The Musical Box Record Shop

England's oldest independent record shop since 1947.

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Out Friday! The 25th Rolling Stones studio album Foreign Tongues including 14 new Stones tracks available on all formats!

CD
CD Box Set
Vinyl
Vinyl Box Set

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Then and now! 1951-2026

During the early 60's Tony's Grandad Charles took a rare trip away to Earl's Court Motorshow. On the only day he happened to be away a car crashed straight into the shop completely destroying all the window display and door. The whole shop front had to be redesigned and rebuilt into how it looks today!

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Tony’s Birthday today also shared with fellow scouser Paul McCartney!

With it being Macca’s Birthday also we thought we’d revisit another one of our magical mysteries for over 50 years.

My Nan Diane came across these x2 7” singles in the 70’s with the name Paul McCartney stickered on. They were believed to have been a part of his personal collection when he was a teen prior to The Beatles, Diane had them in storage for decades.

The Beatles covered A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues at many BBC performances and both songs were of Pauls taste of the time. If these are confirmed to be Pauls we would love to gift them back to him!

Happy Birthday Paul! 🎉

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The history behind the shops 115 year old piano!

The John Brinsmead & Sons piano originally purchased from Rushworth & Dreaper came from my Great Nan Dorothy’s home after surviving the Liverpool May Blitz in 1941, it was relocated to the shop when opening in 1947.

When we renovated the second shop floor 5 years ago we thought it would be only fitting to have the piano restored and brought back to life, as in later years it had begun to sound like Les Dawsons.

Since it’s restoration the piano has been played by the likes of Rick Wakeman, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Craig Charles, Steve Nieve and regularly by customers. Diane was always pleased to know that her Mother Dorothy’s piano was still being played & enjoyed all these generations later!

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Out today from fellow scouser @PaulMcCartney!

Macca's 18th studio album, named after the road in Speke where he visited as a boy. The Boys Of Dungeon Lane captures the days of nostalgic memories growing up in Liverpool and represents Paul never forgetting his roots.

Out now on vinyl & CD!

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The Musical Box turns 79! 🎉

With everything going on recently, we completely forgot it was the shops 79th birthday this week alongside what would have been Diane’s 89th and Paula’s birthday today.

With Diane’s recent passing we are even more motivated and determined than ever. We have so many plans and ideas for the future of The Musical Box to continue Diane’s legacy and make her proud, starting from next week.

The shop will be closed on Thursday 14th for Diane’s funeral. For anybody who would like to join us in celebrating Diane’s life and the shops 79th birthday, come down this Saturday for cake, cuppa and a chat!

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April 15th my Nan Diane passed away during the busiest week of the year, three days before Record Store Day. We’ve been that busy with funeral arrangements and RSD, we haven’t even had time to process it all. There are no words to describe how grateful our family are for all the support we received for RSD and for the heartfelt messages and condolences for Diane’s passing.

We’ve been overwhelmed to see the impact Diane made on peoples lives. My Nan never really understood the importance of the legacy she had built with the shop, the history behind it and for introducing music to Liverpool. It was only towards the end when me and my Mum Paula got involved, we were able to shine a light on Diane’s accomplishments and she was able to have more of an understanding of what she had contributed to our city, which made her very happy.

For those who would like to join us in celebrating Diane’s life, her funeral will be held at St John The Divine’s Church in Greasby Thursday 14th May 1:00. There will be a donation box on the day to raise funds for the Strawberry Fields charity, a special place of significant meaning and importance for The Musical Box. Donations would be greatly appreciated and can also be made online with the link below.

https://t.co/RsKUpdjEG4

Also a huge thank you to the Liverpool Echo for their beautiful tribute ♥️

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Lovely to have Dave Grohl drop in the shop this morning to pick up the new Foo Fighters album ‘Your Favorite Toy’ out tomorrow while checking out Anfield ahead of the two massive headline shows in June!

This is one of our loyal customers who believe it or not is also called Dave 🤣

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What a morning! Thank you so much to everyone who came down for Record Store Day, first in line was queuing from 1:30! We say this every year but the queue was the biggest we've seen it, we've barely had a minute spare all morning!

The queue has gone now and we do still have some stock left, if you fell short we may still be able to get hold of some leftover titles next week. Get in touch Monday if you're still looking and we'll do our best to get hold of them for you.

