Tell us a little bit about your store? What's the vibe?

Our store is much more like a bar than a record store. People hang out all day talking about music and listening to vinyl whilst having a coffee, it's a real community. We don’t focus on any specific genres and we pride ourselves on being eclectic. Our staff members regularly play live sets in-store and our customers often DJ. Probably the best story so far in the shop was Anna Calvi coming in to buy her LP on release day and me not realising who she was...

Can you remember the first record you sold in the shop? And the last?

The first record we sold in the shop was Bobby Womack - 'The Bravest Man in the Universe' and the last record was Van Morrison - 'Moondance'.

Do you remember the first record shop you went to? And you do you remember the first record you bought?

The first record store I went to was on Portobello Road. I am unsure of what it was called but I remember buying a single that said Great Little Groover in marker pen and I was sold. Personal memories of record stores when I was a kid was everyone that worked in them was as mad as a hatter but I kinda liked it. I dare say we have kids that come in here now that think the same about me.

What is your favourite record shop (apart from your own!) and why?

My favourite record store apart from my own is Sounds of the Universe. It literally is heaven on earth.

What’s your most memorable record store experience?

My most memorable record store experience was queueing up for Record Store Day a few years ago in Soho and thinking this will be us next year...and it was.

What's the best gig you've ever been to?

BRMC - Somerset House

What's your all-time favourite book?

Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugarman

What's your all-time favourite film?

I will have to say Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as it’s fresh in my memory and I loved it.

What would make up your desert island discs?

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your BonesWhite Stripes – ElephantNuggets – Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic ERAAllah-Las – Allah-LasCurtis Mayfield – CurtisMiles Davis – Kind of BlueBRMC – BRMCThe Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

Who would form your all-time Festival line-up? (past & present)

The Doors, James Brown, Joy Division, Dusty Springfield, Unkle, Flaming Lips, 13th Floor Elevators, Lykke Li, Curtis Harding and Growlers.

What's your all-time favourite record?

Tighten Up Volume 2 - this is the record that started everything.

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