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The music industry today is a completely different business to that of 2006. And vinyl junkie Shadow is concerned that downloading could be ruining artists’ work. He says: “We’re in the twilight of the physical world. “But we haven’t segued into the digital realm comfortably. “I think the advent of copyright afforded an unprecedented explosion […]

Some in the music industry think I have a vast army of spies since I tend to find out about record shop related things very quickly indeed. In fact I just google the phrase “record shops” and sometimes “record stores” and look under news twice a week. Sadly this just popped up.  http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/10/09/business-shutting-up-shop By coincidence […]

I’ve always had mixed feelings about the coffee shop but when it works well it works very well indeed especially at busy in-stores. However during rainy windswept midweeks we would be reliant on the coffee addicts of Red Dog together with their love of Rocky Road. I was going to call it a day after […]

Unfortunately it seems people just aren’t interested in coming along to see many of the bands we have playing in the shop so we will have to sadly greatly reduce the number of in-stores we do. While the in-stores by Kid Canaveral, Rachel Sermanni / Withered Hand and Frightened Rabbit were huge successes  a fair […]

  We have these t-shirts in sky blue and khaki brown now available in our online shop as well as in the Grassmarket. Very limited quantities. You can also buy one of Scott’s limited edition prints signed and numbered.

Aberfeldy Festival November 2011 Ian Rankin is guest curator of this years Aberfeldy Festival and what a line up it is…   Ian will also be giving a talk and book signing for his latest work ‘The Impossible Dead’ (published 13 October). Tickets £5 (including a glass of wine) are available from The Watermill 01887 822896 – book early to […]

  I was tipped off about this book by Flying Nun on twitter. It will be a useful tool when explaining to bands what not to do though I will still need to start with the basics – put the band’s name and the album title on the cover (even the mighty Star Wheel Press […]

Martin John Henry known to many of you as the singer from De Rosa will be playing with his new band on Friday 7th October @ 4pm and customers will have the chance to buy the new album “The Other Half of Everything” ahead of the official release date of the following Monday for a […]

We’ll be extending the European DVD section further along the wall so those Kasabian posters will have to come down ! These mainly classic or cult movies not available in the UK have sold deceptively well  and have been a useful addition to boosting sales.   The coffee shop has reopened and you will see […]

The new print will be somewhere between A4 and A3 in size and again on old paper. Limited to 50 copies, signed and numbered the cost of a print is £49.95 if collected, £57.95 posted within the UK, £61.95 to Europe and the US and £64.95 to Australia and Asia. All those posted will be […]