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On Saturday 18th April thousands of independently owned music stores across the world will celebrate ‘Record Store Day.’ Over 50 independent record shops across the UK, Drift included, will participate with special offers, exclusive releases and performances.
Being both a proudly independent label and shop, DRIFT RECORDS are celebrating with a month of special offers. Between Saturday 18th April and Monday 18th May DRIFT RECORDS will offer ’3-for-£10′ on our entire back catalogue.
Albums by: The R.G.Morrison, Thirty Pounds of Bone, Birdengine, Matt Eaton, Tandy Hard, Thomas White, Le Reno Amps and the critically acclaimed ‘Drift Collective’ sampler will be available at just £5 each or 3-for-£10.
As if that weren’t enough, for the special price of £25 you can purchase the entire back catalogue, plus an exclusive Drift Record Shop ‘bag for life’ and badge set.
DRIFT RECORDS SHOP — MORE INFO ON 3 for £10 — MORE INFO ON BACK CATALOGUE for £25
We will be running interviews with all label artists and Drift Collective members, asking them to recount tales of the record shops they grew up with and that they still love to visit. Here’s Thomas:
1. Which Indie Record Shop did you grow up with? Rounder Records, in Brighton.
2. Which is the best indie record shop you’ve ever been to? Rounder Records, though I’ve never been to Totnes! Avalanche in Glasgow is also particularly good.
3. Which is your local indie and how often do you visit? Either Rounder or Edgeworld, both in Brighton.
4. Why do you like that store? Rounder has pretty much everything that comes out, and a good range of back-catalogue… Edgeworld caters for the lesser known/harder to find stuff.
5. Who is the most exciting musician you have seen in an independent record shop (either playing or browsing the racks)? Bob Monkhouse, browsing the Kid 606 section in Sister Ray.
6. Best band/artist that you’ve heard of via an indie shop that you might have missed had you not been in the right place at the right time? Marnie Stern. She was playing on the stereo in Resident Records in Brighton, and I just had to know who that was playing the guitar.
7. The worst ‘Wallet Punch’ you have taken on impulse purchasing Recently – it involved Christmas On Mars by The Flaming Lips, and tickets to a depressingly expensive (and shite) Mark E Smith solo show.
8. Have you ever heard your own music in an indie shop (how did you feel?) No, but I heard Restlesslist in Mothercare once.
9. The album that you would like your money back on? Not an album, that fucking Mark E Smith gig.
10. You greatest indie record shop experience? Having the sleeves of our records spray painted on the famous ‘back wall’ of Rounder.
11. Your worst indie record shop experience? Being turned down for work in the same place. I got signed instead, which is some consolation I guess…
12. What makes a good indie record shop? Good bands, and people behind the counter who aren’t, ahem, twats.
