Geraldine's boutique vinyl record store and coffee shop
Relive the past and dig for your favourite albums, or just drop in for a coffee while listening to your favourite music.
The Record Keeper is an independent vinyl record store where you can enjoy a good coffee while listening to your favourite music.
Stephen and Katrina welcome you to relive the past of browsing or digging in record stores while helping to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability is at the forefront of what we want to do. We are using solar power in new storage heaters, to spin the vinyl and to make your coffee.
We have restored one of Geraldine’s oldest shops which first opened in 1890. Now it will be the home of classic albums from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s as well as new releases from local Kiwi artists.
We are easy to find at 116 Talbot Street being next to the Fire Station in Geraldine.
Come and stop by
Address
116 Talbot Street
Geraldine
Canterbury, New Zealand 7930
Music Quiz Night No. 3
We had an incredible result at our Music Quiz last night!
At the end of the second to last round, Team Comfortably Numb were in the lead by just half a point, only to be pipped at the post by Team Rock Lobsters who managed to gain an extra 5 points in the final round to win the Golden Disc 🏆.
Our heartiest congratulations to Team Rock Lobsters aka Peter Wilkinson, Richie Simpson, Mark Kinder and Josée McClure.
Well done to all the teams involved:
* Rock Lobsters (1st)
* Comfortably Numb (Runners-up)
* Smarter Than We Look
* The Lee Gees
* JayCGees
Many thanks to our Quiz Master / Maestro Marc Maskery who manages to intersperse interesting music trivia in amongst the 100 questions that he composes for each quiz.
We’d also like to thank Graham Bock (his Pavlova Rovers team won our inaugural Music Quiz in July) for bringing his mathematical skills to the table and being Scorer for the night.
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Yes truly another brilliant night. Thanks as always to the hosts and well done Rock Lobsters and commiserations to Comfortably Numb, truly thought you had that. Next time? but thanks to all the quizzers, each of you doing well in certain areas, and without you., it wouldn't happen.
ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS!!!
Well folks, we’re getting closer to the pointy end of things when the COFFEE SHOP side of the Record Keeper closes after our final day of trading on Sunday 6th October, 10am - 2pm.
After October 6th, our vinyl record side of the Record Keeper will remain OPEN ON SATURDAYS ONLY from 10am -2pm as Stephen will continue selling vinyl records, merchandise (our branded t-shirts, tote bags and record cleaning brushes) plus our record cleaning service will remain.
If you wish to buy or sell vinyl records outside of our opening hours, simply contact Stephen on 021 634 880 or Stephen@recordkeeper.co.nz to arrange a time with him.
GIFT VOUCHERS
A reminder to come to our shop in the next 2 weeks if you wish to redeem your voucher for something from our coffee shop! After October 6th, your voucher could go towards purchasing vinyl records or our merchandise.
Important note:
If you or someone you know might be interested in buying our shop and house (both on the same title) please contact our Property Brokers agents at:
gretcheng@pb.co.nz
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Coming back to Wellington Steve and Katrina?
LORINA HARDING in concert
Local singer-songwriter Lorina Harding released her first album ‘Lucky Damn Woman’ in 1992, first on cassette, then on CD. It has recently been remastered in the United States and pressed onto glorious blue vinyl by Stebbing Recording Centre in Auckland under the Leather Jacket Record label based in Christchurch.
To launch the vinyl album and as a fundraiser for Geraldine’s Academy of Performance and Arts, a VIP gala event will take place at the Academy on Saturday 5th October, 6.30pm.
That same evening starting at 7.30pm, Lorina and her band will perform at a concert in the Geraldine Cinema.
You can purchase tickets to the VIP gala event or concert from the Record Keeper during our normal opening hours.
‘Lucky Damn Woman’ album sales will be available on the night of the events.
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WOODSTOCK … it was far out, man!
A bunch of cool cats and chicks gathered at the Geraldine Cinema on Saturday night to watch the Woodstock movie and wow, did we dig it!
Some of the acts like Santana, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez and Crosby, Stills & Nash were outta sight!
Winner of the grooviest threads for the night went to Josée McClure.
The Déjà Vu album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which includes the Woodstock track written by Joni Mitchell was donated by the Record Keeper for a prize draw and won by a lucky ticket holder.
Thanks to Cinema owner Pat Walsh for this special screening and to all the beautiful people who joined us on this happening.
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Was Max Yasgur there?
Loved it 💃
It was sooo good, loved every minute!!
It was fun!!!
WOODSTOCK - 3 days of peace and music
In recognition of the 55th anniversary of the famed counter-culture music festival, we’re selling tickets to the Woodstock doco / music movie on behalf of the Geraldine Cinema for its special screening on Saturday 7th September, 7pm. $20pp.
In 1969, about 500,000 young people gathered together on a small farm in Bethel, New York to celebrate music, unity and peace whilst challenging the status quo, the Vietnam War and in support of the civil rights movement.
Performing artists include Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Canned Heat, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker and many more.
There’ll be a prize for Best Dressed so come wearing your hippie flares, fringes and tie-dyes!
