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2 years

20 years ago today, Monorail opened its doors for the first time. We’re honoured to be here two decades later, and we couldn’t thank all of you enough. Customers, staff, bands, artists, label reps- past and present. We can’t wait to celebrate with you next week!

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This is real Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience "House Of Illuminati" orig backdrops, for sale, from us. Auctioning 2 original backdrops and the Time Tunnel on Ebay. Rescued from the bin by a pal of the shop All profits to Medical Aid For Palestinians

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4 years

Glasgow, you’re alright

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5 years

Just so you know, like many of our colleagues we won't be stocking the new Morrissey album.

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6 years

Monorail is 16 today, thanks to all of our wonderful customers! x

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3 years

Kids coming in spending Christmas money and vouchers, buying their first records, it's really what it's all about. It's times like these, knowing you've turned someone on to something life changing that'll stay with them for the rest of their lives that make this job worthwhile

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2 years

Such sad news about Mimi Parker - what beautiful, timeless music she brought to the world with @lowtheband . Sending our love from Glasgow. Currently lost in this incredible song and performance...

Low - What Part Of Me - Later… with Jools Holland - BBC Two

Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Low perform What Part Of Me on Later...

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7 months

Oh Damo. What a musician, what a legacy. We're listening to Future Days - as we often do. Travel well you bohemian genius.

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2 years

Keith Levene, no one else played guitar like that. So sad.

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3 years

Can we just say, categorically: Fuck. Brexit.

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6 years

happy record store day everyone from us x #RSD18

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6 years

On Friday we generally like to bring your attention to the week's new releases. In light of sad events, we won't be doing so today. Instead, we're thinking about our friend Scott Hutchison and his friends and family, as well as anyone for whom his music meant a lot.

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2 years

HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY FROM LIL OL US

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1 year

10 years of No Blues by @LosCampesinos . imo, one of the most important bands of, well... ever. I love this record a great deal - a life affirming collection of tracks that I revisit probably weekly. 10/10. Remastered and available for pre-order now: LT

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6 years

Con: The orange march. Pro: It reminds us of the time a few years ago during the march when Stephen tried to throw someone out of Mono for wearing a union jack indoors. They looked up at him and said "I'm Geri Halliwell" - it was a Spice Girls Hen Party.

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4 years

We have decided that tomorrow will be our last day of trading as a bricks and mortar store until it's deemed safe to reopen. Our online site will remain open and actually expand its stock. Let's have a big party on the other side. Stay safe, we love you.

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6 years

jarvis throws open our record store day! ‘form an orderly queue’ he reminds the orderly queue 💚 #RSD18

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5 years

Almost closing time. I just want to say what an amazing community we're so lucky to be part of. The shop was rammed today, everyone's nice, everyone's respectful. Glasgow's such a great place and Mono & Monorail is local and international. Today's hard but you people are great.

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5 years

Send us your fake IDs...Monorail is 17 today! Thanks to everyone for helping us get here xoxo

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9 months

Happy birthday us. Strong team. Mark, Bill, Laura. Wisdom, experience, good vibes. We are 21.

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4 years

happy record store day everyone! we made it 🤩🔥 #rsd2020

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4 years

That's us closing now. Happy Christmas one and all.

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6 years

Gutted at the closure of @FoppByresRoad . Now more than ever we need spaces on the high street that offer culture and escape to people on what are fast becoming arid, joyless high streets. Good luck to all the staff

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4 years

Hey, today's our 18th birthday. Amazing! Dep usually buys a cake but he's not in today and would just get jealous if there was some sugar going anywhere other than his big gub. Here's Angel Corpus Christi with some Alice Cooper. Thanks everyone!

I'm 18

Provided to YouTube by CDBabyI'm 18 · Angel Corpus ChristiThe 80s℗ 1990 A&r/entReleased on: 1990-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube.

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3 years

Sending a salute to Jon Snow. What a fantastic journalist and broadcaster. Thanks for making the news easier to understand and for holding politicians to account, especially in these unaccountable times. And thanks for the ties too. Total legend. @jonsnowC4

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8 years

Folks we're not just a record shop, we're moody teenagers.. 14 today!

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4 years

Hello... any body there? We’re gonna partially awaken from slumber tomorrow for a wee surprise ;)

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4 years

WE’RE READY TO GO!!! #eilidhtheenforcer

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4 years

There will be more Record Store Days when we open, we promise. For now we’re wishing everyone’s safe and well wherever they are. Miss you all.

