Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 14, 2021 15:27:04 GMT
They did also sell DVDs but it was mostly CDs
Seems to be one which once were located in Kristiansand.
Never heard of it, but 30 years, that is very impressive. I wonder if if was part of the same stores as the Playcom (Oslo, Bergen and Fredikstad).
By the way, did you visit often Videoteket? Which also were located in Kristiansand? I got a few used rental VHS tapes with the stamp or logo of Videoteket, and it seemed like it went out of business back around the same time as Rockline.
Would have loved to visit those shops, as I remember a few people on a horror forum, had many great stories of these big and cosy movie and music stores in Kristiansand.
Anyway, the closest I could get to a decent image, of my favorite movie store (Playcom Oslo) is this one:
But this image is of course not a very recent one, as you can see the Platekompaniet logo at Byporten shopping mall in the background, while most obvious is that the Clarion Hotel (the building which Playcom used to be located in) is no longer there, but has been rebuilt.
The store closed down in winter of 2012, and it happened rather fast.
I was very disappointed, as I had been a frequent customer (weekly I was there, sometimes twice a day) and always found something interesting, the guys behind the desk were always pleasant and informative with great and very fitting recommentadions within the horror and cult movie genre, and some really sure enjoyed a chat about their favorite movies.
I remember that I started shopping there back in 2004-05, but since I still had not got myself a region free DVD player, I prefered other places, which had mostly region 2 copies. But when I got a hold of a region free player, I would always look forward to their upcoming DVD releases, and they were way ahead of their movie rivals such as Platekompaniet.
For such a small sized store, they had pretty much everything a movie fan could want.
They also had huge and awesome looking movie posters (framed with glasses), and these huge Alien steelcreatures, standing around in the shop.
Hm, looking at the image I posted, I believe it could be around the end of 2011 (due to the sale poster in the window), but it seems warmer and since people are wearing t-shirts, this surely is not from the cold icy winter of 2012.
Anyway, I get all nostalgic and I guess it comes from the knowledge and all the good memories I had, walking around the area, knowing that at least (during the early to mid 00s), there would be, at least somewhere between 8-10 music and movie stores, lying around the same place, with only a few minutes from each other.
These days, it is only Platekompaniet (located at Oslo City) and a few second hand stores left, that sells music and movies. Of course, that is better than nothing, but such a shame, how fast it all ended.