Shops in Soho/central london

[ben]

Does anyone know if any of the shops in central london / soho specialise in 70's / early 80's video's / DVD's

thanks

Ben

[golostruda]

Unlikely. Virtually all the shops in Soho are licenced, and licenced shops just deal in R18s now (and there is little if any 'retro' porn on R18).

[Guilbert]

There is one, I went in it a few months ago, BUT BE WARNED
THE GUY RIPS YOU OFF.

I think it is in Berwick Street, near the a small market (barrows
selling fruit etc) and some second hand record shops.

It is a very small shop, and he has loads of videos of old 70s
movies.

I bought two videos from him, and when I got them home one
film stopped after about half and hour, and the other turned
out to be a totally different film from the label.

When I asked him if he had a certain film he went 'out the back'
to see if he had, and I think when he was out there he wrote out
the label and stuck in on any old video that was lying around.

If you go there tell him from me he is a bastard.

Guilbert

[steve56]

i had the same thing happened to me at a private shop in upton park in the 80s the titles of color climax never matched what was on the tape,in fact it was all soft porn rubbish with edits of other films.

[woodgnome]

rings a bell...

[DavidS]

This shop has been playing this trick for donkeys years. I remember they did it with me back in the mid eighties. The funny thing was the softcore one I was given starred the delightful Nadine de Rangot, a Swiss softcore actress from the early seventies, so I didn't feel too bad about the rip-off. Nevertheless not being satisfied with cheating you by giving you the wrong film, they also used dodgy tapes. This one disintegrated in the video machine after a short time. The other thing that annoyed me at the time, was that most of the Soho shops who sold hardcore in a reasonably honest way were always getting raided. This rip-off joint never seemed to!

[Ace]

If Ben or Guilbert care to email me, I can put them on to an excellent supplier of Retro and 70's porn