Note: The film is 3 hours long but there’ll be an intermission.
Tickets are available from the Record Keeper during its normal opening hours (Thurs & Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm, Sat & Sunday 10am - 2pm) as well as from the Geraldine Cinema box office. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thu & Fri opening hours 9.30-12.30, should that be 2.30?
That was so much fun!!
NICK SMITH wrote a song for the Record Keeper!
As part of the Geraldine Folk Festival held in March this year, we had Kay and Read Hudson perform in the Record Keeper. Nick Smith, an English folk singer/songwriter, was in the audience at the time and was inspired to write a song about the Hudson’s gig and his experience of being in the Record Keeper.
We invited Nick to come last Saturday so others could also enjoy listening to his original music as well as some covers.
Nick’s music is full of poignancy and humour. He involves the audience by having them sing along with him during the chorus which you can hear in the video in the post below.
We are extremely grateful to Nick, both for his wonderful performance on Saturday and for our very special song!
THE RECORD KEEPER CAFE
Chorus
(C G C F C F C Am Dm G C G C)
Kay and Read Hudson are on stage
at the Record Keeper cafe
we’re in awe of Read’s playing
and Kay keeps on saying
are you sure that we start it this way.
Verse 1
(C G C G E F G run Dm G C)
Read plays his old-timey tunes
his fingers are picking while we sit here listening
and he talks of Bill Munro and the Doc Watson family
admiring their musical skill.
Read has a passion for trains
and sings us a song of the old steamy days
we pity the wives in rivet counter agony
as husbands talk pistons and chains.
Chorus
Verse 2
Kay sings a few songs of her own
recalling the West Coast’s old mining towns
now lost in the mists, a ghost in our memories
the street and the houses all gone.
She tells us of her bus driving days
of all the wild food at the Hokitika festival
and omelettes with thousands of eyes looking back at you
and dances in a waltz time haze.
Chorus
Verse 3
In-between the sessions of songs
Stephen plays records the old vinyl way
selecting the tracks, the needle is whispering
forgotten past tunes of yesterday
and we’re eating warm cheesy scones
sipping hot chocolate with notes in the foam
or a great cup of coffee we all feel like a family
enjoying the musical show.
Chorus
Verse 4
As Read shares one of his stories
a terrible wail stops the telling of his tale
it’s the fire station next door, the siren screams urgently
halting our joy for a while.
As we sit through the blare of the horns
the fire station crew Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew,
Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub rush to save someone
we wait for the quiet to resume.
Chorus
Verse 5
Kay and Read sing us their last song
they called the Jones brothers for their close harmonies
it’s a little off the wall but nobody cares at all
they’ve played together so long
(? they’ve played together for years?)
We’ve come to the end of the show
it’s time to go home by the light of a violin
or catch us a ride on a ukulele motor bike
a Picasso guitar in tow.
Chorus
Kay and Read Hudson are on stage
at the Record Keeper cafe
we’re in awe of Read’s playing
and now Kay is saying
it’s the end of another day. (Dm C G)
it’s the end of another day. (Dm G C G)
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It was such a lovely afternoon listening to ‘mellow music’
WHERE IS OUR MERCHANDISE?
We’d love to know how far around the world our wee shop and village have travelled, so if you have one of our Record Keeper t-shirts or tote bags, please send us a photo wearing or holding them and let us know where you are! ... See MoreSee Less
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Music Quiz Night No. 2
Our second Music Quiz was held on Sunday 18th August with another 5 teams of 4 competing for the Golden Disc.
The event sold out quickly and we even had one eager beaver on standby should anyone need to pull out or stand down!
The evening is like a marathon with 100 questions in 10 categories being fired at contestants by our amazing Quiz Master Marc Maskery, with yet more questions posed by Mr Record Keeper Stephen Drew who played parts of vinyl tracks between each category. It was little wonder that one contestant admitted his brain was fried at one point in the evening!
Our lovely assistant Abbi Collins, who is well known by many of our regular customers as our first Front-of-House / Barista, kept score and showed how easily the running total could change dramatically from one category to the next.
Teams included:
We Are Family; Simple Minz; Record Ravers; The Narks; The A Miners (deliberate misspell and
bad musical punctuation).
Our heartiest congratulations to The Narks who came first with a total score of 63.5. Well done Narks 👏
Our third and final Music Quiz night at the end of September is pretty much sold out yet again. It just goes to show how much South Cantabrians love their quizzes! ... See MoreSee Less
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Again Thank you to all those who attended, Some fantastic answers to the general questions as well as my idiosyncratic ones! Even from some of the runners up, I'm truly surprised you all made such a good figure. Some interesting doodles too!!! You know who you are. So once more, thank you and a big shout to our hosts, and yes Abbi was a legend, maths and a smile . Until next time Marc
The A Miners turned out to be D Miners, but music quizzery was the winner on the day! Thanks heaps, Marc, Stephen, and Katrina.
Awesome!! Congrats’The Narks’ Looks like another fun/successful evening! Ka pai Mark, Abbi and The Record Keeper team👍🏽
Always fun!!
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