Our Story
In 2016, Sound Records started with the dream to re-ignite the Isle of Man music scene and become the place for music lovers far and wide. The Island had always had a booming live music scene but had been without a record store for almost 20 years!
Starting out with pop up shops and funky market stalls, we grew in popularity and made many friends and loyal customers, who are still with us today.
One of our first pop-up stores in Onchan, as covered by Manx Radio.
This amazing support combined with a lot hard work led us to open our little basement shop on Record Store Day 2018, a real dream come true!
Founder Jack Doyle spoke to Gef The Mongoose after he opened the permanent shop.
In the interview, he spoke about travelling in the UK, scoping out record fares and working out how to run a business. “Being away… you realise what home can be. I was always promoting the Isle of Man but realised that it’s a place with so much more to give.”
The shop opening was reported in lots of local news outlets.
Speaking to IOM today, Jack said: “The joy that you get from seeing people finding new music is incredible, and that is what keeps driving me and keeps me wanting to grow it. And it will keep growing.”
Offering both new and used vinyl records spanning across all genres, we are a gem in the middle of the Irish Sea for finding the records you’ve been longing for!
Always involved in the Manx music community, since 2018 we’ve been organising gigs and events with local bands and musicians: from Compton Vaults, to The British and even in our own little basement shop!
Manx Indie band Penelope Isles performed a free acoustic set at Sound Records back in March 2019 before their gig at the Villa Marina.
You can up to date with our upcoming events on our ticket page.
We became an official ambassador of Record Store Day in 2019 and now have access to a huge amount of special releases and independent record store offers.
Record Store Day is only getting bigger and evolving year by year.
IOM Today spoke to Jack about how Record Store Day 2020 adapted to the pandemic.
Almost 3 years in and the Sound Records team is expanding.
Gef caught up with Jack again in September 2020, and the future of is only looking bigger and brighter!
Our customer base has spread greatly since we started this journey, making friends with customers from all over. As a company we are driven to build a connected community through music, whether that be in the shop, one of our live music events, a festival stage or this very website. Thanks for stopping by we hope you enjoy your experience with Sound Records!
You can listen to Jack and a load of other Manx vinyl lovers chatting about their favourite records, via the Manx Radio podcast ‘Island Life’
You can also listen on Apple Podcasts
The Isle of Man is unique, full of wonder and magic, and we want to share that. The Island was once the place for music lovers far and wide. And in this time of great uncertainty Sound Records can be a safe haven for the conscious creatives looking to connect and share their love for music, the arts and nature.
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