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GRAEME PARK - BIOGRAPHY
“I haven’t had a weekend to myself
in 15 years”, laments Graeme Park. “I’d
love to have a real Sunday sometime. The closest thing
that I get to it is lying in bed on a Monday afternoon
reading the papers”. You’d want a Sunday
too, if you were as busy as Park. He’s risen
through the ranks, from humble second hand record
buyer to “shit dual-concentric belt-drive turntable-operator”,
to resident at the legendary Hacienda, and on to national
radio stardom.
“In the 1960s, I used to listen to my mother
singing Motown and Traffic records in the kitchen”,
he recollects. “She had a beautiful voice, and
I would slyly record her singing “Moon River”
on a little tape recorder I had, then play it back
later”.
Maturing from his covert recording stints, Park got
a job at his local record store, SelectaDisc in Nottingham.
He rapidly rose through the ranks, quickly becoming
chief buyer in the second hand section. Unfortunately
for the shop, he kept the best bits for himself, thereby
building up an eclectic and diverse vinyl stash.
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