Sound It Out – A documentary by Jeanie Finlay

“Sound It Out is the name of the last independent record shop in Teesside, and this dinky, bitter-sweet film offers a profile of its chipper staff and endearingly oddball clientèle.”

“It’s a delightful, real-life version of Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity…”

There’s No App for That: Life at the Record Store in Sound It Out

What (not) to doc – Basil Tsiokos Jeanie Finlay captures a different sort of caretaker in her portrait of Tom Butchart, the owner of a smalltown UK record shop. While larger chain stores have been decimated by digital music, Tom’s been able to keep Sound It Out Records afloat, largely due to his personal touch […]

www.thelineofbestfit.com When people ask me where I’m from, I tend to say Middlesbrough, which is usually met with a little grimace thanks to Kirsty & Phil’s non-too flattering indictment of 2008 – and an assumption that I’m either full of drugs/babies or trapped in a cycle of deprivation. I am none of these things, but […]

Sound it Out Sound it Out explores the local importance of Sound It Out Records, the last remaining record store in a swath of industrialized land in Northeast England. Proprietor Tom Butchart’s savant-like knowledge and quirky charm conjures memories of John Cusack’s Rob Gordon in High Fidelity, with less elitism and more empathy for his […]

“Anyone who misspent their youth loitering in record stores will find much to enjoy in this affectionate docu tribute to Sound It Out Records, the only independent music outlet in the north of England. Wryly philosophical staff and overwhelmingly male customers at the titular shop provide an entertaining focus for this crowd-funded labor of love.” […]

global warming essay p>“I must confess a soft spot too for Jeanie Finlay’s ‘Sound It Out’, a loving portrait of an old-school record shop in Stockton-on-Tees, which was touching on a human level in a way that much-touted doc offering ‘Project Nim’, James Marsh’s vividly told yet thematically diffuse primate-research saga, never quite managed.”

oedipus rex essay p>Read original article on IFC by Stephen Saito Though no actual vinyl will exchange hands, Jeanie Finlay’s hit SXSW doc “Sound It Out” makes the rounds of the U.S. this weekend and we have a chat with its director. With her flame-red locks and a weeklong international tour, you would be forgiven […]

Director Jeanie Finlay uses a beautifully deft touch on letting the story tell itself—witnessing the owner’s vast memory bank of his store’s stock, conversing with its colorful patrons.