The Holy Grail — Is it an Ozzy Osbourne acetate?? What a strange week this has been and all due to one record. Is this Ozzy Osbourne singing? Record dealers hunt for records in the hope that they will find something so rare and unusual – the Holy Grail moment if you like. Well Pete […]
Happy 1st Birthday Shop! Gordon Giltrap helps us to celebrate with an impromptu concert The Psychotron shop has almost been open for one full year – and what a great year it has been. Pete is a very happy shopkeeper, attracting people from all over the country to Sutton Coldfield Market Village. He loves to […]
NEW RELEASE We are very excited to announce a new project that is being pressed up at the moment – the latest album by the guitar legend that is GORDON GILTRAP. His first vinyl release in maybe 20 years and we can’t tell you how proud we are that he chose us to deliver this sublime […]
We have been a fan of JULY since first discovering their legendary 60’s album in the late 70’s. It is such fabulous music and embodies all that was good about the late 60’s Psychedelic movement. Many albums from that period had a couple of nice songs but every track on their debut LP was a classic. […]
Psychotron Records Store is attracting customers from all over Europe The ribbon was cut and the shop opened its doors. Danny Reddington enjoyed serving the first customers on the opening day and since then we have attracted customers from all over the West Midlands and beyond. Bob from Solihull is a regular, as is Kevin from Tipton. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dub … Dub plates … Dubstep … What the Dub? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] So, I asked Pete “what the dub” where did this genre come from? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We followed on from our previous conversation about folk music and this is basically what followed: Where and when did “Dub” start? The Dub music sound came to prominence in […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pete has had a busy week buying records, buying more records, buying lots of records – big and small collections of records. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A couple of people popped in to the new shop in and sold him records over the counter. A dealer collector visited from Coventry and sold us eight collectible records, and Pete […]
Psychotron Records is pleased to announce that Sutton has a record shop again. Danny Reddington cuts the ribbon to open Psychotron Records new store in the Sutton Coldfield Market Village, South Parade on 4th June. The shop buys and sells second hand records and original 60’s poster art. It is stocked with both collectible vinyl […]
Psychotron Records Shop opens its doors Pete’s dream of a Psychotron Records Shop becomes reality When Pete was a teenager saving his pocket money and early wages to buy vinyl from all the local shops, especially Reddingtons Rare Records in Birmingham it was just a pipe dream that one day he would have a shop […]
Announcing very limited Peter Scion release to celebrate our new shop Psychotron Records label releases 16 limited edition copies of Peter Scion on vinyl. We are pleased to be launching a new record, from another great Scandanavian musician. This very limited Peter Scion release is a work of passion, released to coincide with another passion, as Pete […]
Folk … Electric folk … Acid folk … What the folk? So, I asked Pete “what the folk” are all these genres about? We started with folk music and this is basically how the conversation went: Folk music probably originated from minstrels who used sing songs telling the news of the day in middle […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] SLAPRAN concert to support release of new LP Psychotron Records in Sweden as SLAPRAN play rare gig to launch new album. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Pete has just returned from his travels again – this time a trip to Sweden to be at the first gig to support the launch of the SLAPRAN LP. They were supporting Anekdoten, […]
Announcing the newly released SLAPRAN LP It’s an exciting time for the Psychotron Records label, with the newly released SLAPRAN LP. This is the inaugural release of the Swedish progressive rock band. You really should be checking out this newly released SLAPRAN LP on our own bespoke Psychotron Records label. The band have been playing […]
To get the best collections for the shop we have to spend time travelling for records… Sometimes we get the opportunity to not only go travelling for records but to do what we really love, which is build friendships with fellow vinyl lovers. We have been to the lovely sunny island of Cyprus for sun, […]
Buying and Selling at Record Fairs A regular outing for the vinyl emperor and his stock is to a record fair. These are great days out, despite the hard work of lugging boxes of records and early starts, as we get to meet old friends and make new ones. There is a lot of […]