Wall of Sound Records

10/08/2026

A reminder that the shop is closed for a short break until Wednesday 19th August. See you then when the daily restocking will continue.

08/08/2026

So much for saving up the pennies for going on holiday. This monster rarity has just come through the door. I've never ever seen one before in 40 years of selling records. Number 63 and signed M Levon 74.

04/08/2026

Advanced notice that the shop will be closed for a short break from Tuesday 11th August to the following Tuesday the 18th August and I will reopen on Wednesday 19th. I haven't had a holiday since the stroke and I need one so I can recharge a bit and then I can come back and start to seriously tackle some of the backlog that is building up and needs dealing with. And the Cropredy Festival and my first time seeing Primus for at least 35 years since they were an unknown to me support band to Janes Addiction awaits.

30/07/2026

Sorry to anyone who turned up yesterday and found the shop closed. I had a stinker of a headache that took a fair amount of the day to shake off and by the time I did, it was that late then it wasn't worth coming in. However, I have been using the last few days when feeling better to move a substantial collection into a storage unit.
I have very mixed feelings about this. It belonged to a very dear customer who very sadly passed away and I would much rather he was still here because his presence was always such a joy. Over the years I have known many people who are like walking encyclopedias when it comes to certain types of music and I love learning from them as much as anything I might be able to pass on to anyone else. John was such. His knowledge of blues, rock n roll, country, Americana, Dylan was exemplary and he was always open to hearing more. The fact that it has taken 3 days to move his collection tells you how substantial it is. It's going to take a bloody long time to work it's way into the shop considering how full the shop already is and the fact that I already have literally a backlog of many thousands of items to do alongside it, but there will be lots of great music across the formats that are going to appear until....who knows.
I'm going to miss John Rogers. He is the kind of reason that someone like me does this. Not everything is just about the money.

15/07/2026

A few ramblings and cod philosophy from myself in this article on the return of vinyl and how the love for it has been rekindled...

From DIY record shops to dedicated DJs, discover how Leeds' thriving vinyl scene is keeping music culture tangible.

04/07/2026

The 4th incarnation of Wall of Sound was born in Leeds on the 4th of July 2015 and so today marks the 11th anniversary of the madness and chaos.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the shop over those 11 years and hopefully will continue to do so.
As I always point out, I put out new items every day. The backlog of things that I have to deal with shows no sign of coming to an end anytime soon as however much I deal with, more great things get offered constantly. What you see in that very full shop probably represents a third of what I have, so you will be seeing new things for several more years - and that is assuming the unlikely thing that I get offered nothing else.

Cheers,

Elliot

04/07/2026

Advanced notice for the coming Tuesday 7th July. I will be closed for the day to attend a funeral. Open again on Wednesday.

25/06/2026

My deepest apologies to anyone who turns up today and finds the shop closed. Sadly where I live there has been a fatal accident and because of the nature of the roads, I am blocked in until all of the police and accident investigation is concluded and there is literally no way I can get out, so I won't be there until tomorrow. Absolutely nothing I can do about it, but on the grand scale, it is nothing compared to what has happened to someone else, so my thoughts are with the lad on the bike who has lost his life today.

23/06/2026

If you are in town and overheating, it is naturally a lot cooler in the basement here. ( In every sense of course). Come down for some relief ( behave yourself with that dirty mind!). And why not have a dig whilst you are here. It's not as if I haven't put new things all over the shop constantly.

Stay chilled,

Elliot

24/05/2026

Regular listeners to Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music will know that it is the home of the Rock Trouser Museum.

This sparked a memory from way back in Wall Of Sound history in the days when the shop was located in the Piece Hall in Halifax. At the time there was another record shop in there run by a rather nefarious character known as Fat Alan ( these were less PC times and Alan's impression of Skeletor was less than impressive).
So there I was one day when in bursts a man through the door carrying a cardboard box and angrily bangs it on the counter proclaiming 'The bastard'. Somewhat confused I enquired what the problem was thinking it was something I had done. He opened the box to reveal a pair of elaborately decorated trousers.
He told me that Alan had sold them to him on the basis that they were Marc Bolan's stage trousers and he'd had them professionally investigated and it transpired that they were Gary Glitter's.