An interview with our Digital Sales Manager, Paul Tucker on reaching the incredible milestone of half a billion streams on Bluey, the effects of technology on the Children’s Music genre, and how developing a Children’s Music act differs from other genres.

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Tickets for the 2024 Ocean Colour Scene tour are now on general sale!

Head over to the website oceancolourscene.com/tour to get yours!

Celebrating 30 years of britpop with albums & compilations from some of the biggest bands of the 90s!

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Rough Trade East is very excited to present an in-store conversation and DJ set from Rusty Egan Blitz Club. This unique event celebrates the release of ‘Rusty Egan Presents… Blitzed’.

The event takes place on Friday, June 28 at 7pm at Rough Trade East.

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Missed out on RSD this year? Fear not, the last remaining copies have now been made available online!

Shop Lulu: The Man With The Golden Gun

Shop Lamont Dozier: The New Love & Beauty Album

Shop Travis Biggs: Solar Funk

Shop Average White Band: Live At The Rainbow Theatre

Shop Steps: Deeper Shade Of Blue

As part of hmv’s vinyl week, we have seven fabulous releases available to buy in-store and online on Saturday 15th June!

See the exclusive releases

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for! The Bluetones will be doing a number of dates this year.

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Celebrate the diverse and inspirational women in our catalogue this International Women’s Day with our Spotify playlist.

We are thrilled to have been shortlisted at this year’s Music Week Awards in the Catalogue Marketing category for our Suede 30 campaign! Wish us luck!

Mark your calendars! We have announced our eclectic collection of exclusive records as part of the annual vinyl-lovers event, Record Store Day!

RSD takes place on the 20th April. Please visit the RSD website to find participating stores near you and support your local record store!

Join Tim Burgess in conversation + signing at Rough Trade East on Wednesday 20^th March.

Get tickets: https://link.dice.fm/X85c617eb655

PIXIES Europe Summer 2024 Tour!

Relive some live recordings while you wait with our Live From Coachella 2004 & Live In Brussels 2009 2CD editions plus Live In Brixton 2004 (8CD & 8LP vinyl)!

https://lnk.to/pixieslive

https://lnk.to/PixiesLiveInBrixton

Thank you to Resident Music for including the brilliant compilation, Steven Wilson Presents: Intrigue – Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979–89′ in their ‘comps of the year 2023’!

Read more: https://www.resident-music.com/collection&path=51835

Head over to the Townsend Music Artist Stores to get your hands on some limited signed editions from artists including Art Brut and Claire Richards. With a wide range of albums and compilations to choose from, there’s something for everyone (and get a cheeky treat for yourself!). https://townsendmusic.store/products/section/15599

Black Friday has arrived and we have lots of deals on selected releases at Amazon UK! Click the link to see the range: https://demonrecords.lnk.to/blackfriday

YouTube’s prestigious Silver Award has been awarded to our YouTube channel for passing 100K subscribers! Congratulations to Team Digital and a huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed to our channel.

The award is looking very shiny will take pride of place in our office!

Music from the critically acclaimed show is available to stream and download now!

https://phoenixrise.lnk.to/thealbum

National Album Day is the annual celebration to praise the art of the album format, and this year the theme is the 90s! Out on the 14th October!

Debut album from Ace Of Base, ‘Happy Nation’ (1993) and ‘Live Your Life Be Free’ by Belinda Carlisle (1991) are issued as limited edition picture discs for the first time, both housed in a die-cut sleeve.

Pre-order Belinda Carlisle

Pre-order Ace Of Base

I’m a foxy man, don’t you understand? 🐾🔥

Marc was criticised for appearing on a light entertainment programme, but, as ever, he rode out the storm and this is now a much-cherished performance.

Watch T.Rex’s electric performance of ‘Mad Donna’ on the Cilla Black Show, which was broadcast 50 years ago on 27 January 1973!

Watch the full performance on the official T.Rex YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/uj82ivmdets

Good Omens returns to Prime Video

The news we’ve all been waiting for! Good Omens returns for a second season to Prime Video on the 28th July!

Our gorgeous 4LP vinyl BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation is available and a great addition to your record collection!

For the first time ever on vinyl, Good Omens is adapted and co-directed for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Neverwhere; Stardust; Anansi Boys; The X-Files; Alien; Batman; Superman). It is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and stars Mark Heap as Aziraphale and Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley.

The unique four 180g heavyweight heaven and hell split black and white vinyl — includes a laser-etched Side B — are presented in illustrated wallets inside a rigid, bound 16 page book, with exclusive sleeve notes written by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs.

Order now: https://neilgaiman.lnk.to/goodomens