Tag: RSD2021

“I think they saw a kid that was way into it, passionate about music, passionate about listening to music and that’s something I look for in employees right now.” Mike White

“Last year the Nubya Garcia record that came out, I love that record, that was one of my favourite albums of the year. I would never have listened to that had I not opened a record store.” Alex Barron

“There’s nothing compared to the feeling of walking into a record store, hearing music, playing it, touching it, feeling it, you know, it’s a very tactile environment.” Rick Wojcik

“I love working in a record store, it’s amazing you know, the music you listen to, people you meet, you’re surrounded by the things you love all day.” Dave Burgess

“I am the only black record store left in Houston Texas and and to run into the record store on a Saturday morning and run in to somebody that you haven’t seen since high school and then reminisce over an old Al Green, it’s absolute community.” Marketta Rodriguez

“All round the world there’s these little shops still trying to cling on to the idea that like minded people can come and hang out as a community. ”Paul Hawkins

“My favourite thing about working in a record store is learning from my customers. Because, as much as you think you might know about records, let me tell you, you’ll learn something every day if you’re open to that.” Judy Mills

“We just wanted it to feel like a space people could come in and enjoy and it not be dark and dingy and dusty and messy... you’re not sifting through loads of stuff that nobody really wants.” Joe Blanchard

“The record store is our story, I met Annie at the record store, that’s how this kind of all came to be. We ended up buying the record store and making it ours and so when somebody walks in the shop it’s truly the story of Andy and Annie.” Andy Skinner