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Entrance space with original Dobell’s record rack
original Dobells record rack loaned from Museum of London with record sleeves on the ‘77’ record label
record rack - detail
EMI lit advertising display from Dobells
Dobells 77 Charing Cross Road. left to right- George Ellis, Bill Colyer, Brian Harvey, Doug Dobell,
Ken Lindsay, George Webb, John Jack
installation view entrance space
Garrard SP25 MKII record deck from a Dobells listening booth
speaker from Dobells with Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt record sleeve
detail of record by Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt for the Folklore record label, 1963
recorded in the basement of 77 Charing Cross Road including Bob Dylan as Blind Boy Grunt)
installation view of entrance space and ramp
installation view of ramp
Dobells at 77 Charing Cross Road, 1960’s
1960s black and white photograph of Dobells at night
with John Jack visible through the window.
Record signing for 'Black Nativity'. Prof. Alex Bradford
with L-R: Doug Dobell, Melody Maker critic Max Jones, EMI's Ian Middleton,
and Ian Pickstock of the National Jazz Association, 1962.
photograph: Val Wilmer
Marion Williams with Don Sollash and Dave Davies at Dobell's, 1962.
photograph: Val Wilmer
street view of Dobells 1970s
Doug Dobell outside of the soon to be demolished 77 Charing Cross Road in 1981.
installation view of the top of the ramp
street sign and facsimile of sign to the Folk/Blues section of the Dobell’s shop
facsimile of Dobells opening sign, original brick and door numbers
saved from the demolition of 77 Charing Cross Road
installation view of main space
installation view
photographs by David Redfern from a portfolio of images from the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival.
Portfolio commissioned by Dobell’s and Pan American Airways
Sarah Vaughan and Ben Webster photographed by David Redfern, Newport Jazz Festival 1967
photographs by David Redfern and flexi-disc from the Newport ’67 portfolio commissioned by
Dobell’s and Pan American Airways
flexi-disc and sleeve from the Newport ’67 portfolio commissioned by
Dobell’s and Pan American Airways
photographs including Thelonius Monk and Miles Davis taken by David Redfern from the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival
