Last weekend I played at The Dark Horse in Moseley, Birmingham and a fine gig it was too. The day after, Thomas, the promoter, and DJ Cro took me to The Diskery, supposedly the oldest record shop in the UK. It’s the kind you only run across occasionally these days, seemingly held together by the records pinned to every surface. Stuck in a time warp, a perfectly preserved example of your classic secondhand record shop of old, despite the Record Store Day banner in the window. There were so many records in every nook and cranny, on several floors, that I barely scratched the surface whilst I was there. We were offered tea almost immediately on entry and the two hours I had before my train yielded some great 45s, some of which are below. Definitely one of my favourite record shops in the UK and I want to go back and spend the whole day in there…
More about this flexi disc in a future post…
I was at that gig and Tom is an acquaintance of mine.loved how your set took me on a real unique journey. Starting off with naughties bangers and then it was a new sound for me. Not being an electro afficianado(?) I was not happy at first but then I opened my mind to the sound and grew to love it. Almost like a Sasha house mix but with a hip hop base.
Any way the Diskery, yes one if the few constants in an ever changing city centre.
Unbelievably, I have the Action man record and the Happy Time record.