Shop: Antone’s Guitars / Music Workshop
Owner Tony Beasty very kindly sent us his potted history of his two iconic music shops, Music Workshop and Antone's Guitars [...]
Record Shop: Tune To The Music
Record shop based on Holderness Road which was set up and run by ex-BAE worker Rob Goldberg. The shop traded until the turn of the millenium although Rob can still regularly be found trading at record fairs in the area. [...]
Label: The Village
Record label set up from the Adelphi and overseen by Fonda 500 and Adelphi boss Paul Jackson. Intended as a label that would promote "music that is either too good for, or beyond the reach of, the British corporate music industry" [...]
Label: Self Drive Music
Independent label run by local band Red Guitars, primarily as a vehicle for their own records though the label also put out singles by Poor Howard and Jeremy Kidd [...]
Venue: Bonus Arena
Originally mooted to be part of the 2017 City Of Culture developments, the Bonus Arena (which was named Hull Venue whilst under construction) eventually opened its doors in July 2018. Appropriately the opening event featured a showcase of local bands put together by the BBC Introducing team [...]
People: Gary Atkinson – Document Records
I was born in Hull 6th January 1956. My first home was in a prefab on Preston Road. I moved away from the city in 1979 but I am still a Hull boy through and through, and revisit my beloved city several times a year. Hull was where all of the foundations for my love of music were laid. [...]
Label: The Adult Teeth Recording Company
The Adult Teeth Recording Company is a label committed to showcasing new acts from Hull and elsewhere, including but not limited to the genres of indie, alternative, electronic, ambient, experimental and spoken word [...]
Venue: Locarno Ballroom
A legendary local nightspot of the 1960s, the Locarno was the place to be until its closure in 1971. [...]