Vinyl ‘alive and kicking’ as fans queue for Record Store Day

A VINYL fanatic queued outside a Welsh store all night to make the most of the 10th annual World Record Store Day on Saturday.

According to Spillers in Cardiff, the fan got to the store at 11.30pm on Friday night with “paperwork and a camping chair”, just to make sure he got the first pick of what was on offer.

It came as vinyl fans up and down the UK queued outside their local shops to get their hands on rare albums as part of the 10th annual celebration.

More than 200 stores across the UK took part, including those in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.

The annual celebration began in San Francisco in 2008 and is part of a dramatic reverse in decline of the industry.

Stores opened their doors early to hold parties and in-store performances, as well as selling a selection of 531 limited-edition albums and singles, released exclusively for the day, including from artists like The Ramones, David Bowie and The Smiths.

The day’s festivities included BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens holding a DJ set at Spillers.

In Swansea, Derrick’s Music store declared “vinyl is alive and kicking” as music enthusiasts began to queue from 4am. Up to 120 people turned up outside the store in Oxford Street, in the hope of getting their hands on rare editions of records on sale.

“The place was absolutely ram packed... it was like a night club,” said owner Chris Stylianou, whose family have owned Derrick’s Music since 1968.

“The queue was going all the way down the street to the bakers.”