Record Store Day Shops - Day 27 - Eel Pie Records - Twickenham


Eel Pie Records

44-45 Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NT
07817 756315
eelpierecords.com; kevin@eelpierecords.com; @eelpierecords
 Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm
Established 2016
Stock; Vinyl, CD, Books, Coffee, In-stores
Nearest station - Twickenham

The shop is named after Eel Pie Island a place with numerous musical connections situated a few hundred meters from the shop. In the 1960s it held many jazz and blues festivals, and Pete Townsend, who once owned a recording studio there, named his publishing company Eel Pie Music.



Based in the oldest street in the town, and certainly the most beautiful, Eel Pie Records is a haven. A local bylaw ensures that all the traders have hanging baskets, full of flowers displayed outside the shop. Eel Pie Records hangs them both at the front and rear entrance to the shop.

As well as ensuring the shop looks good from the outside, owners Phil Penman and Kevin Jones have used the natural brick and dark wood of the interior to create an atmosphere with many eye-catching features. A huge poster of John Peel adorns one wall, while gold discs are hung on others. I laughed at the sign saying No Hippies as well as the Paddy Roberts album on display titled Songs for Gay Dogs, a relic from an era when “gay” meant “happy




The shop shares its space with an independent wine merchant and a Biltong, where pieces of dried meat are sold; everything you need for an evening of home entertainment in one place.





Over 220 independent record shops featured in 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 on Record Store Day  April 13th. The film comes free with the album The Vinyl Revival. Only available in independent record shops on RSD


Check out the trailer


https://youtu.be/dDYrd0N2cIA


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