A sad sight, but I was never really a Megastore type of person. Give me small, independent, dark and dusty record shops any day. The love of vinyl surpasses the music, and we need spaces to browse, mingle and discover new gems whether that be car boot sales, charity shops or better your local new and used record dealer.

I’m telling everybody I meet to get a turntable and start enjoying, or rediscovering, their love of vinyl records. A graceful, beautiful and unique way to enjoy somebodies art, with the ritual of religion and the quality demanded by audiophiles. And I promise them, they’ll never look back…