Graham Jones is always keen to visit new record shops and recently paid a visit to Spin Sounds in Dorking. It is wonderful to see a new record shop open in Dorking, a town that always felt like it should have one. Spin Sounds has just celebrated its first year, but it is a shop […]
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Aug
Aug
It is always great to report on a new record shop opening but even more exciting to hear about a shop that specialises in jazz/blues and hip-hop that has opened in Glasgow. Graham Jones asked owners Alan and Carolyn Bonnyman about the store. We are a new, small, independent record shop based in the west […]
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Jul
Jul
Olaf’s Record Store opened in October 2020 – perhaps one of the less good times to open a retail store – only to find we were shut down less than a few weeks later due to Covid. That first day open was a strange experience with the shop busy with vinyl buyers desperate to shake […]
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Jun
Jun
It is always a pleasure to visit Bridport, a town full of independent shops. The purpose of my visit was to call in on a corking record shop Clocktower Records. Owner Roy Gregory is a fellow fan of Birkenhead’s finest football team Tranmere Rovers and one of their most famous bands, Half Man Half Biscuit. […]
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Jun
Jun
Proper have seen another great week of results with multiple entries across the UK charts. Pearl Charles leads the pack with her latest album Desert Queen (Last Night From Glasgow), landing at an impressive #3 on the Scottish Albums Chart, #6 on the Independent Albums Chart, and #11 on the Physical Albums Chart. The album’s […]
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May
May
Graham Jones travelled around the country lanes of Dorset being held up behind herds of cows and tractors to visit this wonderful record shop located in Redlands Yard, Broadwindsor. If visiting the county do make the effort to pay a visit and pop next door for an excellent coffee too. Jones asked owner Ian Picken […]