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Rapture Entertainment

Rapture Entertainment in Oxfordshire  recommends…..

Being relatively new kids on the block in the indie scene we doff our caps to the established stores like Piccadilly in Manchester, Rough Trade and Sister Ray in London and Resident in Brighton! Also worth noting are the real specialist stores like 2nd Layer in Highgate and Tempest in Birmingham.
Sadly missed by us here are stores we used to frequent before opening rapture such as Polar Bear and Avid in Oxford or Selectadisc in Nottingham.

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Avalanche Recommends

Avalanche Edinburgh recommends One up in Aberdeen

While Avalanche is regularly described as Scotland’s largest independent record shop if truth be told that accolade belongs to One Up in Aberdeen. Located in the city centre and spread over two floors (more if you include the office) the shop covers every genre and format new and second hand. Add in a wide selection of tickets, t-shirts and other clothing and you may need to nip out for a coffee break if you want to check out all the stock. Helpful and knowledgeable staff mean if you can’t find what you want they will always order it for you. An honourable mention has to go to Action in Preston for the very good reason they have released albums by the Fall and Mark E Smith. Their website currently offers 131 items by the Fall. They do of course stock a lot more besides and are always worth a visit for everything from the latest releases to classic back catalogue.

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Jumbo Recommends….

Jumbo Recommends…

Our favourite independent record shop is Wall Of Sound in Huddersfield.  They haven’t got everything – who has? – but they do cover a lot of ground and are full of  items you didn’t know existed. Their vinyl basement is an absolute treasure trove – a real pleasure to walk round and spend the afternoon in.  One of our favourite days out is a trip across from Leeds on the train, a pint at the pub on Huddersfield station, and a trot across the square to Wall Of Sound, just two minutes away.

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Rise recommends…

Rise Recommends…

Here at Rise, we all appreciate great indie record shops.

A lot of us grew up going to them to spend our spare bit of pocket money on Saturday.  There are too many to mention but here are a few… Spillers in Cardiff, Diverse in Newport, Selectadisc (RIP) in Nottingham & Berwick St., Resident in Brighton, Tempest, Swordfish & Hard to Find Records in Birmingham, Impulse & Replay in Bristol, Langlands in Wellington, Picadilly in Manchester, Sister Ray on Berwick Street, Vinyl Vaults & Badlands in Cheltenham….

I could go on but suffice to say all of the above offered an interesting range in particular niches and great service.  Something which we strive to achieve.

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