Monorail Music

Monorail was opened in December 2002. Founded by Stephen Pastel and Dep Downie, both are avid record collectors, label owners and musicians (Stephen’s band the Pastels are of course a long-running and much-loved Scottish indie group). They also had good experience working in record shops before this one. Dep worked for Missing Records for many years and Stephen at John Smith’s in Glasgow’s West End. I know that Monorail was in part founded out of frustration about not being able to find certain favourite bands and labels in Glasgow and feeling there was a niche that hadn’t been explored.I think the excitement of opening those box-fresh LPs and hearing that week’s new releases and reissues instils excitement in any record collector, but the best thing is connecting with people on a grassroots level who share a common enthusiasm for music.