The Shop Replacing HMV On Oxford Street Will Make You Feel Quite Depressed

    The iconic record shop of your youth is no more.

    Scott Bryan
    by Scott Bryan

    BuzzFeed Entertainment Editor, UK

    Remember the big HMV on Oxford Street?

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    You'd spend hours in there, looking at records you would never buy, flicking through a rack of posters that made you cringe, or waiting for someone to stop playing on the Playstation 3s.

    That store is now closed. Instead a smaller store has opened further down Oxford Street, the same location as their first London store (which opened in 1921).

    Holly Scott @hollymayscott

    Excited to see new HMV Oxford Street open! Love buying DVDs in store! @hmvtweets

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    So what is the closed HMV turning into? THIS.

    Scott Bryan @scottygb

    As a person who went to HMV on Oxford Street constantly as a teenager this is really quite distressing to see

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    That's right. Another Sports Direct.

    eCommera @eCommera

    The new Sports Direct Oxford Street store is coming to life #retail

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