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"The happiest time of my life has been when I've been working in the record shop... It's just a real place where I can find a bit of extra happiness in life I suppose." Darren Yates, VoxBox Music.

“We’re very fortunate, we have a lot of really loyal customers who’ve been coming in since the store first opened 30 years ago and are still coming back.” Laurence Prangell, Soul Brother.

“We brought Record Store Day to the city and that was incredible… when we turned the corner and saw a queue and as soon as we walked through people were just clapping and cheering, just the faces were incredible. It was like a really good day.” Virginia Coe

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“Record stores play a broad role in developing the culture of your city. It’s a place where people come together… It just becomes part of the cultural fabric of your community.” Luke Sardello, Josey Records.

“It’s amazing that we are running record smashing numbers year over year… it’s very exciting that more and more people are into vinyl records now than literally at any point in the last 30 years”. Travis Searle, Guestroom Records.

“What keeps me motivated is every day I come to work and I know I’m going to learn about something.” Bill Daly Crooked Beat Records

“We also want to encourage women to come into the store. That’s a really important legacy that I wanted to carry on from the previous owner, Jill. We have a lot of female staff members, I think that’s really important, especially with the young people now they see that there’s women working here an we’re knowledgeable about music.” Catherine Merrick, The Record Exchange.

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