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It started as a blog on Facebook and then continued as a feature on the Birka Jazz website. Now it is a book called "Stockholms skivaffärer & skivbörsar – en 100-årig historia”.
It's the first documentation of its kind, chronicles the entire history of the Stockholm record shops. About how they looked and about the people they are associated with, owners and employees. And a lot about the records they sold. The book is written in Swedish, with 300 pages and 400 illustrations. Author is Torbjörn Sörhuus, the founder of Birka Jazz.

Below you’ll find a small selection of pictures from the book and here you can
order the book


PUB skivbar
PUB record store, early 1950s.


Kindstugatan
Kindstugatans Skivantikvariat, first shop for used records in Stockholm.


Selanders
Selander's at Vasagatan, mid 1950s.


Nordiska
Nordiska Musikförlaget Drottninggatan, 1970s.


Broddman Storgatan
Broddman Storgatan, 1950s.


Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds - Calle Eklund and Stefan Jakobsson, late 1970s.


Skivfabriken
Skivfabriken and Richard Berlin, 1970s.


Richards Records
Richard's Records Birger Jarlspassagen, early 1970s.


Hirschs
Hirschs Skivor Hötorget, early 1960s.


Numa
Numa Götgatan, 1960s.


Skivix
Skivix Barnhusgatan and Bosse Gustafsson, 1980s.


NK 1957
NK:s Skivbar, 1957.


Skivfönstret
Skivfönstret, 1980s.


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