Inside the UK's most influential record store
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Banquet Records, in Kingston South-West London, are probably the most influential record store in the UK right now at helping an artist or a band secure a number one. How did they do it?
Tom Gatti is joined by Hannah Barnes to discuss the kingmakers of the UK album charts, and also as December is upon us, how to get a Christmas number one.
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