Tag: Record Store Day UK

“I always used to say you're not just selling a record, you’re selling a feeling, you're selling a future memory.” Steve Tattam, Winyl.

"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

“A lot of our customers are friends now. They’ll come to our gigs, they’ll all meet here. It’s brought together that kind of sense of community and shared passion for the music and artwork and culture.” Mark Richardson

“I really feel like the shop has become a bit of a hub, because everybody kind of migrates to the record shop, that’s like the heart of where it all starts.” Natalie Judge, World Of Echo.

This week’s episode features Black Star Records in Lyndhurst, New Forest. “You have invest in the art, you have to invest in the future… we invite people to get involved with owning music.” Fran Jones, Black Star Records.

“What makes it working in a record shop for me is, it’s just having that sort of personal connection to the people that come in.” Angus Lawson

“I think a record shop’s important to a community because it’s keeping the high street alive, you can’t beat just staring at a shelf and physically going through things, that’s the way you pick up stuff you might not have done.” Keith Wildman, The Record Café.