Vinylchaser1

Been running this fair for nearly 3 years now and it's become a must for buyers and sellers alike.I used to go to the YMCA record fair in Nottingham in the 80's run my a guy called John Goldman.Always a hustle & bustle kind of day and i would say predominantly a 45s fair as Nottingham has always had a strong Rock & Roll and Soul market.Sadly the fair closed somewhere around the late 80's / early 90's i think. I decided to try and recreate a fair using the same concept,I now have 4 or 5 of the dealers that sold at the YMCA in the 80's including Mick Smith !! People still find some great bargains at fairs these days despite all the online information being out there.I picked a copy of The Ultimates on Br-Roma up at a fair last year for £8 so you have to get out and dig. John Manship came over to the Stamford record fair last month and couldn't believe how many American 45s were on offer. If you do make it to one of my fairs i think you'd enjoy it !!

What about The American Breed ? They came under the Helios Publishers

Trying to create a good mix of every age, both youngsters just getting into vinyl - older general public buying those pop classics again that they got rid of and then the hardened collectors after those rareties.One way or another fairs are certainly getting a resurgence.I love the U.S. fairs or Record Shows as they call them.Always plenty of gems hidden in between which the americans aren't clued up on yet.

I run the Nottingham fair.Some great 45s sold there.Just booked all the dates for 2018.

The thing is when calculating vinyl verses digital sales,if used vinyl sales were included it would blow digital out the water !!

I can see the price of new vinyl starting to come down this year as new buyers realize that you can often get the original copy much cheaper