Thank you so much everyone! ❤️

[Embo1878 @DEmbo1878]

Got what I wanted for #RSD26 from the brilliant @TheMusicalBoxRS it's been a extremely tough few days , they've done Diane proud 👏👏I got the last of 3 of these 👊 @dinosaurjr @SupergrassHQ @TheWho @paulwellerHQ even our paddy was impressed 🐾🐾

[SNELLY (TONY SNELL) @snellyradio]

@TheMusicalBoxRS Wonderful lady. A privilege to have spent time with her. 🙏

[Mike *McGear McCartney @_MikeMcCartney_]

@TheMusicalBoxRS @snellyradio Sad to hear of Diane (co-owner of the magical Musical Box Record Shop) passing..RIP Di❤️

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The show must go on!

Our full Record Store Day stock list for this Saturday can be seen below, we’ve picked out a few of our favourite releases from this years drop!

As always we will be open from 9am and will be a first come first serve basis on the day. There’s usually a queue so we would recommend getting there early to avoid disappointment.

We can’t wait! We will see you this Saturday 18th 9am!

Alcatrazz – No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll
Arcade Fire – Open You Heart Or Die Trying
Badfinger – No Dice
Black Sabbath – Seventh Star
Blur – Live At The Budokan
Sophie Ellis Bextor – Read My lips
David Bowie- Hello Space Boy
David Bowie – Excerpts From Outside
Bring Me The Horizon – Lo-Files
Bring Me The Horizon & Sigrid – Bad Life
Ian Brown – Music Of The Spheres
Jeff Buckley – Live
Captain Beefheart – Lick My Decals Off Baby
The Cars- Live
The Charlatans – Then
John Coltrane – From Form To Spirit
John Coltrane – The Tiberi Tapes
The Courteeners – Live
Cream – Live
The Cure – Greatest Hits
The Cure – Acoustic Hits
Charlie XCX – Party For U
The Darkness – One Way Ticket To Birmingham
Dead Or Alive – The Youthquake Tour
Deafheaven – Under The Blue Valley
Olivia Dean – Live
Dinosaur Jnr – Live
Dr Feelgood – Oil City Confidential
Dr Who – The Rescue
The Doors – A Work In Progress Part 2
Ian Dury – Live
DJ Koco – Mr Bongo
Def Leppard – Slang
Ethel Cain – Inbred
Bill Evans – Live
Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
Fall Out Boy – So Much For (2our) Dust
Feeder – Feel It Again
Foreigner – Live
Fleetwood Mac – The Original
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Radio 1 Sessions
John Frusciante – To Record Only Water
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (Zoetrope)
Rory Gallagher – Calling Card
Girlschool – Live
Selena Gomez – Droplets EP
Grandmaster Flash – The Message / Sugarhill Gang Rapper’s Delight
Buddy Guy – Sweet Tea
Haim – Relationships E.P
George Harrison – Dark Horse
George Harrison – Extra Texture
Hawkwind – Palace Springs
Elton John – The Remixes
Judas Priest – Live
Jesus And Mary Chain – Some Candy
The ‘K’s – Pretty On The Internet
Katseye – Touch
Kinks- One For The Road (Zoetrope)
Kiss – 1976 Kiss Tour E.P
Bruce Kulick – Transformer
The Lathums – Gull In The Wind
Little Feat – Self Titled
Louise – Confessions
John Lennon – Love Meditation Mixes
Lightening Seeds – Quarrelsome Moments
Madonna – The Confessions Tour
Laura Marling – Live
Massive Wagons – Full Nelson
Mel B – Hot
Megadeth – Hidden Treasures
Motley Crue – Live
Mr Big – Hey Man
Misfits – Famous Monsters
Motorhead – S/T Picture Disc
Motorhead – On Parole Steven Wilson Remix
Motorhead – Lemmy’s 50th Birthday
Joni Mitchell – For The Roses
Muse – Muse First EP
Muse – Muscle Museum EP
New York Dolls – Reunion Album
OMD – Archive Volume 1
Papa Roach – Self Titled
Paramore – All We Know Is Falling
Tom Petty – Live
Pixies – Live
Pink Floyd - Live
Pink Pantheress – Girl Like Me
Robert Plant – Saving Grace
Porcupine Tree – We Lost The Skyline
Radha Krsna – Temple
Roxy Music – Viva Roxy
Rainbow – Live
Ramones – Live
Mark Ronson & Raye – Susanne
Michael Shenker Group – Live
Sex Pistols – Jubilee
Simply Red – Remixed
Bruce Springsteen – Live
Stalk Forest Group – St Cecila
Status Quo – Live
Steely Dan – Live
Stray Cats – Rumble In Brixton
Sleep Token – Caramel
Stiff Little Fingers – Peel Sessions 1978
Stone Temple Pilots – Live
Stranglers – Rarities
Suede – Coming Up At The BBC
Suede – Anti Depressant Demos
Supergrass – Don’t Leave Me Alone
Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor
Talking Heads – The CBS Columbia Demos
Tangerine Dream – Night Trains And City Scapes
The Tears – Here Comes The Tears
Thin Lizzy – Live
T Rex – Songs From Marc
Ultravox – The Remixes
Van Halen – Live
Wasp – Inside The Electric Circus
Weezer – 1192
The Who – Quick One
Wicked – Live
Scott Weiland – Live
Paul Weller - When Your Garden’s Overgrown
Wolf Alice – Play It Out
Neil Young - As Time Explodes
YES -Tales From Topographic Tours
Zutons – Valerie

