WHEN the vast record collection of lawyer Steve MacGuinness threatened to take over his house, he knew it was time to take action.
Being made redundant from his London job gave him the push he needed to start living the dream in Petersfield.
He is now holding court in his own record shop –?Vinyl Matters in Bakery Lane – with his pleasure in the new enterprise writ large.
Steve (56), of Whitehill, has put his redundancy money into the shop and stocked it entirely from his own 5,000 vinyl LPs and 4,000 CDs.
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Roads underwater as isolated flooding reported around Herald & Post area“Men of a certain age come into the shop teary-eyed,” said Steve, whose collection encompasses folk, blues, jazz, indie, rock and psychedelia.
He has new, used, rare and collectable vinyl and CDs he has amassed from visits to record shops in this country and abroad, as well as music books and magazines.
“I am particularly loyal to Paul Weller, Hendrix and Led Zeppelin,” he said. “But new stuff too like Alt-J and Radiohead.” He is not too concerned about selling his vinyl treasures as it is giving him pleasure to pass them on to music lovers.
l Vinyl Matters is hosting local roots, folk and blues band Mantic Muddlers at 4pm on August 13.