Hundreds of record-seeking shoppers flocked to Nottingham's Rough Trade for Record Store Day. Some camped out before opening at 8am and other waited in queues for more than an hour on what the store described as the "best time of the year" on Saturday, April 23.
At times the queue stretched from the shop in Broad Street around to Pelham Street. Among those lining up was Spencer Owen, who came from Bramcote said he "wasn't expecting" the length of the queue.
"There's nothing in particular I've come for, although there are three records here that I quite fancy if they're still in stock," said the 50-year-old. He said those included LPs by Dire Straits and Iggy Pop. "I've got a fairly small collection but it's still growing."
Record Store Day is celebrated at independent shops across the UK, with hundreds of limited edition LPs being made available for one day only, this year included rare records from Taylor Swift, Blur and Childish Gambino. Live music is also staged at Nottingham's Rough Trade, and this year featured Jords, Bone Cult and Baby Tap.
Also in the queue was Ben Smith, a 22-year-old software engineer. "I've not come for anything in particular, it's good to support the record industry," he said. "I come to Rough Trade a lot but it's my first time to one of these. I wasn't expecting this queue although it's probably worth the wait."
Sam Heaton, events manager at the store said: "It's been pretty busy, it's the best time of year. We've had all types of people, young and old, and all types of staff have been coming in to help including accounts and HR. Everybody's chipping in."
He added that it was "lovely" to see the interest in vinyl. "Over lockdown people listened to a lot of music and on vinyl. The last two or three years it has got a lot more popular. I think a lot of people bought records during Covid to help support artists and people seem to be getting the bug."
