Graham Jones recently checked out Dig Vinyl who have two branches one in Liverpool and the second shop which is taking part in RSD based in West Kirby. He caught up with Carl and the team and asked about the history of the shop Dig Vinyl has been at the heart of Liverpool’s music scene […]
Author Archives: Ben
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Feb
Feb
Artone, together with Drew Hill, have acquired the assets of Proper Music Group Ltd (PMG), including Proper Music Distribution (PMD), the UK’s leading physical distributor of independent music. The acquisition will enable clients of both PMD (including Absolute Label Services, Believe, Cherry Red and Chrysalis/Blue Raincoat) and Artone (including Concord Music Group and Reveal Records) […]
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Feb
Feb
Graham Jones recently visited a unique pink record shop specialising in pop in the unlikely location of Wellington near Telford. The shop has plenty of quirky pop memorabilia and even has a life size cardboard cut out of Taylor Swift behind the counter. If you are a pop fan driving through the Midlands, it is […]
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Nov
Nov
How and why did you buy the shop? Both of us have been metal fans since young children and owing a record store has always been a dream of ours. After Ben was made redundant in 2022 he decided that he wanted to change career paths. After doing several graphic design courses, one of which […]
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Oct
Oct
Congratulations to Erika Brennan, our Legal & Business Affairs Director who was inducted into the Roll of Honour for the Music Week Women in Music Awards 2024 which took place last Friday. The Roll of Honour aims to highlight individuals who are ‘game changers’ in the music industry – dozens of execs have been added […]
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Aug
Aug
101 Collectors Records in Farnham was established by Andy Hibberd in 2002. He toyed with the idea of calling it ‘Andy’s Record Selling Emporium’ or ARSE for short. It would have been interesting to have seen the logo. Common sense prevailed and he settled on the current name. Current owner Richard Stone and his partner […]