Grand Ledge, MI | MI-Rural Records celebrates the vinyl comeback with music, turntables, and community events: As music lovers of all ages embrace the return of physical media, MI-Rural Records in downtown Grand Ledge is giving listeners a place to discover new sounds and vintage favorites. Located at 217 North Bridge Street, the shop is preparing to celebrate its fourth anniversary this October with a massive inventory of new and used records, CDs, cassettes, and audio gear. …Edmondson, who grew up in a deeply musical family, spent the summer cleaning and cataloging thousands of newly acquired vintage records in preparation for a multi-phase sale launching in October.
Glasgow, UK | Glasgow shop marking 30 years with charity vinyl album: A hi-fi specialist shop is marking 30 years in business with a series of music-focused celebrations. Loud and Clear, based in Glasgow, is kicking off its anniversary this October with the launch of a vinyl LP produced in collaboration with the record label Last Night from Glasgow. The 9-track album, titled 1030, showcases both established and emerging talent including Emma Dunlop, Louise Connell, Brontes, Sister John, The Muldoons, The Bluebells, Wotjek the Bear and The Cowboy Mouth. Allan Boyd, founder of Loud and Clear, said: “Throughout our 30-year history, we have always worked closely with Scotland’s music scene, hosting album launches, playback nights and events bringing artists, record labels and music lovers together.
Columbia, MO | Business Roundup: King Theodore Records. King Theodore Records is an independent record shop & video store that is in the process of moving to a new location. The store buys, sells, services and rents records, movies and cassette tapes. It also directs and produces short films. The new location will be at 804 Locust St. The store has lots of “exciting changes” planned, according to a recent announcement on its Facebook page. The public can stay updated on in-store happenings and new products on Instagram and Facebook.
Tower Hamlets, UK | Vinyl destination: Our guide to the best record shops in Tower Hamlets. There’s something for all tastes in the record shops of Tower Hamlets. Whether it’s one-off vintage collectable or the latest Little Simz, you just need to know where to look. Record stores are having a moment in Tower Hamlets. Cigarette Records has set up shop in the Old Street Records bar; Yo Yo Records moved over to Cambridge Heath Road last year. Even long-standing outlets like Flashback Records and Rough Trade have somehow survived the ups and downs of high street culture. …The signs are all there: vinyl is back. What’s driving this trend? Let’s answer one question with another: did you know there are ten vinyl copies of The Flaming Lips’s “Heavy Fwends” containing the actual human blood of Erykah Badu? You don’t get that on Spotify.
Oshawa, ON | ‘An Oshawa rock and roll hall of fame’: Former Kops Records manager opening new store, café and lounge. Twitter Months after the closure of Oshawa’s Kops Records, downtown staple Will McGuirk will be returning to the core with a new record store, café and lounge. McGuirk was the manager of the Oshawa location of Kops, and always worked to make it “more than a record store”—it was a hub for Oshawa’s art and music scene with live shows, pop-ups, a selection of local music and collaborations with local artists and businesses. The new lounge, The Press, is a co-venture between McGuirk and Domenic Albis, whose family owns several businesses including Avanti Trattoria, which Albis manages.
Miley Cyrus Is Still Sending a Vinyl to Dolly Parton: In her August Instagram tribute to the late Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus — Parton’s goddaughter — shared that their last conversation was ”about music and metamorphosis.” In an interview with Zane Lowe released on Thursday, Cyrus provided more detail, explaining that she and Parton discussed Cyrus’s new album, Bass Persuades, in their final conversation before the country icon died following a brief battle with cancer. “Dolly has been the first person … when I get a vinyl printed, that’s the first person I send it to, ever since I’ve been making vinyls,” Cyrus said of her late godmother. “This time around, I’m going to send her a vinyl because I always do…”
Mr. Records is a rhythm game all about running a record shop: Pair rhythmic records to your curious customers as George, AKA Mr. Records. It’s always a delight when a new rhythm game comes on the scene and does something clever or new. Mr. Records takes the familiar, side-scrolling button tapping that we’re used to and wraps it all in a story about an elderly man named George who has decided to open up a record shop. Each of the songs that you can play are ones that you can go on to stock in your shop – once you’ve played through them as a rhythm-based level—and then match up to your customers.
Birmingham, UK | Brindleyplace (Central Birmingham) Vinyl Record Fair, September 26th, 9am–4pm. The Brindleyplace (Central Birmingham) vinyl record fair returns for its final outing of 2026 on Saturday September 26th from 9am – 4pm in Brindleyplace central square. Showcasing an amazing line up of traders booked in, selling most if not all genre’s of new and used vinyl records, tens of thousands available for crate digging! FREE ENTRY! Loads of eaterires and coffee shops around the central square itself, plus Brindleyplace itself! We hope to see you there!
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