Author Garth Cartwright has travelled the length and breadth of the UK, conducting more than 100 interviews with some of the icons of the record shop trade and the wider music industry, including Martin Mills (Beggars Banquet), Geoff Travis (Rough Trade), Andy Gray (Andy’s Records), Ralph McTell, Chris Barber, The Specials and many more.

Featuring a foreword by the great comedian and writer, Stewart Lee. From the UK’s first record shop, indeed recognised as … More

This is the story of the vinyl revival through the eyes of those who made it happen, the independent record shops. Graham Jones has spent 32 years travelling the UK selling to independent record shops and visited more record shops than any other human.

It explains why we have more than a hundred more record shops than we had in 2009, and how others … More

Author Garth Cartwright has travelled the length and breadth of the UK, conducting more than 100 interviews with some of … More