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 […]
Category Archives: News
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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 […]
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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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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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Jul
Jul
James Horwood owns one of the UK’s more unusual record shops. I asked James about the history of the shop and which of our releases he is currently enjoying Slab Records is situated above Soundlab Studios in Loughton Essex on Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate. The studio has been here for 15 years and has recorded […]