This week saw the DVD release of the documentary film Last Shop Standing which charts the “Rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop”. Record shops have been a big part of my life since my early teens and I have seen the demise of many in my native Brighton over the years. Tilbury Gig, where I purchased my first album (The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads), Vinyl Solution, Essential Music, Virgin, Zavvi, Fopp, Our Price, MVC and others have all gone by the wayside.
I decided to take a picture of each and every record shop in Brighton and Hove, although I may have missed some (please let me know if I did so I can complete the story). I was pleased that there were as many as 14 remaining in a relatively small city, although one of the best, Rounder Records, closed shortly after I took these pictures.
Fine Records
HMV
Cult Hero (formerly Ape)
Rounder Records
Borderline
Resident
Across The Tracks
Wax Factor
Monkey Music Emporium
Endless Records (formerly Edge World)
The Punker Bunker
One Stop Records
Rare Kind Records
The Record Album
By Dorian Rogers
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