Oxfam Southampton breaks shop record for LP sale: Last week Oxfam Music of 1 East Street Southampton broke their record for the highest amount raised for the sale of an LP. Moonscape by the Michael Garrick Trio was sold instore for £1500. Rated at £2000 in the Rare Record Price Guide and widely acknowledged as a holy grail for jazz collectors; only 99 copies were known to have been printed with an unknown number still in existence. The sale beats their previous highest of Pussy Plays, a psychedelic rarity sold for £1200. ‘We’re lucky to have some great donations covering almost any genre and loyal local customers who come to us for rare and interesting finds.’ said Rob Milner, Shop Manager. ‘It’s incredible to be able to raise so much for Oxfam’s vital work to beat poverty.’
Brittany’s Record Shop to feature reggae, soul, hip-hop selections in Slavic Village: CLEVELAND, Ohio – Hip-hop, reggae and soul be the focus at Brittany’s Record Shop, a new music store located in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. The store is owned by local DJ and musician Brittany Benton, who performs regularly as DJ Red-I and as half of the FreshProduce hip-hop duo. Brittany’s Record Shop opens at 2 p.m. March 21. It’s not Benton’s first foray into owning a record store. She previously ran Young Kings record store along with Samantha Flowers (aka, the other half of FreshProduce, emcee Playne Jayne). Before Benton and Flowers took over the shop, it was founded by writer, musician and activist R.A. Washington, who also owns Guide To Kulchur book store.
‘Weed and music’ coming to Berkeley’s Telegraph Ave: BERKELEY, Calif.–Amoeba record stores may be legendary but the Berkeley “mothership” on Telegraph Avenue is now ready to dispense more than music at a new store front called Hi-Fidelity. “Nothing goes better with a great record than a great bag of weed and nothing goes better with a great bag of weed than a great record,” says Hi-Fidelity curator and inventory manager Christopher Garcia. A music store next to a cannabis dispensary on Telegraph Avenue seemed like a good fit for Berkeley. The city upped its cannabis permits from 4 to 6 to accommodate the new business. The idea is to infuse the successful business model of Amoeba Music into a cannabis dispensary featuring local growers.
Techno pioneers Underground Resistance releasing new record bag, With space for up to 50 records: A new record bag from Detroit techno crew Underground Resistance is on the way next month. Available for £75, in black canvas with a printed logo on the flap, the bag can fit up to 50 12″s. Last year, UR collaborated with Carhartt on a limited edition clothing range featuring the group’s iconic logo. Founding UR member Jeff Mills also released a luxe limited edition, laser engraved, high density metal vinyl stabilizer via his Axis Records imprint in November.
Indianapolis Record Store Day performances will stretch beyond April 21: Record Store Day won’t be a single-date celebration at Indy CD & Vinyl. The Broad Ripple shop, 806 Broad Ripple Ave., plans live performances on April 21 — the 11th annual Record Store Day that has become the signature event of vinyl’s resurgence — as well as April 22. Fort Wayne teenager Addison Agen, runner-up on Season 13 of NBC’s “The Voice,” will perform as part of Indy CD & Vinyl’s outdoor lineup on April 22. The show is free and open to all ages. Fountain Square shop Square Cat Vinyl unveiled a Record Store Day lineup that includes J. Elliott and Saint Aubin. Luna Music, 5202 N. College Ave., plans to announce its Record Store Day performers in coming weeks. Irvington Vinyl, a site for Record Store Day performances in recent years, will close before April 21.
