{"id":146515,"date":"2021-08-13T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hongkong\/?p=146515"},"modified":"2025-01-02T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:33:19","slug":"vintage-vinyl-hk-nick-langford-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/vintage-vinyl-hk-nick-langford-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s record maven: Discover the world of B-sides with Nick Langford from Vintage Vinyl HK"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re big fans of all sorts of music at Honeycombers Hong Kong, from shoegaze to electronic bands like\u00a0The Bilinda Butchers<\/a>, Mount Kimbie<\/a> and Sleep Party People<\/a>. Although the shop is now closed in Hong Kong, in its heyday Vintage Vinyl HK was known for its diverse range of records<\/a> \u2013 which covered everything from Cantopop<\/a> to North American rock, folk, industrial music, and Japanese hip hop. It was the perfect hang-out spot for indie kids, music obsessors and collectors to spend their Saturday afternoons. We interviewed the organiser and founder of Vintage Vinyl HK Nick Langford to find out more about his love for LPs.<\/p>\n

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Nick Langford is right at home in the worlds of vinyl, live music and good beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interview with Nick Langford from Vintage Vinyl HK<\/h2>\n

Hi, Nick. Thanks for chatting with us. Can you tell us more about the monthly vinyl record sale that you organised?<\/h3>\n

I bought my first collection of vinyls from my brother\u2019s wife in Vancouver. They had these records that they didn\u2019t know what to do with, so I said: \u201cI\u2019ll pay you back,\u201d and brought 10,000 records to Hong Kong. We then rented the premises on Elgin Street, called Culture Club Gallery, and I invited a lot of sellers in Hong Kong to come along and bring their records to sell. The sale transformed from a couple of hours on a Thursday night, to four hours on a Saturday afternoon. It was popular with people of all-ages, and people from across the cultural spectrum including locals, expats, young and old. We also changed the venue to Frank’s on Wyndham.<\/p>\n

What did you do apart from managing the record sale?<\/h3>\n

I was in education. And I used to be in finance, so I\u2019d been transitioning out of that into more meaningful stuff. I worked for a charity called PLK and I worked here in Causeway Bay in the children\u2019s home, and a school in Tai Wai. I taught English, as well as science and critical thinking.<\/p>\n

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Nick Langford, founder of Vintage Vinyl HK, enjoyed spending time casually browsing for vinyl in record stores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We didn\u2019t see record sales happening in Hong Kong very often, so how were the events received?<\/h3>\n

We’d turn up at 2.45pm as we opened at 3pm, and there\u2019d be people queuing up trying to dig through the boxes in the streets. That\u2019s what the whole spirit was about. I couldn\u2019t say it was hugely commercial for me, but it was just such a nice thing to do. Finding all these old records and gradually meeting new people; it was crazy.<\/p>\n

Vintage Vinyl HK had really been getting its name out there. Where did you see this heading?<\/h3>\n

Clockenflap in 2015 was the first time I went out into the big wild world. I made great friends and started a nice network. We began looking at music type projects, and we worked on an Italian jazz project in terms of actually producing a record.<\/p>\n

And then maybe starting a store! Ideally what I wanted was a social space. If you got everything right, the commercial side would come to you \u2013 that\u2019s what I believed. I wasn’t here trying to squeeze the last dollar out of every tray. I wanted to create a community around this fine, real touchy feely thing.<\/p>\n

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