Record Store Day Shops - Day 14 Rarekind Records in Brighton


Rarekind Records

104 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 4ER
01273 818170
rarekindrecords.co.uk; music@rarekindrecords.co.uk; @RarekindRecords
Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 12-5pm
Established 2003
Stock: Vinyl, Pre-owned, T-shirts

Rarekind Records is easy to find thanks to the fabulous mural painted on the wall above the entrance. Originally opened as a graffiti gallery by David Samuel with the help of a grant from the Prince’s Trust, it sold paint, customised clothing and a few records. The shop featured in an episode of the TV programme Faking It, where David’s task was to turn a fine art student into a graffiti artist, something he succeeded in doing with aplomb.

Current owner Ewan Hood was a local hip-hop promoter and regular customer. He offered to help develop the vinyl section, and thanks to his knowledge it soon became a focal point of the shop. When the building next door became vacant the landlord offered Ewan a very favourable rent to enable him to expand the record side of the shop. David picked up some school tables at the local wood recyclers for £2 each which gave the building a very minimalistic look: bricks, tables and records.



In 2006 Rarekind Records moved to its current location in Trafalgar Street. David swopped records for the skilled labour of his carpenter and plumber friends to help renovate the dilapidated building.
A couple of years later David called time on the graffiti gallery and moved to London, leaving Ewan to take over the whole building. No longer just a hip-hop specialist, Ewan has expanded into other genres in recent years. He gives credit to Record Store Day for bringing Rarekind people into the shop who may not have checked out Rarekind otherwise.
Rarekind has an extensive range of hip hop, funk, soul, jazz, afro and reggae and lots of 7-inch vinyl. The prices for second-hand items are extremely reasonable. If you are in Brighton, the shop is worth a visit just to admire the mural.





 

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