Sandy, UT | Daybreak Records creates community connection through love of nostalgia: Vintage sounds of music playing on vinyl are coming back to life at Daybreak Records as the new shop is set to open Saturday. “We started off over in Daybreak. Hence the name,” said owner and music lover David Sherwood. “We did yard sales for about ten years and all my friends who collected records would come out and start selling with me. It turned into this event.” Sherwood felt the need to expand from yard sales in order to offer a larger, more curated collection. “We are kind of already established as a business,” he said. “We have about 800 active customers who are buying from us right now. They were all saying, ‘Dave we need a shop. You aren’t giving us enough records.’” Inside the store, customers will find bins of quality vintage, and rare records from artists like Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Elvis Presley. “For me, it’s that tangible thing you’re holding in your hand…”
Carson City, NV | Music and clothing finds: Tiger Rose Vintage and Vinyl brings the music store back to Carson City: …Bowers prides himself in the fact that the shop carries both music by local bands and new releases that you can’t find at Walmart. “Our shop is the only place in Carson City where you can buy new releases, especially if you’re looking for something that’s on a larger indie label, like Sub Pop or something like that,” Bowers said. “We do a really good job of making sure that we’ve got at least one copy of all the new stuff that’s coming out. Also, where we’re located is kind of a cool little spot … The Carson Antiques and Collectibles Mall is right across the street from us, and there are more used records in there, and there are a couple other spots, like little antique shops and stuff right within walking distance of our shop. You actually could hit four or five different places by parking your car in one spot.” Bowers expressed pride in the fact that Tiger Rose is filling a void in Carson City.
Cork, IE | Glass of wine at the record shop? Don’t mind if we do… There was a time when we’d have called this notions. But now that we’re a bit older and slightly more appreciative of the finer things in life, it might be one of the things we’re most pleased about this week. You can now order yourself a glass of wine at Plugd Records. The Cornmarket Street home of very good vinyl in Cork is now offering customers the chance to enjoy a glass of very good vino after a flip-flap through the records. They’ve even enlisted none other than Brian O’Connor, of Brian’s Wines, to come up with a list of tasty options. Brian, from Blarney. has a reputation for sourcing wines directly from growers that inspire him and today supplies some of the best cellars in the country. He has a knack for finding the best bottles from wineries that produce their wine the natural way, without any nasties, pesticides and chemicals. We’re a long way from the bottle of Buckfast, baby, that’s for sure. And TBH we’re all about it.
Washington, DC | Tiny Vinyl Shop and Upshift Workshop now open in Adams Morgan! Ty Cumbie, owner of Tiny Vinyl Shop, got into the record selling biz almost by accident but quickly discovered an aptitude and passion for it. For the past four years he has been lugging 7-8 crates of carefully picked vinyl to Dupont Little Flea Market on Sundays and a variety of other markets around DC. In the process he built a brand and a customer base that appreciates what TVS offers. For two years he sought a brick & mortar home where he could settle in and take his love of music and vinyl to new heights. At last, he’s found it, at the old City Bikes space in Adams Morgan. The soft launch happened July 3 and the store was quietly open noon-7pm that week until Sunday. It will continue those same hours going forward. A Grand Opening celebratory event, in conjunction with Upshift, is in planning for late July.
Rickmansworth, UK | Memories of Strawberry Fields record shop in Rickmansworth: It has never been easier to listen to your favourite song or discover new bands thanks to the internet and streaming services but for many music fans the accessibility will never replace the magic of visiting a shop to buy a single or album. The growing number of people choosing to buy vinyl means record shops are becoming an increasingly common sight in towns up and down the country once again, having been a key feature of high street life for many years – including in Rickmansworth. Strawberry Fields was opened by legendary DJ Tony Blackburn in its first premises in Penn Place in 1968 and it was to become a popular destination with local music lovers for many years. It had moved to High Street, next to Lunn Poly travel agents, by 1996 when a Watford Observer photographer visited the town to take these pictures.
Cardiff, UK | Harry Potter and Marvel star pops into Cardiff record shop during filming: The actor appeared in the much-lauded ITV drama Mr Bates v The Post Office earlier this year and now he’s back in Wales filming a new movie about a very famous Welsh man. Film and TV star Toby Jones was spotted perusing records at Kellys Records in Cardiff Market. The 57-year-old actor, star of Mr Bates v the Post Office and the Captain America films – and the voice of Dobby in Harry Potter – is believed to be in the city while filming for the upcoming film Mr Burton. Jones, whose impressive career includes roles in Detectorists, Doctor Who and Sherlock, stopped to chat with staff at the record store on the market’s upper floor on Friday, July 5. Kellys Records store manager Russell Milton told WalesOnline: “He was very gracious and was happy to have a photo. He had two people from the production with him and I asked them if he was filming for a new Detectorists show, to which they laughed and said no, sadly not. We then left him be so he could have a good look around the shop.”
Vinyl On Wheels: The Brief History Of In-Car Record Players: Nowadays, buying and listening to music on vinyl is a choice — albeit an incredibly popular choice, with vinyl records outselling CDs by a significant margin in the years since 2020. Of course, there wasn’t always much of a choice to be made. In the first few decades after World War II, buying music on vinyl wasn’t just a cool thing to do, nor was it the preserve of audiophiles seeking superior sound quality – vinyl was simply the only game in town. If you wanted to listen to the latest hits at home in the 1950s, you were buying records or nothing at all. Until tape-based formats started becoming more popular (and accessible) in the 1960s, vinyl was essentially the only game in town for anyone who wanted to listen to the music of their choosing. That applied to in-car entertainment, too.
IN | Meet India’s growing community of vinylheads, who are leading the revival of a vintage audio culture: Here is a look at India’s vinylheads, including collectors and independent store owners, who are popularising the charm of the retro musical format. As Sujit G Ponoth drops the needle on the record, Amy Winehouse’s deliciously deep voice pervades the room. She sings ‘Rehab’ from her final and autobiographical album Back to Black and Sujit asks: “Hear the difference?” Amy Winehouse on vinyl sounds markedly different, I agree, more intimate and warm. “This is how authentic vinyl sounds,” he says. Sujit wants everyone to experience the joy and warmth of analogue music, the traditional way of recording music on physical formats such as vinyl records, and cassettes. “For a generation that is used to streaming music for free, this could be a revelation,” he says.
Ten Years After get first stand-alone release of Woodstock ’69: Recorded on the evening of Sunday August 17, 1969 at the Woodstock Festival, ‘Ten Years After: Woodstock 1969’ marks the first standalone release of the band’s performance, newly restored and featuring fresh mixes from the original 2-inch multitrack tapes. Recorded on the evening of Sunday August 17, 1969 at the legendary three-day Woodstock Festival in upstate New York, up until this point, this was Ten Years After’s biggest live triumph. With a 500,000 strong audience, Ten Years After played an extraordinary set, including a blistering performance of the anthemic “I’m Going Home,” which became a highlight of the award-winning documentary movie Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace And Music. This new release, Ten Years After: Woodstock 1969, marks the first standalone release of the performance, newly restored and featuring fresh mixes from the original 2-inch multitrack tapes, with new liner notes by Chris Welch. Available August 16, 2024. The album is presented as a 2LP, 180-gram black heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
