In rotation: 8/6/18

Falmouth, Cornwall, UK | Jam Records Falmouth features in this week’s Hooray for the High Street: This week’s “Hooray for the High Street” focuses on the funky cafe/record shop that is Jam Records. Upstairs, customers will be greeted by Mandy Kemp and her canine shop assistant Bob (who may have invited himself to be part of the video interview), offering teas, coffees, and the like. Following a narrow wooden staircase tucked into a corner will take you into a different world however – a dimly lit basement decked out with vintage upholstery; old TVs, cameras, and typewriters; and of course records as far as the eye can see…”The thing with records is, it’s the whole package. You can tell something about it by it, if you don’t know who it is, by the sleeve (if they’ve got some sleeve notes on the back). “It gives you licence to branch off into different things which you might not otherwise do. “Nobody needs another Ed Sheeran album. Really. In the world.”

Morganton, NC | Local record store moves up the street: After just more than one year doing business at its original location, one downtown Morganton business is moving on up — the street, that is. Green Eggs and Jam, the local record store owned by Stacey Peek, recently opened the doors of a new location at 108 N. Sterling St. The move came after 13 months doing business at 308 S. Sterling St. The new store formerly housed Carbn Supply Company. “It’s just a better location, you know? There’s more foot traffic,” Peek said. “It’s a bigger store, but foot traffic is the main reason.” The move places Green Eggs and Jam more firmly in the middle of the downtown shopping scene, something that Peek said already has been a boost in the new location, which offers about 500 more square feet of space.

Gallatin, TN | Can Randy’s Record Shop be saved? Many obstacles face historic Gallatin building. In the 1950s, teenagers swarmed the red-bricked, two story building at 321 W. Main St. in Gallatin. Mail-in orders couldn’t be contained on a desk alone. Randy’s Record Shop was the place to get any record anyone could ever want. “They were busy all the time there,” said historian Allen Haynes. “Any record that you wanted, they had in the back in the storage area.” Today, the ruined building sits surrounded by yellow tape. Doors that once promoted record sales now post “Warning: Dangerous building.” After years of neglect, the roof collapsed, wiping out the second floor. The creek directly behind the building has been eating away the back wall.

Rugby, Warwickshire, UK | Rugby record store set to move to new premises after proving a hit in town: A record store which has proved a hit with Rugbeians is set to move to new premises on Little Church Street. Just For The Record opened above Hunt’s Bookshop on High Street in 2016, building a loyal base of customers. Vinyl collector Sally Wolanski said now is the time for the shop to move to somewhere that is more accessible to customers who struggle with stairs. Mrs Wolanski, who has around 12,000 records, said: “This is the first time I’ve run a business. “It’s been a really good two years – we’ve had a wonderful response from the public and from our customers. “I’d like to thank everybody for their support.”

Vinyl Release For Historic Ella Fitzgerald Live Album ‘Ella At Zardi’s’. The 1956 performance that announced Ella’s arrival at Verve Records gets a double vinyl LP release. Ella Fitzgerald’s historic 1956 recording Ella At Zardi’s will receive a wide release as a black vinyl double LP on 17 August via Verve/UMe. This follows its limited-edition release for Record Store Day on blue and pink vinyl, which gave the legendary singer her first No. 1 on the Jazz Albums chart and second on the Traditional Jazz Albums survey. The album was first available on CD and digitally in December 2017, at the end of a year of celebrations of Ella’s centennial. “It’s a real find,” enthused NPR at that time, “two sets of blithe vocal brilliance recorded in a club in 1956, before Ella became a trademark…get this to savour Fitzgerald’s assured sense of swing, and unmatched (still!) vocal dexterity.” Allmusic.com described the recording as “enchanting” and “a magical experience.”

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