The fourth annual UK Americana Awards show took place last night at Hackney Empire in London. Hosted by Bob Harris OBE, the awards show included performances from Bennett Wilson Poole, Jade Bird, Mary Gauthier, Ben Glover, Graham Nash, Rhiannon Giddens, Curse of Lono, Isreal Nash and more. We were thrilled to see Proper distributed acts […]
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Jan
Jan
Pictured above, back row: Lily, Natalie, Millie, Lillian and Craig. Front row: Luke and Emily. “The story of how a family run record shop has faced adversity and tragedy but with support from the local community are still bringing pleasure to the music fans of the Boston area” Fanatical Sunderland football fan Gareth Skinner has […]
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Jan
Jan
We’re pleased to again be involved with the official Record Store Day Unsigned competition which invites unsigned UK artists/bands to submit a video showcasing their work for a chance to get their music pressed on to vinyl by our friends at Sound Performance and distributed through Proper. The competition closes on the 13th March so […]
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Dec
Dec
“It may not be a post office any more, but it still delivers” Situated in an area sometimes dubbed the North Norfolk Rivieria, Holt Vinyl Vault began life as a record shop based inside a working post office, where customers could browse the LPs while sub-postmaster and proprietor Andrew Worsdale served the queue of customers […]
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Nov
Nov
Taken from the book ‘The Vinyl Revival and the Shops That Made it Happen’ Vinyl Tap is located opposite Huddersfield train station. The shop had long been off the media’s radar, but that all changed on the day before Record Store Day in 2017, when Lauren Laverne broadcast her BBC 6 Music radio show live […]
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Sep
Sep
Taken from the book ‘The Vinyl Revival and the Shops That Made it Happen’ Laurence and Malcolm Prangell were brought up in the 1960s in a large house in Watford. Laurence’s first memory of music was courtesy of the next-door neighbours, a West Indian family, who played their reggae music very loud and into the […]