[The Musical Box Record Shop @TheMusicalBoxRS]

It’s with a heavy heart we have to announce that my Nan Diane Cain, co-owner of The Musical has passed away at the age of 88.

Just like her Mother before her, Diane dedicated her entire life to music. Diane begun working at her Mother Dorothy’s shop aged 13 and only retired due to the pandemic at the age of 83 after being forced to self isolate. Her encyclopaedic musical knowledge was second to none.

More than anything, Diane’s happiness lied within her family and her shop. Both myself and my Mum Paula only became involved when Diane retired initially just to help out Tony, then started the monumental task of the shops restoration in 2020.

We’re all just so happy that Diane got to see the shops transformation, and the result of a labour of love these last 6 years. Diane was able to see the whole building restored, the shop front restored and her former Mothers living room transformed into a beautiful second shop floor. We’ve unearthed so much of the shops history, solved 60 year old mysteries and were even recognised with a Blue Plaque for being England’s oldest independent record shop.

We really have poured our heart and soul into this little old record shop and for that we know how proud she was, as she’d often tell us.

Record Store Day this Saturday will continue as planned as that is what Diane would have wanted and we will continue to post news regarding the day as normal tomorrow.

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@DEmbo1878 @RSDUK Well spotted! There's quite a few!

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Just under 2 weeks left to go until Record Store Day! Next Saturday 18th April we are celebrating @RSDUK with hundreds of limited edition records up for grabs! We say this every year but this is the most stock we’ve ordered with more titles than ever, we’re still waiting on more boxes to land!

Once the last remaining boxes have landed we will upload our full stock list for the day to confirm what titles we have. I can let all the Swifties know now though, we have x40 Taylor Swift!

As always we will be open from 9am and will be a first come first serve basis on the day, we’re strictly not allowed to reserve any stock to give everyone an equal chance of getting their hands on the goodies. There’s usually a queue so would recommend getting there early to avoid disappointment. Keep your eyes peeled next week for our full stock list!

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Almost one week to go until #RSD26! 🎉

The best day of the year is almost here. Where are you planning to celebrate on the big day? Drop them a tag below 👇

📸:
Novel Sounds, Maldon
@TheMusicalBoxRS
@BadlandsUK
@SpinningAroundR

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We’ve just had a lovely afternoon welcoming Julia Baird, John Lennon’s sister & friends to the shop!

It was a fascinating insight to hear Julia’s stories and for us to be able to tell the shops connection to John Lennon who regularly frequented the shop along with Pete Best in the early 1960’s when they both stayed at Haymans Green.

We will now be stocking Julia’s book “Imagine This” a book about the true story of John Lennon's childhood that had never been told. Thanks to Julia & friends for dropping in and for signing the piano!

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@TheMusicalBoxRS in Tuebrook has been spinning since 1947 and still feels gloriously alive: 4 generations, shelves covering every decade, dedicated Beatles section, and upstairs space packed with memorabilia and archive finds. A true Liverpool institution. https://t.co/V8TtK803Mp