Saturday April 16th is INTERNATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY.

This annual event is a celebration of the culture of independent record shops. Started in 2008, the event now features participation from over 1000 shops around the world, with exclusive releases, in-store performances and much more - a counterblast to downloads and internet shopping.

"it is hard to underestimate the role of independent retail in the music industry. as the world continues to try and cram every purchase they make onto their computer, turning music into binary digits and artwork into pixelated packshots, we can only sit and wait for them to wake up from their dream and realize that ultimately human interaction in shops, with informed good people, handling cherishable artefacts is good for the soul. in the meantime we need to support the people who keep this world alive for the moment we all realize we need it again. "

(Ben Watt, Everything but the Girl)

Come and celebrate RECORD STORE DAY with us!

Wanted Records - Payback Records - Face the Dawn

A session of rocksteady, ska, reggae and soul on the vintage Downbeat Melody Soundsystem with chief selector Steve Rice. Steve grew up in South London and built his first Jamaican style sound aged 16 and played at blues dances in Brixton and Clapham, learning the business from local operators as well as the big sounds of Sir Coxsone and Duke Reid.

Also featuring guests John Stapleton (Wanted Records) / Rankin' Skankin' Roger (Wanted Records / Paul Payback (Payback Records) plus more TBC...

Session runs from Noon to 5pm

Listen to top sounds, buy records too!

Exclusives and 10% discount on everything at Wanted Records, Face The Dawn Records, and Payback Records, all in St. Nicholas Market.

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