Record Store Spotlight: Origami Vinyl: Origami Vinyl opened in 2009 on a conveniently-situated stretch of Sunset Blvd. near the twin venues (The Echo and Echoplex) that draw their names from the Echo Park neighborhood. The street-level, brick-and-mortar corridor-style shop has seen its fair share of live in-store performances, including the likes of Father John Misty, Florence + The Machine and Speedy Ortiz, among others.
South London Record Fair returns next month: Almost a year on from its first outing, South London Record Fair will make its return at Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle. Representing the best of South London’s burgeoning independent label and record shop scene, the fair already has stalls lined up for Peckham’s YAM and Do You Records, and labels including Tief, Lobster Theremin, Flumo and Ears Have Eyes, with more set to be announced. DJs soundtracking the day include Mr Bongo Soundsystem, Blip Discs’ Tom Blip and Do You’s Charlie Bones.
The outro plays for Jazz Record Mart: The Jazz Record Mart was full of activity on Tuesday, the day after the iconic Chicago record store closed its doors forever. With its bright neon window sign and overhead lights inside the store blazing at 27 E. Illinois St., it was easy to imagine JRM was still in business. Until, that is, you noticed that the people milling about weren’t paying for the CDs, tapes and vinyl they plucked from the racks. And they were taking EVERYTHING.
Schoolkids Has Purchased CD Alley, Will Change Names March: Come March 1, CD Alley—the cozy, narrow Chapel Hill record shop that Ryan Richardson has owned and operated since 2006—will not be CD Alley. Schoolkids Records, which left Chapel Hill in 2008, will make its return to the college town at CD Alley’s West Franklin Street location. This will be the third Schoolkids.
The Diskery – Britain’s oldest independent record store: For all the vinyl lovers out there, The Diskery really is a must to visit when looking to expand your music collection, and with the recent resurgence in Vinyl sales you’re more likely to find something new and interesting in the shop than searching online. Founded in 1952, The Diskery is the oldest record store in England, and this little gem is on our doorstep, on Bromsgrove Street in Birmingham City Centre.
Vinyl enthusiasts invited to PT Record Show March 5: In recent decades, phenomenal advancements in communications technology have changed the way people buy and listen to music. Now, in a typically human fashion, people are going to back to old ways – listening to analog music instead of digital. Just for fun, Mark Hering, Todd Fisher and Jim Overly are organizing the Port Townsend Record Show, taking place 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, March 5 at the American Legion Marvin G. Shields Post 26 hall, 209 Monroe St., Port Townsend. Admission is free.
RAAC excited to be part of The Night of Vinyl: The Rockford Area Arts Council is a long-time fan, first-time participant in a collaboration with four awesome local businesses. RAAC is the beneficiary of proceeds raised at The Night of Vinyl on March 4 starting at 7 p.m. at the Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St. Four local, independent record stores will be transforming Rockford Public Library’s Nordlof Center lobby into a one-night-pop-up-record shop.
