In the third and final interview with the city’s independent record shops, Dundee Live chats to the trio of bosses at Thirteen Records.
The hugely popular Union Street shop is run by Frank Mills, Morag ‘Moog’ Rogers and Lee Scott.
The triumverate used to work at the legendary Groucho’s store on the Perth Road.
They took the plunge into business themselves when it shut down during the early days of the pandemic.
And they stayed open through the lockdown with some imaginative and flexible business ideas.
Lee told Dundee Live how Thirteen Records came about.
He said: “The three of us who opened the shop all worked in Groucho’s previously.
“We lost our jobs after the shop closed during the initial lockdown and decided to set up Thirteen ourselves.
“We first opened September 2020 until we had to close again for several months at Christmas due to the second lockdown coming into effect.
“Luckily we managed to stay open with online sales and deliveries.”
And he added: “We all have varying and eclectic tastes but we do all tend to share a particular fondness for the soul, funk, jazz, hip hop and electronic sides of things.
“As far as Frank goes, you would need an entire newspaper to start talking about the depths of his interest.”
Lee said the vinyl market has ‘picked up a lot of momentum’ in the last 10 years.
He added: “We do have a somewhat unique perspective on things having sold second hand records and cd’s for such a long time – Frank and Moog both having worked there since the 90’s.
“However it has been a new experience for us this time around as we are also selling a lot of new vinyl, which seems to be equally as popular.”
And talking about how things are shaping up as we ease out of lockdown he said: “We have retained a lot of our old Groucho’s customers as well as having a load of new faces coming in as well.
“We have always had a huge mix of people both young and old coming into both shops looking for music.
“We are just happy for people to make there way back to us when they feel comfortable and safe to do so.”
- Thirteen Records Facebook page is here and their Instagram is here.
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