GIVE US THE BACKGROUND - WHEN AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO OPEN A RECORD SHOP?

Born and dragged up proper in south London where from the age of 3 -5 I would be woken by my older brothers returning from a night in the pub, they would come home with friends, get me out of bed, sit me on the floor in front of the record player and spread the singles on the floor.They would ask guest to name a single from the floor, they’d tell me the name and I’d get the record with 100 % accuracy much to their amazement as all of this was before I could read. So that’s when my love of music started and it continued as I grew up, luckily through what was the richest period of music ever. I was surrounded by great music, when it was new.Sadly, it took until I became seriously ill to realise, I needed to do something different with my life. I had a large LP collection and as I began to recover in a new town where I didn’t know anyone, my wife said you need get rid of some of these records and an idea was born. I lived in a place where no shop existed and I had lots of doubles, even triples, in my collection and thought I wonder if other people here want records too. So, I opened The Record Store!I wake up each day, go to work and put on a record. I’m involved with the music scene in area, I talk music all day, and although it hasn’t made me as well off as my previous jobs, it makes me a lot happier!Here I am, a collector of LPs and all things music and guess what, people bring me records and memorabilia etc every week - I couldn’t have wished for more!