Seductive Sky by Carrie Martin is the latest release on the Psychotron Records label. A Gig in a Shop One of the great things about having a record label and a shop in the high street is the chance to put on an event. What better way to launch a wonderful collection of songs than […]
What’s the Rarest Record You Own? This was a question that was posted in the Psychotron Records Facebook group a couple of weeks ago. (Thanks Mart…) It was a one of those moments where you find yourself biting at the inside of your mouth because you really want to say something… Super rare and super […]
When working on our very successful launch of Gordon Giltrap and Paul Ward’s wonderful LP ‘The Last of England’ we were introduced to the very lovely Carrie Martin. Gordon has been acting as a mentor to Carrie for a few years. Released in the Autumn, ‘Seductive Sky’ by Carrie Martin Pre-order your copy here Carrie is […]
Psychotron Records are very happy to announce our new shop location We are now a high street shop! It is very exciting. We have said good-bye to our friendly little unit and have upped sticks (tables, boxes, so… so… so many records and pieces of Hi-Fi kit) to lovely Boldmere. You can find us at […]
Psychotron have made another discovery – this time it is a local band – and not just Birmingham local but even closer – Sutton Coldfield. MERCY AND THE WILD SEA We are delighted to be relaunching this progressive rock album created by some local musicians for a theatrical project performed at the Edinburgh festival in […]
Various Artists, ‘They Never Made It – Vol 1’ Psychotron Records, together with SoundHawk Records of Finland have teamed up to put out a compilation mix of lost music. A “tongue in cheek” compilation of “lost bands” featuring Lo-Fi loud garage rock, punk, Power Pop and Psychedelia. All of the tracks are unique to this […]
Psychotron Records celebrates another first with the concert at Lichfield Guildhall on July 18th 2017. Gordon Giltrap & Paul Ward took to the stage to celebrate the vinyl release of their album, ‘The Last of England’ – and what an amazing night it was. Over 120 people came to the concert: the first hour Gordon […]
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. […]
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 the early 1970's in Jamaica. It started when recording artists such as Dennis Alcapone would record instrumental tracks for the B side of their singles which other performers would add their own vocals to. These instrumental versions morphed into dub by addition of effects and echo and other studio trickery. One of first credits [...]
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 had quite a few phone calls and then went off buying more records. Pete has always said that he will travel to get the best collections. This week he visited houses around Sutton Coldfield, one in Walmley, one in Streetley and two from further afield. We will [...]
The dry run is over and Psychotron Records Store is now officially open! Well, we will be on Saturday morning. Cakes are baking and ribbons tied ready for the official cutting by Danny Reddington. In the meantime, here is a fab article from the Birmingham Mail about the newest record shop in Birmingham. We […]