In rotation: 4/28/17

Onancock record store keeps the music spinning: Vinyl records are making a comeback, and the little town of Onancock on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, somewhat incongruously, is home to one of a handful of record stores on the Delmarva Peninsula. “It’s just a lifestyle thing for millennial hipsters,” said John Monsees, owner of Sound Idea Records. In addition to these younger enthusiasts, Monsees’ customers include older aficionados who never stopped listening to records. Monsees opened the shop at 49 King St. in January 2016 after moving to Virginia from New York three years ago.

Parkinsons Books hits high note with first Record Store Day: One of Lord Street’s oldest shops hit the right note with customers as it celebrated national Record Store Day on Saturday. The event at Parkinsons Books in Southport saw eight top DJs playing to customers throughout the day as shoppers picked their way through the large collection of vinyl records at the store, which also sells goods including second hand books, sea shells and old coins. DJs included: Steve Froggatt (disco/house), Jon Hart (jackin house), Blehrin (minimal tech), Paul Elder (house), Martyn Day (soulful house), Duncan Peetoom (dance hall/reggae/hip hop) and Andy Parkinson (jazz/soul/rock/ pop). It was the first Record Store Day event at the store, and proved so popular it will definitely be returning next year.

David Bowie’s ‘Labyrinth’ soundtrack to be reissued on vinyl: David Bowie‘s Labyrinth movie soundtrack is set to receive a vinyl reissue. The OST was originally released on vinyl in 1986 and is now set to be repressed for a May 12 re-release, coming via UMe. The soundtrack was remastered at Capitol Studios and includes a replication of its original artwork. Directed by Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets, Labyrinth was originally released in cinemas in 1986. It followed a young Jennifer Connelly as she ventures into an otherworldly maze to rescue her younger brother, who has been kidnapped by David Bowie’s fantastical creature The Goblin King.

Iggy Pop’s early solo albums featuring David Bowie reissued on vinyl: Iggy Pop’s first three solo albums including a live recording will be reissued individually on vinyl and as a bundle. His debut The Idiot and its successor Lust For Life were both recorded in collaboration with David Bowie during the pair’s stint in West Berlin in the late ’70. Inspired by Dostoyevsky’s novel of the same name, The Idiot is considered one of Iggy Pop’s best works as well as the forerunner to Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. The reissue series also includes a live album, TV Eye Live, which “features recordings from concerts at The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio on March 21 & 22, 1977; The Aragon in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1977 and The Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Missouri on October 26, 1977.”

Watch as Maximo Park perform intimate acoustic gig in a Teesside record store: Glastonbury, T In The Park, Reading and Leeds, Newcastle Arena, you name it, Maximo Park have played some of the biggest and best festivals and venues in the UK. But on their latest visit to their native North-east, the band played an intimate acoustic gig in a Teesside record store. Busy promoting their brand new album Risk To Exist, the Newcastle-based group yesterday stopped off at Sound It Out, in Stockton, to play a mini live set to a packed and rapt audience. Singer Paul Smith, who hails from Billingham and proudly sings in a Teesside accent, was accompanied by guitarist Duncan Lloyd and the pair performed new tracks and old favourites.

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