There weren’t many CD’s going second hand and people were building up their collections. People were looking for CD’s all the time. VV – I’m guessing a lot has changed since you started?ĭ – Yeah, you can imagine with the technological changes, the arrival of CD’s first of all in the mid 80’s hammered a lot of record shops because vinyl went down in value. I’m 64 now so I’ve been at it for a long time, I still enjoy it obviously.

He asked me if I wanted to come and help out and I’ve been there ever since.

VinylVirus – How long have you been at Reckless?ĭuncan – In 1984 the owner found the current location, and within no time he needed extra staff and I knew him personally. We were lucky enough to talk with the manager Duncan about the history and evolution of Reckless Records and Soho.

Always looking to buy records, the staff are more than knowledgeable and will always make sure records are bought and sold at a fair price. Specialising in second hand records, Reckless have an extensively wide range of genres: Jazz, Blues, R&B, Rock, Electronic, House, Funk, Folk, Soul and more. In 1989 they opened Reckless Records in Chicago and by the end of the 80’s they had four shops, two on both sides of the Atlantic.Įvery record shop has it’s own personality, it’s own set of rules and characteristics that separates it from the rest. As well as having a strong foothold in London they always had the desire to open shops in America. Opening their first shop in Islington in 1983, they soon expanded to their second shop in Soho at 30 Berwick Street, where they still are today. Seeing shops come and go due to rising rents in an area of London that has over 15 million tourists visiting each year, Reckless Records has an interesting past. Having opened its doors in 1984 Reckless Records is the longest standing record shop on Berwick Street, famously known as ‘The Golden Mile of Record Shops’. As Record Store Day rolls in, VinylVirus take the opportunity to profile Soho mainstay Reckless Records. The historic quarter of Soho has always been London’s central hub for vinyl culture. Three hours before Tuesday night’s match, fans lined up to buy $18 gin drinks from a pop-up bar modeled after The Turf while the pub’s real owner, Wayne Jones, was standing nearby, greeting fans and posing for pictures.This feature is taken from VinylVirus, a new printed guide for record shops. Mullin’s injury no doubt will be a topic of conversation at The Turf, a pub attached to the Racecourse Ground. “That was the first moment I thought, ‘Maybe they do know who we are around here then.'” “A car window goes down and it’s: ‘Super Paul Mullin.’ That was the moment, ‘Ah, maybe what Rob and Ryan and everyone else has been telling us is true,'” Mullin said. Mullin said he was recognized while walking on a street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the tour opened a week ago with a 5-0 loss to Chelsea in front of 50,596 fans. “Welcome to Wrexham” is making an impact on this side of the pond. Now and again when we have a couple of moments to go and see the city, we’ve done that.” “We’ve come here to work as hard as we can and obviously fulfill any duties we had off the pitch, too. “To be honest, this wasn’t a holiday for us, it’s work,” Mullin said at a news conference on Monday.

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