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What's your memory of HMV? (lemmy.world)

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I have a theory every British person has one

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[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

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. 😁