Monday, May 04, 2026

Post-Vacation Wrap-Up: The Hell With the Umbrellas of Cherbourg -- I Got to See the Records Stores of France!!!

Specifically this one in Nice...

...and this one in Paris.

We were treated very kindly (considering we were Americans, if you know what I mean) in both stores, and both of them had fabulous assortments of vintage music. In Nice, a certain Shady Dame scored a vinyl copy of this way cool 1972 import Rolling Stones compilation...

...which has all their best early blues stuff, while aux Paris yours truly snagged CD versions of a fab EP by The Detroit Cobras and a three-disc box of the complete works of The Traveling Wilburys.

As I meant to imply, both stores were great, but Crocodisc in Paris was particularly cool in that it's been open in the same location -- across the street from the Sorbonne(!!!) -- since 1978. (For more info about the place, you can check out their website over HERE).

I should add that, alas, neither store had the French vinyl EP that I was most yearning to score a copy thereof...

...but that is, as they say, une autre histoire. 😎

Anyway, I'm back; regular less obviously self-indulgent postings resume on the morrow.

6 comments:

Allan Rosenberg said...

I still think you should have gone apartment hunting while there!

Capt Al

Dave Leonatti said...

Steve; Having a bit of French a l'universite'....and not wanting to AI cheat. The Nice store 'Achat-Vente: translates? Vente is wind I recall that. And how was Nice?

steve simels said...

I have no idea what it means, alas. Nice, BTW, was absolutely fabulous. Although I was informed by several locals it's unbearably hot in the summer.

steve simels said...

Okay, I looked it up -- achat-vente means buy-sell. Makes sense to me. 😎

Rob said...

"Dominique nique nique
S'en allait tout simplement..." 🇫🇷. 😉

Dave Leonatti said...

Mon Dieu! Absolument! I see the roots of Acheter and Venter. I would think being seaside would mollify the summer heat.....'un peu'? Thanks Steve. Traveling to Italy at months end and may try to slip over to Nice.