REDDITCH’S very own independent rare record and vinyl shop Vintage Trax will be joining in the celebrations as BBC Radio 1 marks its 50th anniversary this Saturday, September 30.
The ‘station of the nation’ is launching a pop up radio station as part of its celebrations and will be broadcasting on DAB and iPlayer for three days from Saturday.
Vintage Trax meanwhile will also be marking the special birthday with its own 60s themed celebratory event at its Birchfield Road shop in Headless Cross between 10.30am and 5pm on Saturday.
“I grew up listening to Radio 1 from its launch back in 1967. The 60s was such a great decade for music, from hippies to mods and everything in between,” said owner, Ros Sidaway, “As Redditch’s retro record specialists, we felt we just had to join in with the birthday celebrations!”
There will be 60s music playing throughout the day, free nibbles and light refreshments, plus a great selection of vinyl albums on sale from artists including the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, the Who and the Beach Boys.
The era was known as the ‘Swinging Sixties’ and it is hoped customers will get into the swing and go all out to enjoy themselves.
Anyone who comes to the shop wearing 60s style fashion will have the chance to win a £20 gift voucher.
The following Saturday, October 7, Vintage Trax will be celebrating the Apple record label, home of The Beatles, Mary Hopkins, and John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band, to coincide with Headless Cross Community Orchard’s annual Apple Day.
For further information on these and future events, visit www.VintageTrax.co.uk .
