Reynier Bordes asked: >Could somebody recommend me the best record shop(s) in town? There's an appealing range of used and new CDs at Gibbs' Bookshop, Charlotte Street. Address and map at: http://scoot.yahoo.co.uk/details/BDetails.asp?comp=gibb&town=manchester&con=082296 There are less discriminating batches of used classical CDs at the Vinyl Exchange Used Record Shop: http://scoot.yahoo.co.uk/details/BDetails.asp?comp=vinyl&town=manchester&con=0820C2 Big selection of new CDs at HMV: http://scoot.yahoo.co.uk/details/bDetails.asp?a=26882&c=C04230&tc=&tc2=&tc3=&tc4=&con=0820EA Tell us what you buy, and see if you have time for a concert at Manchester's two main concert halls: http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/ http://www.rncm.ac.uk/ James Kearney [log in to unmask]