Category Archives: News

Music Week Awards 2026

Proper Distribution nominated for Music Week Awards 2026

The finalists for the Music Week Awards 2026 have been announced and we’re thrilled to be amongst the finalists for the Sales Team award. A huge congratulations to our incredible sales team whose passion, dedication, and commitment to our label and artist partners make achievements like this possible.

Record Vault

Featured Store: Record Vault

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 […]

Artone acquires assets of Proper Music Group

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) […]

Spinning Around Records

Featured Store: Spinning Around Records

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 […]