BEANOS
RECORDS
Independent label: Beanos was a Label of Record store in Croydon that
released a few records, closed in 2009 Former Address: Beano's, 27 Surrey
Street, Croydon, Surrey. It managed two singles. It issued singles in
BEAN-0 numerical series. Distributed By Beanos Records. Beanos was a second-hand
record shop, once the largest in Europe, located in the South London suburb of
Croydon. It was founded by musician David Lashmar in 1975 and continued to
expand through three increasingly larger shops, ending up in an old printing
works in Middle Street in the 1990s. After over thirty years of trading, Beanos
faced the threat of closure in 2006, although the immediate threat was averted
by concentrating the store's focus on rare vinyl records, rather than compact
discs which were being undercut by large music chains and supermarkets. Lashmar
also closed the top two floors as a cost-cutting measure. However, in November
2008 Lashmar announced that the store would have to close by the end of the year
as sales had not picked up, and the shop closed in July 2009 after another
dealer bought the stock.
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Stagefright
Things Going On
Wrong
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Cause And
Effect
Fire And
Water
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