Record Store Day is returning on Saturday 12 April. In preparation we visited Love Music to find out why the day is important to independent businesses.
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00:00Record Store Day came along and gave the whole industry a shot in the arm.
00:04It helped create the vinyl revival.
00:06It really just went hand-in-hand with what we were doing
00:08and basically got so much exposure via Record Store Day
00:11and the press that came along with it that we've been able to survive.
00:14And that's the main thing about Record Store Day,
00:15is to bring people back into physical record shops
00:17rather than just sit on your butt at home and click on a button
00:20and get it sent to your home.
00:21It's very convenient, but at the same time,
00:23you're missing out and a big sense of community.
00:24Love Music has been here since 1996.
00:27I've been behind this counter for a long time now,
00:29about 25 years and counting.
00:31So we've always been a kind of blend between new releases and second-hand stuff.
00:35You get all the new stuff, plus you get the excitement of seeing what comes in.
00:38And in the second-hand world, you just never know.
00:40I really enjoy that part of it.
00:41It's a bit of a cliche, but there are musical hubs around,
00:44and there have been for decades, where people meet.
00:46And you can see, you know, musicians wanted posters on the poles in here.
00:49You can see a lot of independent artists
00:51and a lot of things that don't have distribution.
00:54You know, there's a lot of record shops in Glasgow.
00:55People have a really good amount of choice.
00:57So we have to kind of keep concentrating and keep, you know,
00:59keep adapting to survive.
01:01And just basically, we have to kind of run faster just to stand still.
01:04Mr. Connolly, Sir Connolly, drank from when he was here a couple years ago.
01:08He was talking about the first record he ever bought.
01:10And his first record was a Hank Williams single
01:13that he bought at the Barris Market when he was just a youngster.
01:16So we had a record player set up here on the counter,
01:18and basically Billy played Hank Williams records
01:20and sang along and then yodeled along as well.
01:23So it was an interesting afternoon.
01:25He was very friendly and we had a good time.
01:26And he drank some Iron Brew and we just kept it
01:28so in case we could clone him in the future.
01:31I have a particular favourite album,
01:34and it's Blue Nile Hats,
01:36which has several tracks on it,
01:39which I think are very melodic
01:42and akin to the Blue Nile style.
01:44So,
01:45Let's continue.
01:50Let's continue.
01:52Let's continue.
02:06Let's continue.