Put a record on and chill with these memories of music shops in Sunderland’s past.
We compiled a selection of record venues pictured in years gone by including Chartz, Volume, HMV and the Blacketts store record bar.
Tell us where you went to get your favourite album and how much the LPs cost when you were a child.
Or maybe you still remember which the first record was that you bought. If you do, get in touch and tell us more.
We’re asking for your memories as it is National Record Store Day on the third Saturday in April and we want to hear from you.
Record Store Day began in 2007 as a way to celebrate and spread the word of independent shops both in the USA and internationally.
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1. Hot Rats in 2024
Hot Rats in 2024 after it moved to Waterloo Place. Its specialism was vinyl, CDs, t-shirts, merchandise and gig tickets. | se
2. Hot Rats in 2019
Marty Yule, owner of Hot Rats Records in Sunderland, preparing for Record Store Day 2019. | se
3. Pop Recs in 2015
Charlatans fans queue outside Pop Recs in Fawcett Street, for tickets in 2015. | se
4. Pictured at Pop Recs
Tell us if you got along to Pop Recs in Fawcett Street on World Record Store day in 2014. | Local Library