{"id":34073,"date":"2012-04-21T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/record-store-day-2012-jack-clothier-alcopop\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T12:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T11:58:27","slug":"record-store-day-2012-jack-clothier-alcopop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/record-store-day-2012-jack-clothier-alcopop\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Store Day 2012: Jack Clothier (Alcopop Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of Record Store Day 2012, Already Heard talked to a handful of individuals from the music industry about their love for records, the importance of Record Store Day and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First up is Jack Clothier\u00a0<\/strong>from Oxford based independent label Alcopop Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Already Heard: What was the first record you bought and where was it from?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier: I remember this really well actually. I\u2019d already converted from tapes to CDs \u2013 and as a fresh faced 14\/15 year old was in Coventry town centre let loose at Spinadisc (remember them). I was all down for CDs, but I found myself browsing the records instead and picked up Everlong by the Foo Fighters on marbled blue vinyl. It was beautiful, and despite not having a record player I bought it. Then on the way home I had this massive teen angst mixture of pride and guilt sweep through me. To this day I still don\u2019t know why, but I nearly binned the thing on the way home. Luckily I didn\u2019t, my ad found me an old record player \u2013 and I\u2019ve bought vinyl ever since.<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Who got you into records?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0I put that down to 4 people, a band and a magazine. First up my parents who actually got me my first record player, and let me borrow all their old vinyls \u2013 and next up my two school pals, Liam Nolan and Dave Clare. I used to go into town with them on a Saturday and spend literally hours browsing through racks of CDs and records \u2013 buying, listening, swapping, buying more. It was something of an obsession\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Music wise, the first band I felt compelled to own EVERYTHING by on vinyl was Symposium (and I do \u2013 including a test pressing of their first ever single) \u2013 and there used to be this rad music magazine called Foggy Notion. It was a lovely mag, with a little editorial but mostly just lists of classic, rare, awesome 7\u201ds and CDs which we all used to pore through at 6th<\/sup> form. That was when I was ordering so many records I could barely afford them\u2026 Midget, Scarfo, Cornershop, Belle and Sebastian, The Crocketts. SO much awesome stuff\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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AH: How important is Record Store Day to independent record stores?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0It\u2019s great to have a focus for the record store and it\u2019s an amazing feeling every Record Store Day going into shops and feeling the crush of awesome people who think like you do, hunting round trying to find things, desperately looking for that rare 7\u201d or their favourite band\u2019s tape \u2013— but the cynic in me does think RSD is something of a false economy. Like, record shops are for life you know, and perhaps this gives some people an excuse to remember the good old days, before heading straight back to Amazon. That does make me sound really cynical though doesn\u2019t it\u2026 RSD is a great thing \u2013 just gotta remember record shops are for life.<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Do you think it\u2019s just as important to independent labels?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0Perhaps not as important to some indies as a lot of sales come direct through our site\u2026 But it\u2019s still very important throughout the whole indie world. I think the record shops that have survived have really diversified and have something very special to offer, and are a massive presence within communities and really help drive people towards what we do. I mean, I\u2019m sure every interviewee you speak to will talk about JT at Banquet \u2013 but it can never be extolled enough. That guy is incredible for independent labels, from bedroom operations right up to the big ones. To think that in Kingston on RSD morning, hundreds of awesome people will be queuing outside Banquet to but stuff from indie labels, and it\u2019s primarily because JT has built a massive scene there, pushed bands he loves and that enthusiasm is infectious. We\u2019re putting out a tape by one of our lot, Stagecoach, who have a big fanbase in Kingston, and it\u2019s pretty much entirely down to the support they and we got from Banquet.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Why is it important to celebrate record stores?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0<\/em>Because they\u2019re even better than Christmas \u2013 and people are starting to realise what they\u2019ve got before it has gone! Strip this country of indie record stores and you\u2019ll be ripping the heart from a musical youth.. Sure, buying online and at shows is all cool and wonderful (it keeps us going) but there\u2019s nothing like browsing aisles, chatting to knowledgeable staff and caring so passionately about your local shop.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Do you think Record Store Day gets the recognition it deserves?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0Yes. I think it\u2019s massive and everyone who might care about it knows all about it. The shops do a great job of promoting it, as do the labels and bands who put really interesting stuff out. I guess you could argue it could have a wider appeal, but it\u2019s nicer having proper music fans get all the best stuff. The scene is huge, and I imagine any store you get to at 10am tomorrow will be jamm packed with people!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Is there anything you\u2019re looking to pick up on the day?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:The Flaming Lips\/Mastodon record please. Oh I would like that very much!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AH: Do you think that RSD introduces new fans to indie stores?<\/strong>
Jack Clothier:\u00a0Not really. But I think it reminds people why they loved them in the first place, and the joy that comes with splashing their hard earned cash on some lovely physical records and CDs! Digital is all very well, but whoever proudly showed off their limited edition to 300, pink, pop up edition megabytes eh? No one \u2013 that\u2019s who! \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Alcopop Records<\/strong>\u00a0links:\u00a0Official Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0<\/span>RecordStoreDay.com<\/a>\u00a0for more infomation on Record Store Day 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Words by Michael Brown<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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