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A new home for old vinyl

Having a clearout while lockdown is in place? Finding old records you no longer play or want? Then please get in touch with us at The Record Album as we could be interested in acquiring them. You can make an appointment for us to come and visit you, subject to the current government guidelines on social

I’m Derek. I’m a vinyl addict

Derek Pringle, the former England cricket all-rounder, has long been hooked on the sound of music – and the collecting of it too.  Music, along with certain smells, transports me to a previous time and place quicker and more faithfully than anything else. Dr Who may have his Tardis but records, their mysteries

Capture the funky mood

Ben Blackmore recommends an essential soundtrack for lockdown listening. Having signed off on the anxiety-inducing score for Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, David Shire began work next on The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, a stylish 70s potboiler starring Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau. But while The Conversation’s suspenseful soundtrack is an

Support your record shop

Music is good for the soul. And your local record shops are here to help see you through these trying times. Whilst many have closed their doors temporarily, they are still working hard to get the records you love to you. Dealing with the Covid-19 virus is the biggest challenge the independent retail