My friend, Kevin Mott Renton, who has died aged 80, ran the idiosyncratic Renton’s Record music shop in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, from the late 1960s to the mid-80s.
The store had been passed to him by his stepfather, Arthur Renton, who had run it along traditional lines. But Kevin’s interests in jazz, world music, folk and obscure records and instruments from around the globe gave the business a new character, including having an aviary in the middle of the shop. Kevin also produced his own hand-drawn publicity leaflets and posters.
