Blast from the past as Our Price Records could return to Sussex high streets

Our Price Records, with its distinctive red and white logo has launched a Kickstarter bid and has already generated a great deal of interest among audio enthusiasts.

With the original rise of cassette tapes as well as records, Our Price came to the scene as the Tape Revolution in 1971 created by founders Gary Nesbitt, Edward Stollins and Mike Isaacs before rebranding to Our Price Records in 1976 due to the high rise of interest of vinyl records at the time. Then once 1988 came around, Our Price Records once again rebranded to Our Price Music, due to the popularity of CDs beginning to rise before finally in 1993 being changed to the simple title of Our Price.

It once had more than 300 shops across the UK. All stores were close by 2004 due to the company falling into administration.

A spokesperson for the Kickstarter campaign, which has a £50,0000 goal, said: “Our Price was the brand of the 80/90s generation who desired unique and not so talked about records. So many stories and photos of old products, old stores and the stories of staff over the years of working with our price scattered all over the internet, you can find many tales online from the staff Facebook groups to websites set up to discuss and share the knowledge of these record shops at the time. Talk to your parents or family members, they're likely to tell you stories of the shops and saving up their wages to spend on records and tapes at the time.

“Nostalgia is a huge deal and with the rise of records and record players resurging, it’s only right that one of the biggest names of UK records shops comes back to the scene and helps support this incredible resurgence and new interest. Help support us on this journey and hit our Kickstarter goal of 50K with fantastic music products and items to be gained within each tier, by helping us out with our revival of the 80s brand."

For more visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/paul-h/our-price-makes-a-comeback