David’s Music is an institution, tucked away in the most unassuming of provincial towns. Some sources claim there are more trees than people in Letchworth but that doesn’t stop people making their pilgrimages from far and wide to come and check the shop out. Opened originally as a bookshop, it soon established itself as one […]
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Feb
Feb
In one form or another, the family owned and loosely evolving Drift Record Shop has lived on the Totnes high street since the mid-nineties. Currently driven by “Indie Champion” (2015 AIM Awards) Rupert Morrison, the whole operation is approached with just the right amount of revery… after all, would you really expect one of the […]
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Jan
Jan
Jumbo Records was set up in Leeds in 1971 by Hunter Smith as an offshoot from the mobile disco that he was doing at the time. Dealing in the hits of the day and with a special reputation as a supplier of soul and reggae releases, the shop was run by Hunter and partner Lornette […]
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Dec
Dec
Exciting times at The Vault as earlier this month they opened a brand-new store on Old Christchurch Road in Bournemouth. With a shop in Christchurch and outlets in Boscombe and Wallisdown, it’s a busy time for owners Alan and Chrissie. Co-Owner Alan Rowett was asked at school by his careers teacher “What do you want […]
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Nov
Nov
Owner Andy Haddon has been working in record shops for almost twenty-five years, in a career that has taken him across the UK, managing shops for HMV, Fopp and Rise. In 2012, Six months into a yearlong career break, in the back of a camper van somewhere in Western Australia, the idea for Left for […]