Sister Ray turns 25, relaunches website and does other quite possibly good stuff

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 15 comments 15:57 March 3rd, 2006

Quite-popular-actually London record store Sister Ray turns 25 this year, and by way of celebration they're... wait for it... relaunching their website!

Actual überWoW.

Londoners will know that the shop recently moved a few yards down Berwick Street to larger premises (the old Selectadisc shop); what they might not know is that Sister Ray is to increase the size of its vinyl section. Yes, fight the (downloading) man!

Only they're not, wholly, fighting the good fight, against technology that is: part of the purpose of the website relaunch is to allow customers to purchase digital tracks as well as physical releases.

But, co-owner Phil Barton is keen to big-up the store's increased emphasis on old-school 12"s:

"You can't download the feel of a vinyl record. If you could I'd shut tomorrow. People still care about artwork. They want the whole package, the whole shopping experience. An angler doesn't go to the fishmongers for kicks does he?"

No, he doesn't. He goes there to BUY FISH.

The store's website is here if you wanna stock up on Fall reissues. If you'd rather just make a cup of tea, one sugar please.

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good for them

theres too much concentration on downloading now

people have forgotten the ancient art of artwork

well done sister ray

Hell_Child | 3 Mar '06, 16:06 | X | Reply

They never

have the stuff I want in there, bastards

Jack_the_Biscuit @Hell_Child | 3 Mar '06, 16:13 | X | Reply

I miss Selectadisc...

...it was so much cheaper than Sister Ray.

ich_bin_ein_gerlinger | 3 Mar '06, 16:30 | X | Reply

When I were a lad

I used to order my records over the phone with SisterRay as there was no decent record shop in my locale

yo_soy_welshmun | 3 Mar '06, 16:53 | X | Reply

go vinyl!

YAY

i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 3 Mar '06, 17:10 | X | Reply

"Londoners will know..."

actually, i didn't know that.
and i can't even remember the last time i was on berwick street. ho HUM!

shadyadie | 3 Mar '06, 17:40 | X | Reply

.

does sister ray suck?

I stopped going in there in about 1998 after they refused to play me a track on a record I was considering buying.

I also bought something from them mail order a while before that, and it turned up looking pretty darned used, rather than the 'new' it was supposed to be.

These are my only two experiences with them...they can kiss my hairy ballbag.

grockle | 3 Mar '06, 18:13 | X | Reply

was just about to say the exact same thing

was horrified when I heard bloody sister ray had taken over selectadisc as I absolutely loved that place. First Rhythm Records vanishes and then Selecta. Bad times. Bad fucking times.

HADDOCK @ich_bin_ein_gerlinger | 3 Mar '06, 18:47 | X | Reply

well

not vanish exactly, turn into bleedin CD and Tape Exchange. Rhythm was soooo good also, amazing shop.

HADDOCK @HADDOCK | 3 Mar '06, 18:48 | X | Reply

the website sucks

sister ray (just like rought trade) don't ever delete stock off their websites. you look for an item and it's listed, then you order it and never hear anything from them ever again.

from my experience unless you order chart stuff it's a waste of time.

erniebiff @grockle | 4 Mar '06, 11:53 | X | Reply

suckster ray

I've ordered 3 things via phone from those cretins and 3 times I haven't received anything. When I rang up to see where my items were, I was told "oh they card details you gave us were wrong". Maybe I have a speech impediment, although this has never happened with any other shops. I can't believe Rhythm Records has gone, they used to have so much good stock crammed into the racks. I always used to love going down Berwick Street to the record shops and now all theres gonna be is one big Sister Ray. Dang!

gram_caxton @erniebiff | 4 Mar '06, 15:43 | X | Reply