Record Store Day Shops - Day 11 - Grind & Groove in Keighley


Grind And Groove Records        *The night when hundreds of men were “in Knikkers”*

59b Cavendish Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 3RL
01535 609626
grindandgrooverecords.com
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
Established 2017
Stock; Vinyl, Pre-owned, Art, Coffee

It is a scenic trip across the moors to visit Keighley, a town more associated with rugby league than record shops. Grind And Groove Records is a small emporium with a fascinating history, run by Gareth and Kerry Beck. It used to be a lady’s hosiery shop called Corsets and upstairs to the side of the building was a nightclub called Knikkers.



On December 19, 1977, the Sex Pistols played Knikkers as part of their Never Mind the Bans tour. Locals tell of Sid Vicious throwing pints of beer off the balcony on to the street below. Nearly every male over 50 in the town claims to have been at the gig, although it is hard to imagine hundreds of Keighley’s menfolk “in Knikkers” that night.



The shop has a fine collection of Sex Pistols vinyl and memorabilia and is highly recommended for fans of the band. The shop has a fabulous collection of second-hand vinyl and will clean your records.

Do not leave without sampling the coffee as it was amongst the best I have tasted in my 32 years of travelling around the country.

The worst coffee I have tried. The no longer trading Church Street Records had a coffe/tea/soup machine that would disperse you a drink. I don't think the machine had ever been cleaned often resulting in a congealed lump of powdered soup dropping in your coffee.


Check out 220 more independent record shops in the book  'The Vinyl Revival and the Shops That Made it Happen' 

Available at your local record shop or online at http://smarturl.it/vinylrevival

Look out for the film based on the book. The Vinyl Revival'  which is released April 13th

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