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Yeah mate I think that mag was called Drum. Interviews, gig guide etc, cant remember exactly moved away from Sydney 20 years ago.I remember in the late 80’s going down to Sydney 3 or 4 times each year to watch a Dogs game and the first thing we did was do a record store crawl like the one you mentioned, because the ones in Brisbane at the time were rubbish. There used to be 3 or 4 awesome secondhand record stores in the bottom bit of Pitt St near Central Station. And as young hard rocker, the first time I walked down those stairs at Utopia into that Martin Place store was like walking into another dimension. It was pretty small store, but we used to spend 2 or 3 hours in there every time literally looking at everything they had. Always returned back to Brisbane with some cool goodies from there.
And pre-internet days, you had to pick up those street music mags (I can’t remember what the Sydney ones were called) to see where all the bands were playing that weekend.
Yep there use to be quite a few stores back in the day. Waterfront records was Elizabeth Street I think short walk from Central. Utopia moved a few times, I remember the first time going there and similar to your experience.
There were a couple of good import shops in Parramatta and 1 in Blacktown too. Fun times.