‘Io compro in un negozio dischi perché’… (I buy from record stores because…) – a poster and shopping bag designed for Casa del Disco by local musician, Mattia Zani.
The statistics given in Last Shop Standing, the official movie of this year’s Record Store Day speak volumes.
In the 1980s there were over 2,200 UK independent record shops but by 2009 there were only 269.
In some respects it is remarkable that any stores survive given the fact that music is now almost universally consumed via downloads or on streaming sites. Continue reading
