Indie Record Stores Explain Why a Global Album Release Day Is a Bad Idea
Reflecting the resurgence of interest in vinyl, record fairs are holding their own in the internet age. We visit an event in Southampton to wax lyrical with buyers and sellers.
Music memories inspire new exhibition at Sunderland’s Pop Recs store: ..Seeing people’s passion for their records led to the 17-year-old creating Music Boxes.
Record label Ample Play are planning to open the world’s smallest record shop to coincide with Record Store Day. The pop-up shop will be open for one day only in North London, from 11am till 5pm on Saturday 18 April – Record Store Day.
The new movement in the music industry is for vinyl records. Is this a brand new concept? No. Vinyl is the new craze and actually began in 2012 by Texan Mark Robbins of All Texas Music (ATXM.)
Good news for record collectors and music fans: Yakima’s Off the Record will celebrate Record Store Day as usual this year. I mean, we always figured they would. But a few people have asked me, because longtime store owner Rich Koch retired last year and sold the store. So I’m here to tell you officially that new owners Gary and Twilla Pruitt plan to carry on the tradition.
