Fan queues all night for rare vinyl records

A vinyl fanatic queued outside a Welsh store all night to make the most of the 10th annual World Record Store Day yesterday.

According to Spillers in Cardiff, the fan got to the store at 11.30pm on Friday night with “paperwork and a camping chair”, just to make sure he got the first pick of what was on offer.

It came as vinyl fans up and down the UK queued outside their local shops to get their hands on rare albums as part of the 10th annual celebration.

Ashleigh Todd, manager of Spillers, the world’s oldest record shop, said: “We have taken part in every Record Store Day and it’s evolved into a huge day where hundreds of offers are used to entice people to queue through the early hours of the morning.”

Stores opened their doors early to hold parties and in-store performances, as well as selling a selection of 531 limited edition albums and singles, released exclusively for the day, including from artists like The Ramones, David Bowie and The Smiths.

BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens held a DJ set on Saturday at Spillers.