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ON THE RECORDs

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Oldcastle Bookserschienen am09.09.2024
Far from being yesterday's fading, forgotten format, vinyl records have survived and flourished as the music medium of choice for not only baby-boomers, but all ages. Every record a collector acquires comes with a story of its own, and the recent Covid-19 lockdowns prompted many vinylholics, including Graham Sharpe, to look more closely at their reasons for collecting, take stock of existing collections and rediscover old favourites. Vinyl Countdown followed Sharpe's journey to over a hundred record shops across the globe, from Amsterdam and Angus, to Bedfordshire and Budapest, Tennessee and Wellington. Now, ON THE RECORDs: Notes from the Vinyl Revival explores the impact of recent global events on the record industry and considers the reasons why vinyl remains a beloved - and booming - format. It includes interviews and contributions from voices across the industry - shop owners, record company insiders, online/postal sellers, auction organisers, market traders of vinyl, amateur collectors - who share their stories with candour, warmth and humour. A mesmerising blend of memoir, travel, music and social history that will appeal to anyone who vividly recalls the first LP they bought and any music fan who derives pleasure from the capacity that records have for transporting you back in time.

Graham Sharpe is 70 years old, without any discernible medical qualifications, other than personal exposure to acne, cartilage & gallbladder removal, oh - and prostate cancer. A journalist by trade, he made a name - of sorts - for himself by spending almost half a century publicising bookmakers William Hill, winning awards along the way, and creating one himself - the world's most prestigious and richest sports-based literary prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. For 60+ years a Luton Town and Wealdstone FC fan, 58 of those as a vinyl record collector, in which guise he wrote the well received Oldcastle title, Vinyl Countdown, Graham has been for 46 years married to long-suffering Sheila, been for 40 years a Dad of two, and for 5 years a grandfather. He hopes this is far from his last book...mehr
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KlappentextFar from being yesterday's fading, forgotten format, vinyl records have survived and flourished as the music medium of choice for not only baby-boomers, but all ages. Every record a collector acquires comes with a story of its own, and the recent Covid-19 lockdowns prompted many vinylholics, including Graham Sharpe, to look more closely at their reasons for collecting, take stock of existing collections and rediscover old favourites. Vinyl Countdown followed Sharpe's journey to over a hundred record shops across the globe, from Amsterdam and Angus, to Bedfordshire and Budapest, Tennessee and Wellington. Now, ON THE RECORDs: Notes from the Vinyl Revival explores the impact of recent global events on the record industry and considers the reasons why vinyl remains a beloved - and booming - format. It includes interviews and contributions from voices across the industry - shop owners, record company insiders, online/postal sellers, auction organisers, market traders of vinyl, amateur collectors - who share their stories with candour, warmth and humour. A mesmerising blend of memoir, travel, music and social history that will appeal to anyone who vividly recalls the first LP they bought and any music fan who derives pleasure from the capacity that records have for transporting you back in time.

Graham Sharpe is 70 years old, without any discernible medical qualifications, other than personal exposure to acne, cartilage & gallbladder removal, oh - and prostate cancer. A journalist by trade, he made a name - of sorts - for himself by spending almost half a century publicising bookmakers William Hill, winning awards along the way, and creating one himself - the world's most prestigious and richest sports-based literary prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. For 60+ years a Luton Town and Wealdstone FC fan, 58 of those as a vinyl record collector, in which guise he wrote the well received Oldcastle title, Vinyl Countdown, Graham has been for 46 years married to long-suffering Sheila, been for 40 years a Dad of two, and for 5 years a grandfather. He hopes this is far from his last book...
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Leseprobe



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IN WHICH VINYL IS LOCKED DOWN

Records were an important comfort blanket for many of us during the Covid catastrophe. When it struck, it was concerning for everyone, particularly so for those of a certain age.

In late January 2020, I wrote in my diary: Coronavirus is about to kill us all, apparently.´ Ultimately it didn´t, but it did mean the Robert Cray concert I´d been looking forward to attending was cancelled.

On 3 March 2020, then PM, Boris Johnson, warned that up to 80% of the population could expect to get Covid.

Eight days later, Sheila and I attended what would be our final concert for many months - Bryan Ferry, at the Royal Albert Hall. The gig didn´t appear to be sold out - or, perhaps more accurately, a large number of people had declined to attend. After a slightly rusty start, Ferry found his groove and cruised into excellence as the gig proceeded. I also had a rusty start as the woman sitting next to me decided that she wanted to sing along with Bryan, and had to be prompted to desist, unless she could show me her name on the programme.

My diary entry for 14 March 2020 suggests I was feeling less than confident that record shops were going to remain visitable for long, courtesy of Covid. I wrote: It is rapidly becoming like living in a disaster movie.´ The next day brought rumours that over-70-year-olds - which I wasn´t at that point - would soon be facing compulsory quarantine´. The record collection was becoming my go-to retreat to try to forget what was happening around us.

On 16 March, Boris Johnson warned everyone to stay away from pubs, bars, theatres and restaurants. He didn´t mention record shops... but there weren´t many open.

We´re booked for lunch in a local pub tomorrow - and intend to go. But will the pub even be open? The threat was moving closer as, on 17 March 2020, Sheila and I attended a defy Boris´ lunch, to enjoy which, eight of us congregated at The Castle pub on Harrow-on-the-Hill - open, if somewhat - indeed, extremely - quiet, apart from our raucous octet. We have a great time, tinged ever so slightly by a low profile sense of unease. Defiantly, as we departed, we all agreed we´d regroup at a local restaurant in a week if feasible. It wasn´t.

