In the same way that I expect to get over the death of Michael Winner, I cannot join the chorus lamenting the possible demise of HMV, a "national treasure".
It isn't, and never was – and I am a connoisseur of record shops.
Let's restrict ourselves to Glasgow, this columnar space being the size it is. My father defied me to go into the original Virgin store on Argyle Street, presumably on the responsible parental grounds that it was staffed by dodgy hippies who also sold king-size cigarette papers.
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