The new Elvis-obsessed record shop on Bury Market selling old-school rock and indie favourites

A new record shop has opened on Bury Market selling old-school indie favourites – but according to its owners, nothing they have sells better than Elvis.

The brilliantly-named Off The Record has been a fixture at the market for several years, first popping up as a stall in the market’s open area before moving into its very own permanent shop front earlier this year.

Owners Bobby Horrocks and Angie Bessaad have a passion for music themselves and spend their free time scouring car boots and charity shops to build up their collection of 7, 10 and 12″ records.

They also buy collections of records from others and tell us they often have people come into the store to do just that.

In boxes at the front of the shop, you can pick up 7″ singles for as little as £1 each, whilst inside there are rows on rows of boxes housing albums for £6 a pop.

Elsewhere, a vintage-looking old radiogram and radio set are tucked into a corner, surrounded by stacks of records on all sides, a landline, and a CD and tape casette player.

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All for sale, not just display, it feels a little bit like stepping back in time – in the very best possible way.

At the back, there is floor-to-ceiling shelving housing hundreds if not thousands of tape casettes, DVDs and CDs, and – of course – there is plenty of Elvis on display alongside the likes of Blondie, The Jam and The Beat;es.

Wwhilst there are a handful of indiie and punk rockers scanning the shelves when we pop our heads in, Angie tells us that the main attraction for nearly all their customers is The King.

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Apparently, they sell more of his records than anything else by a country mile. That explains the giant lifesize cut out of him at their front door, then, and a big sign of letters spelling out his name behind it.

“Over the last three years it’s taken over my life,” Bobby told the Bury Times earlier this year. 

“We have a lot of regular customers, it’s really changed our lives, I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Long live the King eh. Especially here in Bury.

Featured image – The Manc Group