The campaign will champion a new independent record store every day.
Floating Points is among the backers for a new campaign aiming to save independent record stores that have temporarily closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign aims to highlight an independent record store every day across social media, starting today with Banquet Records in Kingston-upon-Thames, encouraging people to purchase records online and over the phone.
The new campaign is also asking people to share memorable purchases from record stores on social media with the hashtag #recordstoreoftheday. People who share posts with the hashtag will be entered into a draw to win vouchers for one of the participating record stores. As well as Floating Points, Coldcut, Erased Tapes, Eglo, Jazz Re:freshed and others are backing the campaign. See the current list of participating record stores below.
Banquet Records – Kingston Upon Thames
Wax and Beans – Bury
Underground Solu’shn – Edinburgh
Sounds of the Universe – London
Empire Records – St Albans
Black Circle Records – Leighton Buzzard
Spinning Discs Sheffield – Sheffield
Up North Records – Chester
Soul Brother Records – Putney, London
Derrick’s Music – Swansea
Off the Beaten Tracks – Louth, Lincolnshire
Sister Ray – London
Record Corner – Godalming
World of Echo – London
Intense Records – Chelmsford
Fish Records – Stone, Staffordshire
Reflex – Newcastle upon Tyne
Transmission Records – Margate
The Vinyl Whistle – Headingley
Grind and Groove Records – Keighley
Sound Records – Stroud
Seismic Records – Leamington Spa
Resident – Brighton
Lion Coffee + Records – London
Red House Records – Swindon
The Record Store – Ashford
Vintage & Vinyl – Folkestone
HiFix – Coventry
Flashback Records – London
