Vinyl vital at Barnardo’s
Charity shops see surge in demand
Children’s charity Barnardo’s is seeing a surge in demand for vintage vinyl records at its nationwide network of stores.
With stocks running low, the charity is urging people to donate their unwanted discs to meet the demand.
John Ellis, head of retail development at Barnardo’s said: “Music is a big part of our retail business and as you would expect, demand for CDs has far outstripped that of vinyl in the past 15 years.
“However, in recent months, we have noticed a distinct up-turn in vinyl sales, and many of our shop managers are deluged with requests for certain artists and records.
“Music is becoming so readily available nowadays, with the rise of the internet, MP3 players etc, so for music aficionados there is a real cachet in owning original vinyl. It appears that records and albums from the seventies and eighties are proving most popular, and we think that it’s part of a wider trend for all things nostalgic, as we find that retro toys and games from the same period also sell particularly well.”
[img r]londoncalling.jpg[/img]Vinyl trends at Barnardo’s stores also indicate regional differences in demand. In Wales for example, there is a huge demand for eighties artists such as Madonna and Prince, while vinyl addicts in the Midlands and South West prefer bands from the seventies such as the Clash and Pink Floyd.
Customers in the North West support their home-grown talent, and request albums by the Beatles and the Happy Mondays, while the Scots seem to be big Bowie fans.
Barnardo’s Top 10 Requests
[L]Sergeant Pepper: The Beatles[/L]
[L]Country Life: Roxy Music [/L]
[L]Sticky Fingers: Rolling Stones [/L]
[L]Rapper’s Delight: The Sugarhill Gang [/L]
[L]True Blue: Madonna [/L]
[L]Ziggy Stardust: David Bowie [/L]
[L]Purple Rain: Prince & the Revolution [/L]
[L]Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd [/L]
[L]Pills Thrills & Bellyaches: Happy Mondays [/L]
[L]London Calling: The Clash [/L]
