The Centre for Better Grooves opened its doors in March 2015, the latest venture by legendary record retailer Gordon Montgomery, founder of Fopp and Rise. Graham Jones first sold records to Gordon more than 30 years ago, when he owned two Fopp stores in Glasgow. He caught up with him to find out about his […]
Tag Archives: independent record shop
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Nov
Nov
Graham Jones paid a visit to the UK’s most South Westerly record shop ‘Far Land Records’. I called on this shop soon after it opened and its transformation in such a short time is impressive. Far Land Records is run by husband-and-wife duo Paul and Angela Noble, whose relationship began with a shared passion for […]
03
Nov
Nov
Graham Jones is always keen to visit new record shops and recently paid a visit to Spin Sounds in Dorking. It is wonderful to see a new record shop open in Dorking, a town that always felt like it should have one. Spin Sounds has just celebrated its first year, but it is a shop […]
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Aug
Aug
It is always great to report on a new record shop opening but even more exciting to hear about a shop that specialises in jazz/blues and hip-hop that has opened in Glasgow. Graham Jones asked owners Alan and Carolyn Bonnyman about the store. We are a new, small, independent record shop based in the west […]
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Jul
Jul
Olaf’s Record Store opened in October 2020 – perhaps one of the less good times to open a retail store – only to find we were shut down less than a few weeks later due to Covid. That first day open was a strange experience with the shop busy with vinyl buyers desperate to shake […]
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Jun
Jun
It is always a pleasure to visit Bridport, a town full of independent shops. The purpose of my visit was to call in on a corking record shop Clocktower Records. Owner Roy Gregory is a fellow fan of Birkenhead’s finest football team Tranmere Rovers and one of their most famous bands, Half Man Half Biscuit. […]
