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The boss of a longstanding Leeds music shop has spoken about the “great revival” of compact disc (CD) sales in the city, as the country celebrates Record Store Day today.
The 64-year-old first opened his vinyl and CD shop on New Briggate in 1990, after working in a record store in London.
Relics Records has around 6,000 CDs for sale in its extensive collection. Its owner described buying music online as a “soulless experience”.
Ian said: “There’s three of us in here [members of staff] and we’re friendly and we like to talk to people.
“You might find something here you’ve never heard before and you’re not going to get that experience from an algorithm.
“People say retail is dead, but buying online is a soulless experience.”
There is a huge range of genres of music and artists available in the store’s collection.
The shop also sells high-quality “obi strip” Japanese CDs, so-called because they mimic kimono designs.
And Ian said the most sought-after CDs were from a bygone era.
“Stuff like The Beatles, the Stones, LED Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, that sort of stuff,” he said.
“And that’s what young people are buying too. We don’t sell a lot of new artists.”
He added: “We were here before the big CD boom, during it and now we’re here for the great revival”.
The shop’s top selling CD albums were:
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Smiths – Meat is Murder
Pixies – Trompe Le Monde
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold as Love
Bob Dylan – Desire
The Beatles – Revolver
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