However, on 18 March, as the death toll passed 100, there were still CDs to be bought in charity shops, and I snapped up a 5 CD singles Definitely Maybe´ Oasis cigarette box´ set for £8.90, which seemed usually to sell for £20 at least. The Covid threat was soon affecting every bricks and mortar record shop, all of which were forced to close on and off, leaving collectors reliant on online and postal dealers. On 20 March, an announcement came that all cafes, bars, restaurants, gyms, leisure centres must close immediately. With most record shops preparing to, or already, shut, and wondering when they might reopen, some feared that they never would. Some didn´t.

On the evening of 23 March, we were put into something very close to lockdown. Only permitted to leave home for shopping purposes. One exercise walk a day permitted, and that´s about it. I immediately withdrew everything I had been offering for sale online which couldn´t be put into a postbox for sending. Earlier in the day, Wolverhampton´s Vinyl & Vintage´ record shop, run by Claire Howell, began posting information online and, with the lockdown scheduled to begin on 26 March, she advised customers of the temporary closure´ of her shop under this heading:

VINYL & VINTAGE PHYSICAL SHOP TEMPORARY CLOSURE

Vinyl & Vintage regret that we are temporarily closing our doors due to the outbreak of Covid-19. We feel that it is the responsible thing to do to protect you, us and loved ones.

We will still be offering an online service and you can find some of our listings by visiting our web page www.vinylandvintage.net and click the Discogs link.

Customers who wish to order via our Discogs page should email or text me the order with a possible curb (sic) side collection at allocated times and days of the week. We will, of course, also post, in the event you are unable to collect. We will be using Royal Mail only whilst they still operate. Those of you that have items reserved, they will be held for you. We can arrange a curb (sic) side collection. This is likely to be on a Tuesday and Saturday.

We will regularly be at the shop organising and pricing and getting stock ready for when we reopen. We shall also be listing new items on our Discogs page. We will not open the door to you if you see us inside!

We are here to help whatever it may be and you can email us direct on its.foryou@hotmail.co.uk or by calling 07760 168972.

Claire & Sarah

Reading this, one recalls the sense of uncertainty and concern being felt by virtually the entire population - let alone we record collectors who, at least, had our collections to escape into for temporary respite from the near-panic gradually gripping, well, frankly, all of us. As lockdown continued, there were warnings from UK Music chairman, Tom Watson, that many independent stores could go under if not allowed to meet the demand for vinyl. On 26 March, I must have been getting bored with being confined to barracks courtesy of Covid restrictions - so I started shuffling around my double LP sets to tweak my storage system.

Some six weeks later, on 8 May 2020, Claire was posting:

Vinyl and Vintage are starting a click and collect service ONLY Monday 11th between 11am and 2pm, AND Saturday 16th, 11am to 2pm. You can call to reserve items to pick up and collect from outside the store. You will not be allowed to enter the store. If you have reserved items already you MUST call for a time slot to collect. We will give you details on how to pay and where to go if you are coming via car or on foot. If you would like to have a look at our Discogs page to see what we have please go to www.vinylandvintage.net and click the Discogs link. Sorry not all our stock is on there but there may be something you´d like, over 3,500 items listed. This is a trial so we will see what happens. And Jamie who reserved some items just prior to lockdown please get in touch.´

This was, at least, an indication that things were, we desperately hoped, beginning to improve and that here was one way to reconnect with vinyl. However, the day before Claire posted this, I had received a surprise text from the NHS telling me that I was considered to be at risk of severe symptoms´ if catching Covid, and that I should isolate until 30 June. I felt this text was a huge overreaction, probably related to my age, 69, and a recent run-in with prostate cancer. I immediately contacted my GP - this was in the days when one could do such a thing and expect a response before several months had passed. On 11 May, I spoke directly to her, to be reassured that the NHS text was somewhat over the top´.

Other record shops were, of course, also struggling to stay afloat and thinking laterally in order to do so - such as Vinyl Vanguard (motto stylus over substance´) based in St James Street, Walthamstow, which, in a 23 May post, apologised that we´re not down, just shut down´, but offered potential customers home deliveries by bike or on foot.

They came through the crisis, and are fully back up and running, with Mike and Simon happily waiting to engage you in a discussion´ (pun probably intended).

Now, on 2 June 2020, back at V&V, Claire had promising news:

SHOP OPENING

Hello, everyone. We hope you are all doing well in these difficult times, but we hope the worst is behind us now as we look forward to opening on the 16th June at 10am. There will be a few changes. The door will operate on a buzzer system and you will be let in by us. You may be asked to wait in an area just outside the shop as there will be a limited number of people allowed in at any one time. There will be hand sanitiser on the wall that must be used on entering. The counter will have a screen around it and you will not be allowed to enter the office area. We suggest initially that a mask is worn in the shop and perhaps gloves. Social distancing will be required at all times.

We are looking forward to seeing you all. New stock has been ordered and we have the new Lady Gaga exclusive colour and clear vinyl LPs available. The new Rolling Stones colour exclusive and the David Bowie releases will also be in store along with lots of new used stock - 1,000s of 12ʺ and CD singles in the bargain bins and tons more interesting stock.

During this time, for those who don´t wish to come into the store, we will offer a click and collect service at the back of the store for orders via Discogs or by phone.

Record cleaning machines are available for purchase, by delivery by post or collection.

Until the 16th! Stay Safe!´

As a result of Covid, Julian Smith was restricting customers to two at a time in Second...

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