As advertised by Gilles Peterson this week, Spencer Murphy’s celebration of independent record shops has a touch of last rites about it as If.. Music (Jean-Claude Thompson) has closed down the shop in Greens Court and has gone ‘virtual’ I’m told, Mister CD (David) closed down some time ago whilst Harold Moores (Andy & Daisey) in Great Marlborough Street is the ground floor of the last resting place of Mole Jazz; Is it any wonder the folks behind the counter have a glum expression?

On the bring side, DnB Veteran Nicky Blackmarket is still in D’Arblay St, Wyld Pytch (Zorra) in Lexington Street are still going whilst Vinyl Junkies (Jean-Paul) and Sister Ray (Matt) have done undergone some leasehold relocation along Berwick St but are still there. Best of the lot is the shrine of all things fly at Sounds Of The Universe (aka Soul Jazz) on Broadwick Street.

Whether you’d want a 40×40 signed print in your living room to remind you of your Earl Zinger shopping trips (a la ‘Saturday Morning Rush’ of the seminal album Earl Zinger’s Put Your Phazers On Stun Throw Your Healthfood Skyward: check his current guise as a Junkyard Gods).

If you can’t make 63 Broadwick Street between 16-24 May 2008, check the links out below and keep the vinyl faith and make every day a Record Store Day.

Links
www.spencermurphy.com
contact@spencermurphy.co.uk
www.aliaugur.com
SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE 7 Broadwick Street, Soho, London, W1F 0DA, England Phone: 020 7734 3430 www.soundsoftheuniverse.com
BM Soho is London’s longest running independent dance music record store. … 25 D’Arblay Street, London, W1F 8EJ, UK. +44 (0)207 437 0478 www.bm-soho.com
SISTER RAY 34-35 Berwick Street LONDON W1V 8RP UK Phone: 020 7734 3297 www.sisterray.co.uk
VINYL JUNKIES, Berwick Street, www.vinyl-junkies.com
WYLD PYTCH, Lexington Street www.wyldpytch.com
Harold Moores Records. 2 Great Marlborough Street London W1F 7HQ +44 (0) 20 7437 1576 www.hmrecords.co.uk
IF MUSIC… ONLINE - More Than A Record Store www.ifmusic.co.uk
Gilles Peterson :: 22th May 2008 :: Live music from 2000 Black + Charlie Dark interview