Record Store Day 2010: David's Music

Record Store Day at David's was off the chain. We had a queue out the front from around 6:30 on the morning and it had grown to around a hundred odd people by the time we opened at 9:00. It was more of a rush than we'd expected, but we had a pretty solid system in place to make sure that folks got as much of what they were after as was possible and fair.

The initial rush lasted until around 11:00, and we managed to get through it with only one person being threatened with physical violence (for pushing in front a nabbing the last Beatles single) and only one person trying to immediately sell something on to someone else after buying it. Needless to say, both incidents were dealt with and no blood was spilt or illegitimate money changed hands...

The whole day was brilliant - loads of homemade cakes and live music kept the early crowds in the shop until the afternoon and the releases of course were stella. Overall it was a really reaffirming day - proof positive that when the record companies get on board and release the product, people will come to indies and buy it. Sales were through the roof, regulars left happy and loads of new faces promised they'd be back. Unbelievable - bring on next year.

The Ruby Suns in-store at Rise Bristol

 

SATURDAY 29TH MAY @ 5PM

The Ruby Suns will be playing upstairs at Rise Bristol alongside their show at the Dot to Dot Festival. The Ruby Suns latest album, ‘Fight Softly ‘ has been met with widespread acclaim, with AllMusic saying, ‘Fight Softly is…filled with gorgeous pop melodies‘. The latest effort, essentially a solo effort by band leader Ryan McPhun has seen the band draw comparisons to Animal Collective & Yeasayer. For more information go here: http://www.rise-music.co.uk/events.html

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Erland And The Carnival In-Store for Record Store Day

Cancer Bats In-Store for Record Store Day

CWNN Shops: ACORN MUSIC

Address: 3 glovers walk Telephone: 01935 427797
Town: yeovil Fax: 01935 425503
County: somerset Email: chris@acornmusic.co.uk
Postcode: BA20 1LH Web-site: www.whichdisc.com

From our first days of trading in 1973 we have gone on to become one of the UK's longest established and most experienced music stores. We stock thousands of CDs and DVDs across the whole musical spectrum.

CWNN Shops: ACTION RECORDS

Address: 47 church street Town: preston
County: lancashire Postcode: PR1 3DH
Telephone: 01772 258809 Fax: 01772 252255
Web-site: www.action-records.co.uk

Established in 1979 and offering all genres of music. We have an emphasis on "new independent music". We also have a shop dedicated to dance music. The mail-order department ships world-wide daily.

CWWN Shops: AMULET MAIL ORDER LIVERPOOL

Address: 94 claremont avenue Town: maghull
County: merseyside Postcode: L31 8AL
Telephone: 0151 531 1838

Amulet is a mail order specialist. They focus upon indie releases and they stock limited editions on all formats. Their service is second to none, and they have a very happy customer base worldwide.

CWNN Shops: AVALANCHE

Address: 34 dundas street Town: glasgow
County: scotland Postcode: G1 2AQ
Telephone: 0141 3322099
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Established 1983 after being involved with stalls. Another original CWNN member that specializes in new and second hand music with a particular leaning to indie, punk and metal. The store also has the one of the biggest ranges of musical and cult film DVD in Scotland as well as selling a range of posters and t-shirts.

CWNN Shops: AVALANCHE

Address: 63 cockburn street Town: edinburgh
Postcode: EH1 1BS
Telephone: 0131 225 3939 Fax: 0131 225 3939
Web-site: www.avalancherecords.co.uk

Established 1983 after being involved with stalls. Another original CWNN member that specializes in new and second hand music with a particular leaning to indie, punk and metal. The store also has the one of the biggest ranges of musical and cult film DVD in Scotland as well as selling a range of posters and t-shirts.

CWNN Shops: BANQUET

Address: 52 eden street Town: kingston upon thames
County: london Postcode: KT1 1EE

Telephone: 0208 5495871
Email: shop@banquetrecords.com Web-site: www.banquetrecords.com

Banquet Records (formerly Beggars Banquet) is a small independent record shop based in Kingston, Surrey. We stock a broad range of music but specialise on the new and cutting edge artists from the worlds of rock, rap and dance.