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2 months

Can I just echo the praise for this incredible piece of writing? Maybe the first time I've had tears in the office, well done David and Alan. If you read any journalism this weekend, read this. MK @ST_Television @lowtheband

Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you...

Sparhawk spent four decades with Parker, three of them as the core of alt-rock legends Low, before she died from cancer aged 55. He discusses finding his new, digitally-altered voice amid grief – and...

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3 years

SURPRISE Excited to announce we have a new website. 3 years in development with new features that will make the experience smoother and more fun, like seeing us IRL! You'll also notice a few long out of print Exclusives up there.. Have a look around:

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6 years

Whoa, special visit from Saul, who came in to buy his first ever record with mum Ailie and his wee brother Cole. 💙

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4 years

Yes it’s true! Our online shop is re-opening from tomorrow AND we’re on the radio every day next week from 12-1. Different staff member every day. Tune in @clydebuiltradio ... we’ll announce the DJ tomorrow morn ;)

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7 years

You know what is filling us with Festive cheer? The shop full of kids buying their first records with Christmas money. Welcome to a life of joy / misery, young apprentices

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5 years

10 years ago this week, one of our favourite bands released one of their best albums and it's back in print next month. Heartwrenching & optimistic in equal measure, it could only be @Camera_Obscura_ From 🇫🇷⚓️ to 🍯🌞, pre-order My Maudlin Career now:

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1 year

Back in print, one of the great masterpieces of 90s guitar music. @lowtheband - Secret Name 2LP on Kranky If you know, you know and we know you know.

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7 years

What an incredible night with Robert Forster. Thanks for coming everyone. Here's 2 songwriters taken by another @FuturePilotAKA

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6 years

DRUM ROLL PLEASE! 🥁🥁🥁 OUR ALBUM OF THE YEAR IS... From When I Wake The Want Is by @kathrynjoseph_ on @rockactionrecs What is there to say except the album is frickin' brilliant & she's a star. ✨ Here she is when we told her the news today:

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2 years

Just sent out an email about The Great Eastern by The Delgados. Could have gone on for longer.. It's really one of the most majestic, graceful slabs of sound & songwriting this country has ever produced. Signed LP: @delgados_the @ChemUnderground MK

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Wow. Never thought this would go for this amount. Thanks to everyone who shared, bidded, got involved. Big thanks to @jutlandsongs for rescuing this from the bin. Ceasfire Now

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3 years

1st shop window display since March 2020…feels good!

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2 years

DJs EXTRAORDINAIRE @Camera_Obscura_ playing only bangers! #RecordStoreDay2022

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1 year

We're blasting The Glasgow School by Orange Juice. Unbeatable in our humble estimation. @AEDrecords

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4 years

We are taking part in the industry-wide "black out Tuesday" tomorrow. We won't be active on emails, social media or in the shop. This is a day of reflection in solidarity with organisations worldwide fighting institutional racism. #BlackLivesMatter #TheShowMustBePaused

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Back, back, back. Still sounds vivid and bold and makes you want to live in Orange Juice’s Glasgow. You Can't Hide Your Love Forever, you really can't. Contemporary classic.

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5 years

We’re here. HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY #RSD19

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3 years

We feel very honoured to have been chosen to be part of the journey of this handcut Abbey Road acetate of @johnlennon & @yokoono 's timeless gem Happy Xmas (War Is Over). We'll be auctioning this for @safeinscotland , details to come on Monday... if you want it 😉 #HappyXmasVinyl

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4 years

OK.. We're opening, tentatively, from 11am on Monday. We'll have our screen, hand santizer & happy faces (behind masks.) Osborne St. Entrance! We're going to be LTD to 4 people at any one time and ask that you respect social distancing. We're really looking forward to seeing you.

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5 months

I realised on my morning commute that today marks 1 year exactly of me joining the Monorail team. it's a real dream come true to be here and pack your records/answer your emails/write your mailouts every day. thanks to everyone for always being so lovely. - Lauren T

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4 years

Best album of all time is all very subjective and silly isn't it of course it is but LOVE - FOREVER CHANGES is the best album of all time and it has just been reissued in Mono on 180gram vinyl and we just got it in. A rare delight to hear it like this:

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5 years

Register. To. Vote. > > > and > > > > vote > > > > for anyone > > > except > > > The Tories.

