Comments on: How the Museum of Exotic World became Main Street’s Neptoon Records

By: Record Players

Record Players — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:26:16 +0000

yeah it’s the nice place to visit been there while ago to the record I was surprised how big the collection was really awesome.

By: Mr walter white

Mr walter white — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:42:44 +0000

yeah it’s nice place to visit been there while ago to the vinyl record i was surprised how big the collection was really awesome

By: Doug Parks

Doug Parks — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:45:12 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus. Yes he did find rolls. I cant remember exactly where but ive emailed him ,maybe he can recall. I think he bought quite a few.

By: Richard Skelly

Richard Skelly — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:00:02 +0000

Love the kitschy red-and-white record player beside Rob Frith in his inner sanctum of vinyl LPs. Never yet met the man. Ashamed to say I never visited his store before leaving the Lower Mainland in 1990. Although a freelance music journalist in the ‘70s, I moved on to hard news and features, losing touch with the rich rock music of yore.

Rob has a terrific Facebook page on which he loads reproductions of old concert and movie posters, entertainment ads, photos of singers, groups, actors etc. with heavy emphasis on Vancouver personalities and events. About every fifth post triggers some memory synapse in my wizened noggin.

Over the years, Rob’s also reinvested profits in issuing retrospective albums, including The Nocturnals, Northwest Company and Tom Northcott. Then there’s the Neptoon History Of Vancouver Rock And Roll compilations. Reference sites indicate there have been three such compilations: Volumes 1, 3 and 4. Not sure if a Volume 2 exists. Or if its absence is an inside joke.

At any rate, sooner or later, I’ll visit Vancouver long enough to drop into Neptoon for a leisurely browse. And hopefully an encounter with quite possibly the most knowledgeable record store proprietor in Western Canada.

By: Doug Parks

Doug Parks — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 23:25:24 +0000

Some years back a friend of mine from Alberta wanted to buy rolls to use in his played piano. We discovered Main St. Great antique shops, junk shops and specialty shops. There was a wool store that had a full factory in the basement. The woman running the shop was the grand daughter of the builder.
Back in the 60s my dad worked at a company that had an office above some stores on Main St. Scottys Roofing and Chimney Sweeping.
I cant remember the record store but I will definitely look for it the next time were browsing that great area of Vancouver