THE QUESTIONS 1. 2. 3.
How long has your store been in business?
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What are the three most interesting things for sale in your shop at the moment?
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And your three biggest sellers this year?
What does your store specialise in? How is your store celebrating Record Store Day?
There have been huge changes to the way people consume music – what is your store doing to stay relevant in the digital age?
3. “We’ll be offering customers 10% off all stock, and we’ll be having some of Melbourne’s best local acts in to play at our Fitzroy and Dandenong stores between 11.30am and 4pm. Dandenong will be featuring Kicking Horse, Man Bites God, Wunderlust and Of Changes, whilst Fitzroy will host DJ Maria, Jordan and Christian of JKRuff, The Melbourne Ukulele Kollective and Paul Banks.” 4. “We’ve always got a great range of ‘choice cuts’, and if you check our Dixon’s Facebook page we update it with any special recent purchases.” 5. “Too many to choose only three!” 6. “Like other stores, Dixon’s is really active through eBay, providing access to particularly collectable stock to customers from around the country and the world. Our customers come to us to get first-hand advice from all of our experienced employees. We provide an actual social networking experience rather than the online equivalent! We stock many special or limited edition versions of vinyl, CDs, movies and TV shows as possible, offering our customers the chance to own amazing artwork and special features which they would miss out on with digital downloads.”
CDs. Also music books, magazines, and DVDs.” 4. “Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion 2 German LP, autographed by all members; Ann Wilson & The Daybreaks Wonder How I Managed American vinyl single, pre-1967; AC/ DC Back In Black LP – original mint 1980 Japanese pressing.” 6. “Nothing. We are collectors who like to look, feel, read liner notes and possess real physical music formats such as vinyl and CDs. Turntables are available again so whilst there are music lovers with a collector mentality and willing to attend, we will continue. There will never be an mp3 fair.”
5. “Easy CD choice: AfroCubism (think Latin meets African); Seu Jorge & Almaz (City Of God actor fronting the biggest sounding mess around you’ll ever hear) and vinyl, vinyl, vinyl.” 6. “Staying open, talking to people and presenting the most exotic range of sound and image ever seen in one location anywhere on Earth. Does that sound relevant? It sounds bigger than that – sounds biblical!”
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DIXONS Open seven days a week Check out dixons.com.au for a full list of locations and hours
LUCY SPARTALIS/JEN CROWLEY, FITZROY STORE 1. “Our first store opened way back in ‘76, and we currently have four stores – Fitzroy, Dandenong, Camberwell and Blackburn.” 2. “We buy stock daily from all sorts of people, making sure we cover all music and film tastes from all eras on vinyl, CDs and DVDs (and a few cassettes and VHS). Blues, electronic, metal, classical… we pride ourselves on our broad range of collectable and hard-to-find items.”
188 Plenty Road, Preston 9474 1000 numark@elfa.com.au Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm.
183 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 9417 4477 384 High Street, Northcote 9481 1315 341 Sydney Road, Brunswick 9380 4488 titlespace.com All Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm
TOWNHOUSE RECORD FAIR Ukrainian House, 3 Russell St, Essendon This Sunday: 9.30am-5pm
MICK MALONEY, FAIR ORGANISER 1. “Twelve years” 2. “A huge variety of all types of music and memorabilia from all eras, from the 1950s to present. There’s an emphasis on vinyl LPs and singles, but also 1,000s of
MARK SPIES, NATIONAL BRAND MANAGER FOR NUMARK, AKAI PROFESSIONAL, INNOFADER AND ALESIS
STEVE KULAK, TITLE GROUP CEO 1. “Surry Hills is the first store in the Title scheme of things: it’s been open for four years. We now have seven and counting.” 2. “Music, films and books. But not the ones you might think… as well as those you are thinking.” 3. “By offering a 20% discount across everything in the store.” 4. “The new Bobby Long CD; Cactus, a book on the most exotic location ever surfed and inhabited by inspired nutters; and every Criterion film on the shelf – there’s too many to mention.”
1. “Since the ‘70s. It’s pretty safe to say we’re officially ‘old school’.” 2. “We’re distributors for around 27 brands [of musical instruments and products] nationally.” 3. “I’m going to dust off some of my favourite records, load up the decks and reminisce about a misspent youth.” 4. “We recently took on the Audio Innovate range of Innofader cross-faders, the BEST faders that money can buy! All of our endorsees swear by them and they can be fitted to virtually any mixer.”
INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE DAY SATURDAY APRIL 16 2011
Record Store Day was founded in 2007 as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding hundreds of independently owned record stores around the world, and we’ve been taking part ever since.
Jeff Lange
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charles jenkins
little john
Basement Discs willl be pr presenting live performance performances all day long from m some of Melbourne’s finest artists, including JEFF LANG, CHARLES JENKINS, THE WOLFGRAMM SISTERS, SEAN McMAHON’S WESTERN UNION, ABBIE CARDWELL, CHRIS WILSON, SARAH CARROLL, THE SPOILS, CASH SAVAGE and LITTLE JOHN. There will be a Music Quiz and MC duties being handled by DAVE GRANEY, HENRY WAGONS, REBECCA BARNARD & RUSTY (Scared Weird Little Guys). There’ll also be a set discount on everything in the store. 24 Block Place Melbourne 3000 ~ Phone: 03 9654 1110 Fax: 03 9654 1734 info@basementdiscs.com.au ~ www.basementdiscs.com.au
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