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5th February 2026

Record Store Day 2026

Record Store Day returns Saturday 18th April 2026!Here is our comprehensive guide, with all the info you need for the day.Shop timings:Open: 8amDJ Set: Puma Theory: 12:30pmLive Music: Stonnythedonny: 2pmLive Music: Wonderlux: 3pmClose: 5pmThe Morning: RSD releases, rules, queue:We open at...

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16th December 2025

Issues With Online Acceptance of Record Tokens

** UPDATE 24/12/25 **We believe the issue has now been resolved. Our website is now communicating with the Record Tokens system as expected. If there are any ongoing issues, please send us a direct message via social media and we will revert to the workaround if required.******************************We are aware...

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8th December 2025

Christmas & New Year 2025 Information

Updated: 23/12/25It's that time of year again! We'll use this page to keep you updated on Christmas / New Year at the Rock Box.Christmas & New Year Opening Hours Online Ordering Processing between 24/12/25 &  5/1/26 Last...

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3rd October 2025

Record Store Day Black Friday 2025

Taking place Friday 28th November, and featuring releases from Chappell Roan, Ghost, Led Zeppelin, Billie Eilish, and loads more!As per RSD rules you cannot pre-order or reserve, all releases are first come first serve on the day, and strictly one copy per person.Any remaining stock goes online Saturday 29th...

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1st July 2025

Instore Events

Upcoming Events: 26th May, 6pm: Paul McCartney 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' early listening party. Free tickets available here.20th June, 1pm: The Early Years live instore, special stripped back set + Sonic Cathedral DJ  Previous instore guests have included: Art School Girlfriend, Wonderlux, Stonny the Donny The Dazed Minded,...

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16th February 2025

Record Store Day 2025

Thank you all so much for another incredible Record Store Day here at the Rock Box. Big thanks to The Dazed Minded, Hoof, Disruption Is Brewing, Hullabaloo, and The Square for all helping make the day come together. Biggest thank you to all of you who came along for...

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15th October 2023

Changes To Our Instore Loyalty Card Programme

Since we introduced our in store Loyalty Card in 2019, we have given our customers hundreds of £10 discounts as a thank you for spending in store (in fact, it was almost £3,000 worth of discount in the last 12 months alone).For the first time since it's introduction, we...

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23rd May 2020

Beach House – Bloom

Indie (2012 - Bella Union)Beach House are, in my opinion, one of the masters of the dream pop realm. Music which creates an experience of the physical scale of the world is the best way I think this album can be described. Sounding...

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10th May 2020

Jacobites – Robespierre’s Velvet Basement

Rock (Glass Records 1985)A very special album for me, everything I want to hear and see in a band, especially this record. Every track is miserably beautiful with that rock n roll edge. Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth at their best.

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4th May 2020

Young Gods – L’Eau Rouge

Electronic, Industrial (Play It Again Sam 1989)Ive chosen to write about LEau Rouge for #IsolationVinyl as its a good signifier of a time and place in my life. Im not a massive audiophile (under-stairs space houses all my records, but theres no...

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1st May 2020

Brian Eno – Another Green World

Electronic, Experimental, Ambient (Island Records 1975)If you enjoy walking the streets with the line Ill come running to tie your shoe, in your head, Another Green World was made for it. Limitlessly interesting and different, I feel that this album can not...

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