feelgood dropped in to do an in store signing and meet the fans on the release day of his new album `going back home' on 24-3-2014On Record Store Day we have many artists performing throughout the day from the local area as well as DJs playing music to make it a fun and entertaining day for all vinyl enthusiasts. With 50,000+ titles on CD and vinyl packed into the shelves and even more in our retail storage which is slowly being put up for sale on our Amazon and Discogs stores, there's not much the shop doesn't have and if we don't have it and if it is still available we will order it for you, most ordered items can be got within a week or so.You can phone and speak to a real person about any particular item that you are interested in. Customer service is something we are well known for, we have access to many large databases and can find quite obscure items or fill in the webmail form on our contact page and we will get an answer to you in very short time.All major credit cards are accepted and we are happy to post to almost anywhere in the world.All of our products are new,unplayed and in mint condition unless otherwise stated.We are constantly adding new titles from our extensive storage and covering all genres and decades. Please note that we do not buy or sell second hand vinyl or CD`s all our stock comes direct from the manufacturers.We are also members of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). All our customers can be assured of the highest levels of customer service. Visit our Amazon of Discogs stores for many rare and deleted items on Vinyl and CD