Applestump Records

06/09/2026

**WINNER**

We have a winner of our Antony Szmierek signed tour poster. ✍️

Congratulations to ! 🍾

Your poster is in the shop awaiting collection. ✊

03/09/2026

**NEW MUSIC FRIDAY**

Happy Friday Eve y’all! 🎉

Here’s what’s hitting the new release crates this week:

NEW RELEASES
• Jamie Webster - Running Round The Sun (1LP black vinyl / 1LP red vinyl / CD Album) - £23.99 / £26.99 / £12.99
• Arab Strap - Half-Told Tales (2LP yellow vinyl + signed print) - £29.99
• Kasabian - ACT III (1LP white vinyl) - £25.99
• Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground (1LP random red, blue & white vinyl) - £25.99
• PRESIDENT - Blood Of Your Empire (1LP lemonade & black ice vinyl) - £34.99
• The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (Indie Store Exclusive 2LP + CD Limited Edition Boxset) - £62.99
• Evanescence – Sanctuary (2LP black vinyl / 2LP twilight vinyl) - £31.99 / £43.99
• Ellie Goulding - I Know Too Much (1LP pearl sunrise vinyl) - £26.99
• Amyl and the Sniffers - Truth or Consequence ‘Live from El Coyote’ (1LP black vinyl) - £22.99
• Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun (1LP indie store exclusive magenta & lemon vinyl) - £29.99
• Black Bananas - Bad Bunch (1LP yellow & black splatter vinyl) - £28.99
• The Needles - Fire In The City (1LP black vinyl) - £22.99

REISSUES
• Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia (1LP green eco-vinyl) - £25.99
• Fu-Schnickens - Nervous Breakdown (2LP black vinyl) - £27.99
• Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring ‘40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master’ (1LP black vinyl) - £22.99
• Primal Scream – XTRMNTR (2LP red vinyl) - £28.99

You can find out more about all the above here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/new-releases

APPLESTUMP EVENTS
Next up we’ve the mighty Meffs joining us in the Talbot’s secret garden for what will no doubt be spectacular. 🙌

There are just a handful of tickets left that can be bagged (amongst others) here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/gigs

OPENING HOURS
We’re here for you all weekend as ever:
• Friday 10-5
• Saturday 10-5
• Sunday 11-4

Have a splendid weekend and we’ll see you up Oatmarket. ✊

02/09/2026

**NEWS**

We are very excited to be hosting an exclusive listening party for the new Beck album, ‘Ride Lonesome’. 😊

Entry is FREE and all attendees will receive a limited postcard. What’s more, if you preorder or have preordered the album on CD or vinyl you will also receive a tote bag exclusive to this event. 🙌

Tickets available NOW here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/event-details/beck-ride-lonesome-listening-party

See you there. ✊

02/09/2026

**COMPETITION**

We couldn’t let Antony leave down without scribbling on one of our tour posters now could we!?! ✍️

Fancy winning this piece of local and musical history? 😊

All you need to do is:

- Be following us
- Like this post
- Tag a gig-going mate in the comments

We will draw the winner at random on Sunday (06/09). 🗳️

Good luck! 🤞

01/09/2026

**THANK YOU**

Biggest of cheers to all who came out for our Antony Szmierek out-store tonight. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 😊

Thank you so much to Antony for being just brilliant and being so amazing to work with. The last album was my album of the year and this one will likely be too. Amazing work! 🙌

Thanks also to our go to sound team, Mikey and Jack. Ace work as always. 🔉

The usual love to our gang. Dani and Sophie and Pete and of course Ang for the amazing photos. 🖤

Here’s what else we’ve got conjuring 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/gigs

See you at the next one. ✊

01/09/2026

**NEWS**

Due to the first show selling out in just over a day, we’re delighted to announce that we have added a matinee performance to our Chloe Slater in-store date. 😊

So if you missed out on the evening show, or just want to join us twice, you now can at the earlier time of 5pm on Sunday 4th October. 🙌

Tickets on sale NOW here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/event-details/chloe-slater-matinee

See you there! ✊

29/08/2026

Big cheers to Lee Blakeman and the BBC Stoke & Staffordshire team for inviting me on the breakfast show last week to talk about our AIM nomination. 🙌

They played a really nice montage at the beginning that almost made me cry. 😢

Here’s a snippet of our chat, the full thing can be searched for on the BBC Sounds app. 👍

Find out which Cheshire shop might just be the best of it's kind.

28/08/2026

It’s been another busy few weeks of in-store / out-store album events at Applestump HQ. 😊

Big cheers to everyone who’s come out and supported these events, they’ve been so much fun and simply put, wouldn’t happen without you! 🙌

Our NuNorthern Soul double helping of Lonely Deckchair and balaphonic were such good nights! Our Getdown Services show was just amazing and to finish that week off with Keyside celebrating their top 40 debut album was just perfect. Cheers all for stopping by. 🖤

Congrats to Antony Szmierek on your top 30 album this evening. Can’t wait for our out-store show on Tuesday. ✊

We’ve announced some additional out-stores, matinees and in-stores over the last few days for Jamie Webster, Chloe Slater and The Lilacs. 😎

Tickets for these and the rest can be found here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/gigs

Have a great bank holiday weekend. ✊

28/08/2026

**NEWS**

Due to such incredible demand, in addition to our two SOLD OUT Crown Ballroom gigs, ‘the hardest working man in music’, Jamie Webster is doing a third show for us. 🤯

So join us in the shop for what will be the most intimate (50 cap) of our hat trick of shows in November. 🖤

Tickets on sale NOW exclusively through the Applestump website here 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/event-details/jamie-webster-instore

It’s gonna be a special one. See you there! ✊

27/08/2026

**NEW MUSIC FRIDAY**

Happy Friday Eve y’all! 🎉

Here’s what’s hitting the crates this week:

NEW RELEASES
• Pulp - Live! (2LP indie exclusive blue vinyl) - £31.99
• Mike D - Thank You (1LP indie exclusive purple vinyl) - £30.99
• Czarface - Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (1LP limited ruby red vinyl) - £25.99
• Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton (2LP indie exclusive transparent red vinyl) - £29.99
• Courteeners - God Bless The Band (2LP indie exclusive crystal clear vinyl) - £40.99
• Dinosaur Jr. - There Near (1LP indie exclusive translucent pink vinyl) - £24.99
• Alicia Witt - Between Heaven and Earth (2LP limited sea glass vinyl) - £28.99
• Allah-Las – Sirenas (1LP indie exclusive Tyrian blue vinyl) - £23.99
• Mastodon - Marrow Deep (2LP limited coke bottle clear vinyl) - £33.99
• Michael Jackson - The Definitive Collection (1LP black vinyl) - £26.99

REISSUES
• A Certain Ratio - The Joy of Sextet (1LP curacao vinyl) - £22.99
• A Certain Ratio - Force Majeure (1LP purple vinyl) - £22.99
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll ‘45th Anniversary Edition’ (1LP sky blue vinyl) - £23.99
• Post Malone - August 26th (1LP indie exclusive green vinyl) - £26.99
• Fu Manchu - In Search Of…. ‘30th Anniversary Edition’ (2LP red & blue vinyl) – 26.99

APPLESTUMP EVENTS
We’ve announced so many great events over the last couple of weeks. Here’s what we’ve got brewing 👉 https://www.applestumprecords.com/gigs

OPENINIG HOURS
We’re here for you all weekend as ever:
• Friday 10-5
• Saturday 10-5
• Sunday 11-4

Have a great weekend and we’ll see you up Oatmarket. ✊