Garth Cartwright is a freelance journalist and author of 5 books, including the 2018 title Going for a Song: a Chronicle of the UK Record Shop. His writing has appeared in all the leading UK broadsheets and many magazines and websites. He is a regular guest on BBC London and Radio 6 Music. He is an authority on all kinds of music, London history and record shops. He lives in Peckham.Quintina is an award-winning photojournalist whose photos have appeared in The Observer, Sunday Times and others.

‘Full of facts, fantastic photos and heaps of social history of the areas and stores depicted in the book.’

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsForeword By CornershopIntroductionIntroduction: 2026 EditionSoho Reckless RecordsSister RayPhonicaSounds Of The Universe (Sotu)Ray’s Jazz Camden Town Sounds That SwingRock ’N’ Roll RescueAll Ages RecordsOut On The Floor RecordsLet It Roll Ladbroke Grove Honest Jon’sRough Trade WestPeople’s Sound Records Brixton Supertone RecordsLion VibesContainer RecordsUniversal RootsPure Vinyl Peckham & Camberwell Rat RecordsMaestroRye WaxPeckham Soul Hackney EldicaEcstatic Peace LibraryHidden SoundsAtlantis RecordsJelly RecordsTome RecordsBbe Music StoreStranger Than Paradise Whitechapel Rough Trade EastFlashback RecordsWorld Of EchoCrypt Of The WizardYo-Yo RecordsLove Vinyl Final NoteAcknowledgements

Garth Cartwright is a freelance journalist and author of 5 books, including the 2018 title Going for a Song: a Chronicle of the UK Record Shop. His writing has appeared in all the leading UK broadsheets and many magazines and websites. He is a regular guest on BBC London and Radio 6 Music. He is an authority on all kinds of music, London history and record shops. He lives in Peckham.Quintina is an award-winning photojournalist whose photos have appeared in The Observer, Sunday Times and others.

‘Full of facts, fantastic photos and heaps of social history of the areas and stores depicted in the book.’

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsForeword By CornershopIntroductionIntroduction: 2026 EditionSoho Reckless RecordsSister RayPhonicaSounds Of The Universe (Sotu)Ray’s Jazz Camden Town Sounds That SwingRock ’N’ Roll RescueAll Ages RecordsOut On The Floor RecordsLet It Roll Ladbroke Grove Honest Jon’sRough Trade WestPeople’s Sound Records Brixton Supertone RecordsLion VibesContainer RecordsUniversal RootsPure Vinyl Peckham & Camberwell Rat RecordsMaestroRye WaxPeckham Soul Hackney EldicaEcstatic Peace LibraryHidden SoundsAtlantis RecordsJelly RecordsTome RecordsBbe Music StoreStranger Than Paradise Whitechapel Rough Trade EastFlashback RecordsWorld Of EchoCrypt Of The WizardYo-Yo RecordsLove Vinyl Final NoteAcknowledgements

Garth Cartwright is a freelance journalist and author of 5 books, including the 2018 title Going for a Song: a Chronicle of the UK Record Shop. His writing has appeared in all the leading UK broadsheets and many magazines and websites. He is a regular guest on BBC London and Radio 6 Music. He is an authority on all kinds of music, London history and record shops. He lives in Peckham.Quintina is an award-winning photojournalist whose photos have appeared in The Observer, Sunday Times and others.

‘Full of facts, fantastic photos and heaps of social history of the areas and stores depicted in the book.’

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsForeword By CornershopIntroductionIntroduction: 2026 EditionSoho Reckless RecordsSister RayPhonicaSounds Of The Universe (Sotu)Ray’s Jazz Camden Town Sounds That SwingRock ’N’ Roll RescueAll Ages RecordsOut On The Floor RecordsLet It Roll Ladbroke Grove Honest Jon’sRough Trade WestPeople’s Sound Records Brixton Supertone RecordsLion VibesContainer RecordsUniversal RootsPure Vinyl Peckham & Camberwell Rat RecordsMaestroRye WaxPeckham Soul Hackney EldicaEcstatic Peace LibraryHidden SoundsAtlantis RecordsJelly RecordsTome RecordsBbe Music StoreStranger Than Paradise Whitechapel Rough Trade EastFlashback RecordsWorld Of EchoCrypt Of The WizardYo-Yo RecordsLove Vinyl Final NoteAcknowledgements