Spin It Records in Hull is celebrating its 30th anniversary of being in Hull Market

One of the country's oldest vinyl stores, Spin It Records in Hull, is celebrating its 30th anniversary of being in Hull Market this year.

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00:00 Hi, my name is Steve Maffey. I own Spinit Records in the indoor market in Hull. We've

00:07 been here 30 years and we've got a stock of 16,000 LPs in the shop and we have a lock-up

00:15 as well. As far as we know, we're the oldest vinyl-only shop in the UK. We've been vinyl

00:22 only for about 26 years. Usually other shops that I go to, they all sell CDs and DVDs.

00:30 I haven't. I do vinyl only. You get to a stage in your life where you need to do something.

00:36 I had a bit of knowledge about records. I had a record collection and it took it from

00:42 there. Yeah, I've always liked it. I don't know why because my parents never had a record

00:48 player. It's just something that I liked. The feedback of the customers, I find that

00:55 appealing. It's very sociable. Yes, you can tell a lot about somebody by the record collection.

01:01 Well, I just sell 90% second-hand vinyl. Really popular at the moment is the 80s. Anything

01:10 Duran Duran, A-ha, Simp Pop from the 80s. I sell everything from 50s to classical to

01:20 rock punk. I think the best thing I've sold is an absolutely mint copy of the first Led

01:27 Zeppelin album. I sold that for £3,000 quite a few years ago. At the moment, I've got an

01:36 acetate by a band called The Ivies that turned into Bad Finger. It's an unreleased, unknown

01:44 acetate. It's never been released to the public. The Sex Pistols A&M single I would love to

01:52 have, just to say that I've had one. Beatles' Please Please Me, Gold Stereo. I'd like to

02:00 have one of them as well. I haven't had one for a few years.