【SHIBUYA × MUSIC】 Listen to Shibuya disc union manager! "What's the best selling record now?"

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Speaking of Shibuya, it is famous worldwide as a city of records. Although the number of shops has decreased considerably compared to the heyday of about 20 years ago, it is restoring its vibrancy again against the backdrop of the recent record boom.

This time, I set up a shop in Shibuya in such a record city and infiltrated the 42-year second-hand record · CD shop "Disk Union Shibuya Used Center". I interviewed the changing shop on the background of a new boom.
"Disk Union Shibuya Used Center", as its name suggests, is a store dealing mainly used records and CDs. There is not a lot of people saying that it is a registering gate of record beginners, and has become addicted to the world of record with plenty of opportunity.

Such Disc Union Shibuya Used Center was renewed one year ago. Up to now, the 3F floor dealt both CDs and records, but now it is "record special floor". The lineup boasts more than 10,000 records of Japanese rock and pops, mainly in Western-style rock.

Because we have purchase at shops everyday, used record arrives daily at every day. "New arrival corner" is especially popular, and some customers are going to visit like daily, seeking a meeting with a new record.

In such Disk Union Shibuya Used Center, I asked Ryosuke Nakano, manager of the Shibuya branch, which selling the best selling, the answer that "It is the Beatles" is just fine. "The Beatles are still short of topicality.It's 50 years since the album 'Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' was released.This kind of anniversary timing will also show excitement in second-hand market" (Nakano-san).

The Beatles corner enters the floor and is the whole corner on the left hand side. It is said that about 1,000 sheets are arranged so that it is understood that it is fulfilling fulfillment. Among them, rare things like hundreds of thousands of yen, Brazilian boards, Indian boards! "Even if the record is the same work, because the sound is completely different depending on the country and age being made, we would like to compare even the same work," Nakano-san.

Meanwhile, the audience of the Shibuya branch is still the Beatles generation, and the generation of the baby-boomer junior in their 40s is the center. However, it seems that young people have increased recently. "I think that it is a big reason that young artists such as Asian Kung Fu Generation and AKB 48, Perfume, Momoiro Clover Z began releasing records," Nakano-san said.
There are also many foreign tourists due to the inbound effect. On the stairs that goes up from 2F to 3F, the photo of the artist's album jacket is pasted on the wall, but it is said that foreign tourists are taking photographs back here. By the way, this group of photos collects only the artist's first album. It is a nicely directed production, understood to those who understand.

When asked about the appeal of the record, "From the old record, the sound and atmosphere of the recording will be transmitted as it is," Nakano-san. Also, in the 1960's monaural recording board, it seems that the sound pressure of the sound coming out of the speaker is overwhelming. "Because there is an era where you can listen to music easily, there is a special feeling including the action of dropping the hands on each of the A and B sides" (Mr. Nakano).

This time, the store manager & staff of Disk Union Shibuya Used Center picked up "Recently released three recommended records". Most of the records in the disc union are second - hand goods, but some are also handling new scores. I had three of them carefully selected. How about at the beginning of a record beginner?

● The Beatles "Abbey Road" (DeAGOSTINI)
In LP released this year, the contents will be European board. It is the first volume of "The Beatles / LP Record Collection" series that comes out every other week from the publisher DeagosTINI, and the volume sense that record bundle was also included is nice, is not it? Because it is released at a relatively affordable price of 1990 yen, I think that it is easy to get people who want to enjoy the Beatles from now on. The series has already been released to the fifth bullet.

● Paul · Weller "A · Kind · Revolution" (Warner Music · Japan)
It is the latest work by Paul Weller, a singer-songwriter from England, who has decided to come to Japan next January. There are five 10-inch records, and all 10 songs, one for each of A side and B side, are included. This is a limited edition, because separately LP size has also been released, it is for core fans. Recently, since many "download cards" are included in the releases of overseas works, it has become an absolutely incompatible specification that you get a digital sound source along with the record.

● Harada Tomoyo "Music and I" (Universal Music)
It is a self remake board which acoustically covered, centered on old hit songs such as "The Girl Who Leapt Through the Time". With all 10 songs, you can enjoy crystal clear voice and calm sound. The record has a big jacket and the feeling that the visual image spreads is also nice. Many people who recently started buying records think that there are more people who enjoy jackets, not only collecting, but also decorating them in the room as an interior.

Disc Union Shibuya Used Center
○ Address: 30-7 Udagawa cho Shibuya-ku Antenna 21 2F / 3F
〇 Sales: 11: 00 ~ 21: 00
〇電話：03-3461-1809
〇 Official:http://diskunion.net/shop/ct/shibuya_used

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