CWNN Shops: BOOMKAT

Address: 37 ducie street Town: manchester
County: lancashire Postcode: M1 2JW
Telephone: 0161 236 4792 Fax: 0161 2363351
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Pelicanneck is an electronic music specialist stocking a wide variety of IDM, electro, Hip Hop, experimental and all manner of acoustic and indie-pop recordings. Our website www.boomkat.com features a jukebox to allow for online listening and secure payment facilities

CWNN Shops: ANDYS

Address: 4 northgate street Town: aberystwyth
County: dyfed Postcode: SY23 2JS
Telephone: 01970 624581
Web-site: www.andys-records.co.uk

Andy's like to serve the community rather than operating a web service; this way we can respond more quickly to changes in style locally. We specialise in diversity and you won't find much in the way of Top 40 or MOR stuff here, no siree! We are fully loaded with cutting-edge Indie, Left field, Rock, Hip hop and Reggae releases on vinyl and CD and offer a 3 for #21 deal on a vast range.

CWNN Shops: CHALKYS

Address: 78 high street Telephone: 01295 271190
Town: banbury
County: oxfordshire Postcode: OX16 8JG
Email: richard@chalkys.com  Website: http://www.chalkys.com/

CWNN Shops Wales: COB RECORDS

Address: 320 high street Town: bangor
County: gwynedd Postcode: LL57 1YA
Telephone: 01248 353020 Fax: 01248 353020
Web-site: www.cobrecordsbangor.com

Based on "the longest high street in Europe", Cob is the finest Indie in Bangor and provides a wide ranging catalogue covering nu-metal, indie, world, folk, reggae and blues. They also stock a wide selection of new and second hand vinyl. They also stock DVD and tickets for local gigs.

CWNN Shops Wales: DIVERSE MUSIC

Address: 10 charles street Town: newport
County: gwent Postcode: NP20 1JU
Telephone: 01633 259661 Fax: 01633 259661
Web-site: www.diversevinyl.com

We're Diverse by name, diverse by nature, cramming as many different genres as we can into our little shop. Vinyl is our speciality. Our catalogue is available online. `Diverse Vinyl' is the one stop site reaching out to vinyl junkies everywhere!

CWNN Shops: COOL DISCS

Address: 6 lesley house, foyle street Town: derry
County: n. ireland Postcode: BT48 6AL

Telephone: 02871 260 770
Web-site: www.cooldiscsmusic.com

Cool Disc's pride themselves on having a wide selection of new releases and back catalogue, containing some gems you wouldn't find elsewhere. The staff are freindly and knowlegable.

CWNN Shops: CRASH

Address: 35 the headrow Town: leeds
County: west yorkshire Postcode: LS1 6PU
Telephone: 0113 243 6743 Fax:0113 234 021
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Located in the heart of Leeds city centre. The ground floor is dedicated to rock, punk and pop. They carry Leeds biggest range of imports and back catalogue. The ground floor also contains one of Leeds largest range of mid price titles. Crash are also a ticket outlet. The ground floor is dedicated to vinyl. Crash stock all genres from soul to electronica. There are 6 decks to try before you buy.

CWNN Shops: DAVIDS MUSIC

Address: 12 eastcheap Town: letchworth
County: hertfordshire Postcode: SG6 3DE

Telephone: 01462 475 900 Fax: 01462 485 118
Web-site: www.davids-music.co.uk

David's music started as a small section in david's bookshop (est. 1963). It has since grown to a shop in its own right that covers all genres and formats, and specialises in secondhand CD's, LP's, DVD's and Video.

CWNN Shops: FIVES

Address: 22 the broadway Town: leigh on sea
County: essex Postcode: SS9 1AW

Telephone: 01702 711629
Web-site: www.fives-records.co.uk

Fives is a long running independent record shop established 26 years. It stocks all genres of music, stocking vinyl, CD's, DVD and videos.

CWNN Shops: JUMBO

Address: 5-6 st john centre Town: leeds

County: west yorkshire Postcode: LS2 8LQ

Telephone: 0113 2455570 Fax: 0113 2425019

Web-site: www.jumborecords.co.uk

 

Jumbo has been serving Leeds record buyers for over 30 years and has become established as one of the country's best music stores. Jumbo specialise in all types of music from punk to electronica to jazz. They have a dedicated ticket counter and sell tickets for all Leeds venues.