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Rough Trade online (the shop) — https://www.roughtrade.com/ — context: the shop, deliberately distinct from Rough Trade Records the label; don't conflate the two
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The shop I miss is the corner newsagent that stocked everything. Amazon can't replicate wasting twenty pence on comics and sweets, that particular kind of randomness. Whizzer and Chips with its free gifts was the weekly ritual. Physical media's not gone, it just survives in smaller niches now, vinyl being the obvious one, and shops are already turning themselves into "experiences" to survive. I buy most of my records online these days, and even the second-hand shops that are left mostly just price-match Discogs. New records are always bought from Rough Trade. Not the label. The shop. Sure, they're overpriced repackaged versions of things I've got already, in different colours. But I buy them anyway. Check out Rough Trade online (the shop) for limited edition vinyl not available elsewhere.
Use for Nigel's real record-buying habits and specific loyalty to Rough Trade the shop, distinct from Rough Trade Records the label (see separate entry). No notable exclusions, safe personal anecdote with a real embedded link.