Roker Records

22/05/2026

Roker Records is open for the bank holiday weekend and we've got a busy one ahead pricing up hundreds of second hand records.

I've brought back lots of amazing records from my NYC trip, which will be out in the shop in a couple of weeks' time.

There are few new releases out today, including the new one by The Coral!

The shop is open all weekend plus Monday! Opening hours below.

Friday 9-4
Saturday 9-4
Sunday 10-2
Monday 10-2

See you in the shop!

01/05/2026

Bank Holiday Weekend at Roker Records!

Lots of great records to dig for! New and Sealed, New Releases and tons of second hand gems!

Come down for a dig!

24/04/2026

The doors are open on this sunny Sunderland morning at Roker Records!

Lots of amazing stock in and loads of new releases out today!

Come down for a dig!

Here til 4pm!

17/04/2026

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW VIDEO

Here are some of the amazing bits we are putting out in our second hand drop tomorrow morning on our Record Store Day from 9.30am.

Lots of rareties, classics and heavy hitters and some other choice bits too!

Some of this stuff will go fast!

Don't forget we also have 10% off all wall records too and also 10 records for £10 sale!!

See you tomorrow!

15/04/2026

Yesterday I was invited onto BBC Radio Northampton to chat about opening a record shop, my record collecting history and writing 2 books about records collecting!

I was invited on by host Bernie Keith, a long time follower of my Instagram who has a huge collection himself, in their build up to RSD this coming Saturday!

You can check it out in the link below with my segment starting at around 33mins.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p001d7ty

13/04/2026

*ANNOUNCEMENT*

Here are the shops plans for Record Store Day this coming Saturday, the 18th April!

Whilst we are not stocking any RSD titles this year, RSD is all about celebrating independent record shops so we wanted to celebrate with you all!

First off, I've been busy pricing up a lot of second hand records to drop on Saturday morning. Over 350 will be put out across a ton of genres and price points, including the London stuff I bought on my trip and a couple of nice collections I've been holding back to drop.

Second, everything on the walls and in the shops rarities box will have 10% off just for Saturday only! Have you spotted a record you want that's on our wall but it's just a bit out of your reach price wise? Nows your chance!

Finally, we are also having a huge blowout sale to make space in the shop! 10 records for £10 including tons of LPs and tons of 12" singles! There are some serious bargains in there that I'm letting go for peanuts!! So if you don't mind a dig, you will get some incredible bargains!

This is all happening on Saturday for RSD!

See you then!

10/04/2026

A lovely morning in Sunderland today and the shop is open and ready for you lovely customers to come dig for records!

Lots of new releases today and a huge restock of new and sealed records too!

Come down for a dig! Open 9-4pm today and Saturday and 10-2pm on Sunday!

08/04/2026

*ANNOUNCEMENT*

This has been a long time in planning and in the works, but finally, I can tell you all that Roker Records is now online!

The website, www.rokerrecords.co.uk is now live with lots of great new and sealed records on there to buy across many genres! Over 350 records are on the website currently, plus we will be adding more and more over the coming days when new orders are arriving!

There are a host of pre orders due out over the next few months on there, plus recent new releases and releases that are coming out this coming Friday, too!

Finally, the Rare and Collectables section is worth checking out for any second-hand rareties and harder to find records that are currently adorning our shops walls!

You can pick up orders from the shop if you are local when we are open Friday to Sunday, and of course, we ship UK and worldwide starting next Monday!

As a small indie record shop, we want to have an online presence to be able to bring records to record collectors who can't get to the shop often and who are keen to support the shop and business. But this is not to say we are going to take our eye off the ball with the shop! The shop is our home and where all our 2nd and new stock lives and is primarily sold. This platform just gets our name out further afield!

Please share as much as you can as I'd appreciate so much!

Many thanks!

Iain

03/04/2026

Easter weekend and Roker Records is open the following hours;

Good Friday 9-4
Saturday 9-4
Easter Sunday - Closed
Easter Monday 10-4

Pop in for a dig! The shop is jammed packed with records!

28/03/2026

27/03/2026

Morning all!

Roker Records is open for the weekend!

Lots of great records in the shop, including the big Northern Soul and Motown drop!

We open today til 4pm and 5pm tomorrow (closed sunday) and don't forget our first record fair tomorrow in Cleadon!