030. Mike Atkinson
February 9th, 2011 | Published in Backers
Nottingham, UK
http://mikeatkinson.wordpress.com
I spent my formative musical years hanging around in record shops – and although I largely found them intimidating places (mostly through no fault of the people who worked there, it has to be said), I owe many of my key musical discoveries to their presence: Remember Those Oldies and Andy’s in Cambridge, Selectadisc and Arcade in Nottingham, and many other shops around the UK which I would always seek out when new to town.
The first and last record I bought:
First 7″ single: Tom Tom Turnaround by New World, 1971.
First LP: The Beatles 1967-70, 1973.
Last 7″ single: Baby Come Home by Kevin Ayers & Bridget St. John, 2008.
Last LP: Vagabond by Spiers and Boden, 2008.