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Lubbock, UK | Celebrate Record Store Day 2024 at Lubbock’s solely impartial document retailer: Lubbock’s solely impartial document retailer has fairly a historical past right here within the 806. Ralph’s Records (3322 82nd St) has been Lubbock’s leisure headquarters for over 40 years. And now it’s the one place in Lubbock the place you’ll be able to take part in Record Store Day, April 4th, 2024. Record Store Day was created “to have a good time and unfold the phrase in regards to the distinctive tradition surrounding almost 1400 independently-owned document shops within the US.” And it’s a unbelievable alternative to choose up Record Store Day solely releases, that are very collectible, cool, and sometimes respect in worth considerably. There shall be restricted colour vinyl records, image discs, CDs, and even cassettes in all kinds of genres. Record Store Day is a little bit of a shock and there’s some aspect of luck concerned with getting the titles you need most. Of the various RSD releases, many, however not all, shall be at Ralph’s, and the amount shall be restricted.

UK | Indie document outlets growth in quantity—however supermarkets are deserting music: Data from Digital Entertainment and Retail Association finds there at the moment are 122 extra indie document outlets in contrast with 2014. New information reveals that the UK has dozens extra document outlets that it did 10 years in the past, however the market for bodily music elsewhere is rapidly collapsing. A examine by the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA) finds that there at the moment are 461 indie document outlets within the UK, 122 greater than 2014. Purely by way of retailer numbers, the sector has recovered strongly after a small dip throughout 2020 that’s doubtless attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic. The much-heralded vinyl revival—and its controversial premium pricing—drove income for vinyl to greater than £170m final yr, the sixteenth straight yr for development within the format. Of that income £110m got here from archive releases moderately than new music. ERA chief govt Kim Bayley celebrated the outlets’ success, saying: “…Indies have discovered their area of interest and they’re right here to remain.”

UK | How younger girls are fueling the vinyl revival: Experts reveal feminine Gen Z are driving document gross sales by shopping for new albums from trendy artists together with Taylor Swift—as variety of indie shops hits 10-year excessive: Gen-Z girls are serving to to gas the vinyl revival by shopping for new records from trendy artists together with Taylor Swift moderately than previous albums, retailer homeowners have revealed in the present day. Some 6.5million LPs on vinyl have been purchased throughout the UK final yr, making it the sixteenth yr in a row to see development—with stars Lana Del Rey, Kendrick Lamar and Harry Styles credited for the growth. Experts within the business now say that Gen Z-ers are behind the development, whereas previously it was extra doubtless that middle-aged women and men would go purchasing for vinyl from their youthful years. It comes as an business group in the present day revealed that the variety of impartial document outlets has hit a 10-year excessive, with 461 indie document outlets throughout the nation—122 greater than a decade in the past.

Wilton, UK | LSD Records, Wilton, to function in upcoming comedy movie: A Wilton document store shall be on the coronary heart of an upcoming comedy movie set in Wiltshire. LSD Records (or £.s.d. Records) in West Street, has been the principle filming set for Sleeves, a narrative following two getting old mods who get collectively and open a second-hand document store. Sleeves is a “huge” alternative for the store and everybody else concerned, stated proprietor Adrian Martin, who hopes the movie will develop from humble beginnings right into a cult traditional. Big names within the movie business have proven curiosity and Adrian stated the scriptwriter is continually making changes as Sleeves has blown as much as “huge proportions.” The 58-year-old Wilton resident has been asking his pals to step in as extras within the pub scenes which have been filmed within the Winchester Gate and the Bear Inn. “It’s like a diary of individuals I grew up with. I’ve by no means been so excited in my life,” he stated.

Oxford, UK | State-of-the-art vinyl listening station coming to native hi-fi retailer: An area hi-fi retailer has introduced the launch of a brand new vinyl listening station. Summertown’s Sevenoaks Sound and Vision is inviting music followers to expertise its new state-of-the-art listening station situated on the entrance of the shop. The station is open to anybody wishing to hearken to classic classics or trendy favourites on premium audio gear. Store supervisor Geraint Evans stated: “At Sevenoaks, we consider within the energy of music to carry folks and communities collectively. “With our new vinyl listening station, we hope to supply an area the place Oxford’s various musical heritage and up to date tradition might be celebrated.” He added: “Additionally, in our expertise, there are many folks all through Oxfordshire who personal vinyl however not have a turntable. “This is a good alternative for folks to hearken to their records.”

UK | Watch a 12-part sequence celebrating impartial document shops within the UK: Behind The Counter explores the colourful tradition of UK document shops. A video sequence celebrating impartial document shops within the UK has returned for its fifth season. You can watch 5 of the 12 new episodes under now. Behind The Counter first launched in 2019, with an intention to showcase the vibrant tradition of impartial and grassroots shops. Over the previous 5 years, the sequence has featured 60 outlets throughout the UK and garnered over 2.5 million views. This yr’s sequence, hosted in collaboration with Bowers & Wilkins, Classic Album Sundays, and Record Store Day UK, options shops like Blitzkrieg Shop in Glasgow, Dark Earth in Merseyside, Defend Vinyl in Liverpool, Hey Joe in Essex, and extra. The first 5 episodes of the sequence have already been launched. Check out the inaugural episode, that includes Vinyl Van in Dorchester under.

Allentown, PA | Allentown occasion to supply classic and trendy vinyl: To many music followers, there’s nothing fairly just like the sound of their favourite music performed on vinyl document, and due to an upcoming Allentown occasion, extra folks will be capable of take pleasure in this expertise. Both present and classic vinyl shall be on supply within the Lehigh Valley Music Expo Record DVD & CD collectors present subsequent month, which is scheduled for sooner or later solely. Merchants Square Mall would be the venue for the event, and LPs, CDs, DVDs, and different gadgets will all be accessible for buy. Both severe collectors and informal music lovers will discover loads to flick through, and there shall be rarer gadgets which can be onerous to seek out within the normal commerce. Memorabilia may also be on the market together with guitars, results pedals and circumstances, musical devices from India, and headphones. …The Lehigh Valley Music Expo Record DVD & CD collectors present shall be welcoming music lovers on Saturday, April 6. Interested events might discover out extra info on the group’s occasion itemizing on-line.

Most Collected Vinyl Of All Time Revealed: What do you suppose is essentially the most collected vinyl album of all time? Something by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Adele, Taylor Swift, or one thing left discipline? What do you suppose is essentially the most collected vinyl album of all time? You’re in all probability occupied with the albums you at all times see in shops, if you’re performing some on-line procuring, or the records you see in folks’s collections on a regular basis. You’re in all probability imagining albums like Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon, 21 by Adele, or something by Taylor Swift—world-conquering records and albums which have seen quite a few represses because of their recognition (and sound high quality). You doubtless wouldn’t have guessed the most-collected album in folks’s assortment. According to new information gathered by the music database Discogs, the place followers can catalogue their bodily music collections, Daft Punk’s 2013 fourth and remaining album, Random Access Memories, is the web site’s “most collected launch.”