I have a bit of history in record stores … I started as a Christmas temp at Our Price, Northampton in 1989. Then a year later moved up the road to Spinadisc, the best indie in Northampton, working for the lovely Dick and Penny Raybould. Those were fun times at Spinadisc, later going on to manage the Coventry and Rugby stores. But by 2001, times were changing. Sales, margin and footfall were all falling. So, I waved goodbye to working in record stores and found another way to make a living. Sadly, Dick and Penny closed the last Spinadisc in 2003.I never lost the love of record stores; never been interested in buying online, I always tried to visit independent record stores wherever I was in the country. I take my hat off to stores like Resident, Brighton, they did such an amazing job of building a fantastic record shop during the tough times of the 2000s.So fast forward 17 years after leaving Spinadisc and Coventry was still without an independent store and now destined to be the City of Culture for 2021.I did a quick record shop tour of the country and nothing was going to stop me from that moment! With thanks to Adam at Jumbo and Graham at Proper, who were very generous with advice, I was ready to give it a go! Within weeks Just Dropped In was open in a shipping container at FarGo Village, Coventry. Now 11 months later. I have moved into a much a larger store; in FarGo with room for bands to play and have some real fun!
