Honest Jon's, independent record shop based on Portobello Road, Ladbroke Grove, London, operating since 1974, London, UK
Honest Jon's is an independent record shop based on Portobello Road in Ladbroke Grove, London, operating since 1974. The shop is owned and run by Mark Ainley and Alan Scholefield, who took over from one of the original proprietors, "Honest" Jon Clare. Tables turned as vinyl sales overtake digital sales for first time in UK. Records sales hit £ last week compared with £ for digital, with surge partly attributable to Christmas gift buying. t was once a pastime dominated by audiophile dads and nostalgic hipsters. But last week, for the first time in history, the amount of money spent on vinyl records in the UK overtook that spent on digital downloads. Vinyl sales hit £ last week compared with the £ made from digital music purchases, further proof that record shopping has gone mainstream. The interest in buying a physical format of music on vinyl has experienced a resurgence in the past 12 months. This time last year, the sale of vinyl albums reached £ while digital sales were £ Vinyl has also experienced eight consecutive years of growth, despite almost dying out around 2006.
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Location: London, England, UK
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License: Licensed
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