I LOVE this store, they have an excellent service committed to excellence. If they take a little…read morewhile replying to your emails, I can assure that it is because they are giving their best trying to give you the best solution. You can definitely trust them. Support small record stores!!

Great independent store which is a nice change from HMV!read more

This is a good sized store and is one of my favourites if ever I need a DVD, CD or video game. They…read morehave many offers (they nearly always have some sort of offer on) such a buy one get one free, 3 for 2, etc. Because it is such a popular store, the queues can be very long but staff are great and usually apologetic. Their prices are good too.

This is a large spacious store located in the centre of the bridges shopping centre. Loads of…read moreoffers available on all current music and films. A valid NUS card gets a further 10% off in store and online. Really busy at this time of year but worth a visit as you can get something for everyone.

Darlington is a pretty small town and has had many music shops in the past (with 'Williams' being…read morethe longest standing and most prominent). I personally think the Darlington Music Centre is one of the best music stores we've had in Darlington, the staff are friendly and always very willing and helpful. The prices are pretty competitive and if appropriate they have been willing to negotiate in the past. For a music store in a small town they also have a decent selction of guitars including big name originals like Gibson, Fender and PRS. Also for those of you wanting to learn how to play an instrument you can enquire in store for guitar lessons or drum lessons, in fact you can take the drum lessons at the back of the store so you don't need a drum kit and don't need to annoy your neighbours (until you decide you're serious about it!;)

Was looking for some sheet music & books for base guitar. A fair selection available. Have been in…read morea few times & have found it has what I need.

St. Oswald's is a North East based Cancer Charity which has opened a series of specialist shops to…read moreraise money for their cause - the book shop on Gosforth High Street being one of my favourites. The shop isn't big in size, but it's well laid out with a good selection of books ranging from Autobiographies, to Sci-fi, travel and more. The staff are friendly, and there are often offers on. I picked up four great Sci-fi books for a quid, for instance. Bargain! A good visit for any book reader, which raises funds for a good cause.

This has now moved to bank street but was a friendly music shop.read more

HMV in Newcastle is located in the intu Eldon Square Shopping Mall, in a form of "bridge" on the…read moremall, hence it comes from the name Blackett Bridge which is the sort of street name used to make it easier to locate the store, even though it isn't on a street and is inside the mall anyway. The staff around the store didn't seem overly friendly, and the product range I saw was basically average for a HMV store. Inside, the store once again was average, maybe slightly below that, it wasn't the nicest of stores, albeit it wasn't the worst either and hadn't yet received the modernisation which some stores, such as my local branch of HMV at the Manchester Arndale have received. Some of the pricing was competitive, albeit more expensive, in some cases considerably more expensive than online retail giant Amazon. The selection of games was also minimal. The store was quite large being over two floors but still the overall feel of the store and other aspects I have mentioned sadly mean I feel this store is only worthy of a low two star rating.