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2018, Dinked, Editions, Essex, Exclusive, Halloween, Indies-only, John Carpenter, Kurt Vile, Matador, record shop, records, Releases, Southend, vinyl -

As you may have seen on our Facebook and Twitter, we're part of a new collective of like-minded record shops under the banner of Dinked, where we'll be selling exclusive versions. The first two were announced today, Kurt Vile's new one for Matador and John Carpenter's Halloween soundtrack. The Dinked edition for each is exclusive to only 20 retailers in the UK (us being one, obvs) and will be an ongoing thing. All the releases are limited, so if you're interested in any of these, best get your orders in asap. The Kurt Vile one comes on orange/yellow splatter vinyl,...

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A bit of a mixed bag this month, a few ambient leaning Japanese classics, some On-U reggae, John Cooper Clarke, a new one from Warm Boys and lots more. Have a listen below

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2018, Essex, Ethan Johns, in-store, Live, Southend, The Black Eyed Dogs -

Ethan Johns joins us for a gig in the shop to launch his new record, Anamneis on Sunday 12th August at 2pm. It's free entry, and all ages are welcome.On this latest album you'll hear shades of Townes Van Zandt, The Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Richard Thompson and The Band.Ethan has worked with Ryan Adams, Paul McCartney, Laura Marling, Kings Of Leon, Robyn Hitchcock, and loads more, and released four solo albums. Pre-order the record >> HEREFacebook Event Page >> HERE

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If you've been in the shop in the last few days you would've noticed the framed photography we have up. They're all the work of Andrew Cotterill, a magazine photographer whose work you'll be familiar with - he's shot images of The Strokes, Lee Scratch Perry, Beck, Mark E Smith, Damon Albarn and loads more for magazines such as Q, MOJO, NME, Dazed, etc etc. You can read and see more of Andrew's work >HERE< or pop in to have a look at them in real life

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2018, essex, record shop, record shops, record store day, rsd, rsd18, rsd2018, shops, southend, vinyl -

This Saturday will be our fifth Record Store Day since we opened, and probably has the best list of releases ever. There's over 500 records coming out on the day, which is a lot by anyone's standards, but we've picked 200 (or so) of the best, which you can see below. We have DJs throughout the day to keep you entertained too. I know you know, but just in case, here's a little recap of how it works on the day: * We can't reserve, pre-sell or put aside any of the releases. They're not our rules, but we stick to them.* You can only...

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