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A treat for record-lovers everywhere
Around The World In 80 Record Stores: A guide to the best vinyl emporiums on the planet
by Marcus Barnes
(Dog ‘N’ Bone)
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
VINYL junkies listen up! South London author and music collector Marcus Barnes has done us a big favour with his new book Around The World In 80 Record Stores.
Having visited all the 80 stores included in the book, he writes about each store’s location, the types of music sold, the exterior, the interior — the lot.
The journey across the globe includes London’s Alan’s Record and CD shop situated between the East Finchley Tube station and the North Circular with crates of bargain albums stored outside as well as punk, soul, reggae, jazz, African, techno and a handy key-cutting service in the back; Sounds Of The Universe for jazz, soul, funk, African releases; heavy metal at Crypt Of The Wizard and Edinburgh’s Unknown Pleasures who stock prog rock and new wave.
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