Vinyl Revival and the Shops that Made it Happen

  The Diskery 99-102 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham, B5 6QB 0121 622 2219 thediskerymusic@gmail.com; thediskery.com Monday-Saturday 9.30am-6pm Established 1952 Stock: Vinyl, CD, Pre-owned, In-stores, Memorabilia   In 1952, Morris Hunting started a small jazz specialist shop The Diskery in Moor Street. It is the only shop I know of which was started as an act of revenge. Morris regularly purchased his 78-rpm records from a Birmingham record store called Mansell’s until one day when, in front of a crowd of customers, the owner of Mansell’s challenged him to open his coat. “Why?” Morris asked. “So that I can see how many records you’re trying to steal,” the owner responded. Morris was so angry that he vowed never to set foot in the store again. Not only that, when he came into some money – as compensation for being the innocent party in a road accident – he set up his own record shop as a direct competitor to Mansell’s with the express intent of showing the custo...

 Strummer Room Records  F159 Cherwell Business Village, Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 2SP Tel: 01295 262202   Strummer Room Records is Banbury’s ONLY Independent Record Shop, located is an old Aluminium Works Laboratory on the outskirts of the town. The Strummer Room was set up as a music-related project by Chris Oakes in 2012. The Strummer Room hosted live gigs in and around Oxford and was instrumental in running a village festival featuring 27 bands. The Strummer Room was also the title of a radio show hosted by Chris, promoting local independent bands and musicians. https://www.mixcloud.com/discover/the-strummer-room-project/ In 2018, Chris rented a space in a Banbury antiques emporium to sell off his extensive vinyl record collection. Due to its success, Chris decided to purchase more records via auctions and from people selling off their personal collections, very soon outgrowing the small space. He moved the stock to a “pop-up” shop just up the road in February 2020, ...