222. Colin Heppenstall
February 13th, 2011 | Published in Backers
North Yorkshire, UK
I’m only too pleased to sponsor this project as Tom has kept the music bug alive in me over the years. He is so enthusiastic about music and he has excellent taste as well!
I used to live in the sticks when I was younger and would often go to bed listening to John Peel under the covers as it wasn’t to my parents taste and grew up with what I thought was a great scene – Punk, New Romance, Ska, and Peely at his best. I had no transport so the occasional record buying sorties were carried out at the flea market and upstairs at the Castlegate.
Over the years these places disappeared along with vinyl and only since meeting Tom did I get the vinyl bug again. I have bought so many cd’s and not even got the booklet out of the spine, treat them like table mats and to be honest, they don’t hold memories or significance. Records demand your attention as you have to place it on the deck, put the needle on and sit back. How many times do you put a cd on and walk away?
Sound It Out is a fantastic shop and long may it continue to be there.