I love music. Having worked in the city of London for many years, I missed my children, my home and my music collection. When at home I had to travel a good distance to my now very good friend, Steve, at his independent record shop ‘Polar Bear ‘in Kings Heath, Birmingham. I felt that Lichfield […]
Category Archives: Featured Store
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Nov
Nov
Dedicated to Mary Brady (1952 – 2022) This month in our featured store section, Graham Jones talks to James Brady about his new store, Dark Earth. What’s your background and why did you open Dark Earth? My background is in the arts and cultural sector. At the end of March this year (2022) I left […]
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Sep
Sep
Graham Jones asked Tough Love owner Anja Petitto why she opened a specialist rock shop in the town of St Leonards on Sea? She replied: I’ve always secretly harboured a desire to have a record shop since I failed at all my attempts over the years to work in one as an employee. After many […]
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May
May
‘Record shop owners are a bit like BBC Radio 6 Music DJs’ – Chris Heard owner of Carnival Records Malvern. (pictured with store manager, Russ Brown) The ‘ageing record shop owner starter pack’ takedown is withering of its target – and savage in its accuracy. An office overrun with piles of dirty old records – […]
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Dec
Dec
Our latest featured store is written by Graham Jones, Sales Representative. I took a trip over to the Isle of Wight to call on the wonderfully quirky Reggie’s Retro owned by Sharon Holloway and supported by Michael Sumner. Both have amazing backgrounds, so I asked them how they ended up owning a record shop. Sharon: […]
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Nov
Nov
Tony Gaughan has a great music emporium in Glasgow called Blitzkrieg Shop. I asked him how the shop came about: “My musical memories started when my sister took me to the Glasgow Apollo Theatre in 1973 to see T-Rex, I was 9 years old. This and two Sweet shows in 1974 set me up for […]