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4 years

A wee no-news update. We’re all doing well. It’s a bit frustrating not being able to be in the shop and post about stuff, we’re itching to get back into it. Hope you’re all well out there. Much love, Monorail Staff

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1 year

Sending a wild salute the way of the great Gary Young, Pavement's brilliant drummer. Various reasons why that first phase of Pavement was so amazing, a lot of it down to Gary. Thanks for the music.

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5 years

This is just the FIRST BOX of a huge Bowie collection we’ve just put out secondhand 👀

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8 months

Saluting one of our faves - the great Mary Weiss. Thanks for the great way you sung those songs. Thanks for the cool, thanks for the teen angst and swagger. We will be blasting The Shangri-las today.

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2 years

You just moved to Glasgow for Uni. It's ur first winter here, feeling a little lost. What to do? This LP has been many a kid's companion, a map of Glasgow & its comforts and it will serve you well too. @bellesglasgow .... Feeling Sinister, back in on LP

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1 year

Welcome to The Glasgow School A series that will document what we consider the most important music to come out of our hallowed city over the past 60 years No.1: @the_vaselines - The Way Of The Vaselines Excl Colour, Signed Riso + Badge LTD 500 @subpop

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6 years

Scott's always been a massive supporter of our shop and, for years, had an excellent ritual of buying the new Frightened Rabbit LP from us on the day of release. It was always a pleasure when he dropped by or played a show for us and we'll miss him.

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4 years

Sending our love and thoughts to the friends and family of Big John Frazer, a lovely man who ran the door at Sleazys for as long as we can remember. Full of warmth and humour, he was a true Glasgow legend who kept a lot of us safe.

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3 years

Dep , Stephen and Eilidh putting in the work!!!

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1 year

Billy Nomates forever

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4 years

YAAAASSSSSSS

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“It’s been an incredible journey...” Mogwai ( @mogwaiband ) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with As The Love Continues ❤️

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2 years

train cancelled. sorry, was really looking forward to the meeting. SP

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4 years

Siri I'm 15 I want to start a band but have never heard music before please can you direct me to a compilation album to show me how to make the best music ever? Siri: Buy this, but get your own 3D Glasses

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7 years

Please RT. We are looking for a Kate Bush fan called Gary Flynn. We will sell this to you for 5.99. Internet help him out.

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2 years

Get this absolute clown to fuck already

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4 months

If true, this is very sad news. Totally uncompromising vision of how music should sound. And especially in recent times a sane and compassionate voice in our fucked up world. Rest easy, you've earned it.

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Steve Albini has died at 61

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Guess who’s back? Back again? Us! Monorail is opening on Monday April 26th. Our hours are Mon - Saturday 11-6pm, entrance on Osborne Street until Mono is open. Really excited to see you all again. Please be advised we’ll have limited capacity so there may be a queue.

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4 years

Happy to say that we’re reopening this Monday, 13 July. For now our hours will be Monday to Saturday 11-6 (not Sunday) with entrance to the shop via Osborne Street - round the back! You might need to knock loudly. Facemasks, safe distancing and bank cards, please.

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2 years

Our Tara is going on to pastures new. At the moment she’s trying to fix our label printer with a bad Ethernet connection as her last ever mailorder job. Sums it up. Say 👋 everyone Couldn’t have done these last few years without such a steady hand and lovely pal ❤️

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3 years

Wishing all our English colleagues a safe day full of respectful customers and belting sales. We do this job because we love music and sharing it, it's not a big money spinner, so please respect your shop staff and keep wearing a mask where appropriate. Peace out.

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3 years

Bit of a rainy old day here in Glasgow. In other words tip-top record buying conditions. Now playing: Boards Of Canada's Music Has The Right To Children. 100% concur.

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4 years

RSD queues getting earlier every year. I am once again asking for a record I already have, only this time on splatter vinyl. Credit @euanlynch

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5 years

At 3 on our albums of the year list, Badbea by @EdwynCollins . What a triumph! That giddy rush you get when you hear him land a sly quip here, or come over all soulful and romantic there, it all comes back to you. Worth the wait, here's to you sir.

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7 years

Ladies And Gentlemen... The Bangles! Just in on limited red vinyl, this essential compilation of their early power pop sides. Too good.

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3 years

everyone in the building has just stopped to have a wee greet at how beautiful the sky is today 💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙

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4 years

We have something really exciting to announce in the next hour. Specially if you like Bluebells, King Creosote, Glasgow, early 80s Glasgow and its indie music sub-culture.. stay tuned...

