record stores

The humble 7″

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

From Norman Records The humble 7″ is the smallest of the vinyl formats (not including the ridiculous 5″) and it’s the perfect medium for transporting a couple of new songs by up and coming bands straight into your ears. They’re fun and they take up less space in your house than something bigger would. They [...]

International Record Store Day

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Yes folks, Saturday April 19th is International Record Store Day so come & celebrate at Wellington City’s true independent record store – Slow Boat Records. For Record Store Day (http://www.recordstoreday.com/), Slow Boat is proud to announce that we will be hosting an instore performance from Samuel F. Scott and his band, the Bunnies On Ponies. [...]

Anyone got a spare US$3m + ??

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

This is making me drool, tho’ I’d have nowhere to put it all! The World’s Greatest Music Collection : 3 Million Records, 300,000 CDs, 6 million+ Song Titles Fuller story here at Idolator Bill

Record Stores: outlook not so bleak?

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Nice article in the Guardian about how specialised record stores are carving out a niche & staying alive here. Big shout out to the fine folks at Wellington’s only independent record store that matters: Slow Boat! Bill