Back for another year, it’s the Saltaire Record Retro Fair at Caroline Street Social Club, brought to you by the fine folk of the Shipley Record Club. We have three events for you in 2024, the first is on 16th March.
We won’t change a winning formula. There’ll be friendly stallholders and stalls crammed with records and pop culture ephemera, free entry, a bar and a cool soundtrack to accompany your browsing brought to you by Record Club DJs. Doors open at 10am. More details in the link above.
And when you’re done there’s loads more to explore in Saltaire village – the Mill, the park, plus some great shops and places to eat and drink. A proper day out!
Our final record fair of 2023 is coming up on Saturday 21st October. We’ll be open from 10am to 3.30pm with free entry, loads of stalls to browse and a bar. Why not make a day of it and visit Saltaire village. More details about our fairs and how to find Saltaire are here
We’re celebrating taking the high road, driving right past Heartache Avenue and heading up in a place where the streets have no name at this month’s Record Club. 8pm upstairs at The Triangle in Shipley.
What are the pearls in your record collection? Which titles shine like a diamonds?
Perhaps you dig the Detroit Emeralds? Ruby Turner? Jewel perhaps? Grandaddy’s Crystal Lake? The Stones’ Ruby Tuesday? Prince’s Diamond & Pearls?
Why not bring along your shining examples to the next Record Club on Saturday 4th June at The Triangle in Shipley. As ever, our themes are there to be stretched to breaking point. We’ll be starting upstairs at 8pm and running through until 11pm.
Our next event at The Triangle celebrates records with spoken word content. That could be the whole record or just elements within.
So, think Martin Fry’s pondering self pity in ABC’s The Look of Love, Arlo Park’s opening poem in Collapsed in Sunbeams or the collage of samples used in The Avalanches’ Frontier Psychiatrist and you’ll be along the right lines.
But don’t let that stop you exploring less trodden paths. Like all themed nights at The Record Club, the more tenuous the connection you find the better. Challenge accepted?
See you upstairs at Shipley’s finest ale / art hang out The Triangle from 8pm.
Join us at our April event, when we celebrate cover versions. Bring along your favourite alternative rendition of a classic (or indeed a lesser known original version of a much better known later version).
Saturday 2nd April from 8pm, upstairs at the Triangle in Shipley.
Ok, let’s keep it brief. We had such a good time on our return in November we’ve decided to do it all over again!
Like last month there’s no theme. Just bring some tunes and grab a spot on the pre-loved wheels of steel. Or just bring yourself to sit, drink, chat and listen. All at once or in a sequence of your choosing. We’re not fussed.
We’ll look at getting a bit more organised for 2022 (any suggestions please let us know). But for now it’s just great to finally be back and meeting friends old and new again, upstairs at the mighty Triangle. See you on 4th December!
Well, it’s been a few months since we were last able to meet up at The Triangle and it’s still not clear when we can do so again. While we have had to cancel our regular monthly events for now plus the final two of our 2020 Record Fairs we have tried to stay busy where and when we can. Here’s one or two things that have been going on…
The Lockdown Listens series on our social media channels continues, with RC regulars posting what they have been listening to these past few months. We’d love to hear your thoughts by commenting on the posts and if you want to share your own list then let us know.
We’re S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G…
Two Record Club regulars have been busy setting up and stocking online shops to sell their creations.
If you’ve ever seen our poster designs then you’ll have come across the work of Andy Mitchell (Custard4Gravy). His latest activity moves away from those digital creations into much more traditional, tactile and beautiful hand made lino cut prints, all ready for framing and available to purchase from his shop. You can also find Andy’s book of The Record Club poster archive available to buy too.
Meanwhile Anne-Marie White (Clocktower Studios) was so missing getting out and about to visit all her favourite record shops that she decided to draw them all instead. You can find prints of the shops, badge designs and her new BD18 themed Christmas cards among the items available at Anne-Marie’s website. And you may find some stocked in the record shops featured in the series.
RADIO!
The regular Record Club Radio Show on BCB Radio also continues uninterrupted on Tuesday nights at 9pm, presented every four weeks by Rob and Will from the Record Club’s top secret recording facilities. You can hear the latest show, part 1 of our 1990 special, by clicking the link below.
To listen to future shows (next one is 17th November) tune in to BCB on 106.6FM around Bradford, bcbradio.co.uk anywhere in the world, on various internet radio connected devices (probably your kettle) or visit our Mixcloud page where archive all the past 70+ shows for your ongoing listening pleasure. More details also on our Radio! page. And a special shout out to the ace folk at BCB for their amazing work keeping the station going this year.
And if that’s not enough radio for you, may we recommend The Tipping Point, also on BCB Radio and presented by RC stalwart Tony Painter.
The Host With the Most
Finally, we must mention our wonderful monthly event hosts The Triangle, who throughout the last few months have remained open to provide Shipley and the wider community the very finest choices in beer, cider, cheese… Pop in, say hello and treat yourself.
For now, stay safe, look after yourselves and each other and we’ll see you soon (ish).
For many of us music, records, VINYL in fact are elemental to our existence. A week without a gig, a trip to a record shop or a few hours spent crate digging or clicking (“crate clicking”, I like that one…) is a wasted week.
But apparently there are things even more important to life. Like coffee…. no? Biscuits? Umm… Even more basic? Oh ok. The actual building blocks of life itself…
Ancient Greek brainbox Empedocles thought he had it all figured out when he proposed earth, air, water and fire. Not a bad start and you never heard any complaints from Maurice White and his merry band of funketeers. But science being all science-y decided there were more and before you knew it there’s 118 of the beggars with crazy names like Dubnium, Europium and GOLD!
So we thought why not celebrate all things elemental through the medium of our much-loved vinyl (or polyvinyl chloride as we never call it and which isn’t even an element, pah!). It’s a free play night so there’s no central albums – just bring it and play it. As long as you can tie it back to the theme of ELEMENTS.
On nights like this we easily get through 50+ diverse tracks with lots of polite and friendly chopping and changing at the pre-loved wheels of steel. And if you’re unsure how to work the decks then there is always a friendly face willing to help. Lots of fun, guaranteed.
As usual, our lovely hosts The Triangle will be running the cash & card bar downstairs with some amazing beverage choices, many of them you won’t otherwise find for hundreds of miles. And you can help yourself to some of Bradford’s finest Indian snacks courtesy of Record Club regulars.
So, we’ll see you upstairs at The Triangle, 47 Bradford Rd, Shipley from 8pm until 11.30pm. Elementary!
The Record Club 