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3 years

Look at this guy acting like he's gonna be in a book or something important one day. A Scene In Between totally revised coming right at you. By Sam Knee on Cicada. Photo by John McCorkindale. Signed copies up for presale now...

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3 years

Apologies, we're having to close the shop early today. Today's staff have been contacted by NHS Scotland Track & Trace and asked to isolate. Everyone is well but keeping people safe always comes first.

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4 years

We're changing how we operate our mailorder dept but will be continuing to sell and ship your orders. Staying within Scottish government guidelines, we're operating a skeleton staff and working from home. We ask you to be extra patient during this time! Love youuu, Monorail x

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4 years

Here's @MrNormanBlake1 signing 75 (!) copies of the BMX Bandits' seminal C86 album, in a new @glassmodern1 edition for #rsd20 . @DuglasTStewart was in the other day, too, so we're good to go!

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2 years

HELL YES. Taylor Swift's new LP Midnights is out October. I like me some brutal distortion and Gabber and Neil Young blah blah but Swift is probs still the most important pop star on the planet, an amazing songwriter. Spice of life innit. MK Pre-order here

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1 year

Everyone should pay attention to the King. King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. So good.

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6 years

The Pastels, 1982. From Alan Dimmick Photographs 1977-1982, an essential collection of his brilliant lifework.

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6 years

So sad about the Glasgow School of Art fire. It's heartbreaking, just awful, such an important building for Glasgow. Sending our love to friends who work, study and teach there. Also, the ABC too. @GSofA

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3 years

Friday night feeling. Tara and I are listening to Aztec Camera'a High Land, Hard Rain and weighing up East Kilbride's pros and cons. This is very much on the pro side of things. In fact, we're going all in. Classic.

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Camera Obscura, welcome home 2 seminal @Camera_Obscura_ early works, back in print Order Monorail Exclusive Colour vinyl: Underachievers Please Try Harder | Let's Get Out Of This Country @ElefantRecords

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4 years

Finally managed to spend some alone time with the new @mogwaiband album and it made me feel... less alone. As The Love Continues feels like the Mogwai album we need right now. Empowering, monolithic and for the future. Read / order here:

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4 years

Do you know who else deserves a No. 1? @ArabStrapBand . Imagine if @mogwaiband and Arab Strap were locked in a Battle for No. 1 for the next couple months, then the pandemic lifts. There will be no Taps on I can assure you Order Arab Strap’s new album here:

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3 years

BIG NEWS. We are HIRING. We are looking for a Full Time Online Assistant. Feel free to retweet or send to that budding record store person in your life. Full details are here: Photo for reference, this could be you.

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3 years

We're open for Click And Collect today, 12-6. Very much looking forward to the shop reopening on Monday at 11.

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2 years

We've just discovered that there are Google Reviews of the shop. A nice way to spend a lunch break. One of the compliments is that the online team are "on top of their game" which, considering it's taken us 20 years to find the reviews, seems a bit too kind.

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2 years

Righto, your standard edition Spaceships… orders are processing as we speak 💫 if you’ve chosen to collect from the shop, they’re ready for you now - posting tomorrow! Thanks for your patience as always (and big thanks to @plasmatron for signing earlier) x

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6 years

We're lucky enough to have been given the new @EdwynCollins album to listen to, it's playing now in the shop and it sounds GREAT! 💥💥💥💥 Here's a song from it:

Edwyn Collins: Outside

From the album Badbea by Edwyn CollinsOut now - http://smarturl.it/badbea

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3 years

Very happy to say that Mono is open today. Feels a bit more complete or something. Welcome back pals.

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3 years

Don't mind telling you that @mogwaiband - As The Love Continues... was the perhaps the first real beam of light after a dark, isolated time. The music took their sound into life-affirming, gloriously MASSIVE new territory. Boys did good and we love them.

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3 years

Stephen and Michael on air now! @clydebuiltradio it’s the weekend baby PS - Michael is further away

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5 years

Trying to think of a nice couplet by David Berman to make us smile but can’t. Terrible news. He was a light in dark times. R.I.P.

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Our pals, The Bluebells, came by with added @JimLambie2 to sign our special edition of In The 21st Century with Jim's wonderful extra art. Silver vinyl all gone, purple vinyl and cd we have a few left. So good.

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