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Brighton’s Rounder Records announces closure
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 10 July 2012
Brighton record shop Rounder Records, which has been a feature of the city for 46 years, announced yesterday that it is to close at the end of this month.
In a statement, manager Steve Sexton said: “It is with huge regret and sadness that we have to announce that we are closing down. We will shut our doors at 6pm on Sunday 29 Jul after 46 years of being a record shop in Brighton Square. What we have always strived to do is to stock the best range of music at the best prices for our customers – sadly that is not enough for us to stay open”.
“We are closing because we can’t make it add up any more. We are a business that has been decimated by downloads (both legal and illegal), VAT avoidance by the big online retailers, a double dip recession, and the decline of the high street. Our lease has ended and we have nowhere to go”.
“We would like to give heartfelt thanks to all our customers over the years, and hope that we have managed to provide you with some special and great music throughout this time. That’s why we have been here – as place to obtain, hear, find out about, discuss all types of the weird and wonderful world of music, to be a social hub for a musical city, a place where future bands are born, where record labels are started, where local bands can stock their first release, where you can get tickets for gigs, where there’s something playing on the shop stereo that might be your new favourite band. Sadly, in 2012, this is just not financially viable”.
