I
have been told of not one but two new record shops that have opened
in my neck of the woods during the last couple of months. As they
keep saying, vinyl is making a comeback.
I
visited one of these on its opening day at the end of April. A friend
had mentioned an ex colleague of his was opening a new record shop,
he was going along to the grand opening and would I like too as
well. Yes, of course. Although I am, I suppose, a bit of a vinyl nut I
am, frankly, not tuned in to the local vinyl grapevine and hadn't
picked up on either of these new ventures so I was thankful my friend
alerted me.
Arriving at the shop it turned out I know the owner through bumping into each other and engaging in general record b*llocks talk occasionally at a local car boot in the last couple of years. All I can say is good luck mate - you are very brave. The shop is Longwell Records in Keynsham (that's K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M).
I picked up a couple of things out of the yet to be priced bin which I'm very happy with, one of which was this great comp from the early 00s - JohnnyOtis & Friends - Watts Funky.
Arriving at the shop it turned out I know the owner through bumping into each other and engaging in general record b*llocks talk occasionally at a local car boot in the last couple of years. All I can say is good luck mate - you are very brave. The shop is Longwell Records in Keynsham (that's K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M).
I picked up a couple of things out of the yet to be priced bin which I'm very happy with, one of which was this great comp from the early 00s - JohnnyOtis & Friends - Watts Funky.
If
you are a regular here you may remember I have posted more than one
Johnny Otis 45 in recent years and I have become a huge fan of his,
especially his largely obscure late 60s & 70s funk, jazz, and
disco infused productions.
On one level at least this album could be said to be the first record ever bought in Longwell Records. I asked Ian, the shop owner, to tuck it behind the counter while I continued to browse, although a lady did beat me to actually handing over readies for something. Talking with another record hound at (yet another generally fruitless) car boot recently he said that Ian apparently did not quote Watts Funky as the first purchase though. From his point of view I suppose he's right as he would have been focussed on the record that put the first takings in the till. I would maintain that it is at least a moot point.
Down home....
A groove, and love the keyboards....
3 comments:
Picked up this album on my travels to Belfast a few years ago, it is very good, I especially like Spells and Incantations and the Shuggie Otis tracks
Yes it's full of good tracks and a mix of the hard and funky earlier tracks and the softer jazzier later 70s output.
Good to see new record shops springing up - hope it lasts
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