A Kent record shop appears in a documentary championing independent music stores ahead of one of the biggest days in the sector\u2019s calendar.<\/p>\n
Faversham\u2019s Saturnalia Records, run by couple Elliot Barr-Macallan and Andrea McCarthy, appears in the latest series of Behind The Counter \u2013 an online series which has more than 5.6 million views.<\/p>\n
Elliot Barr-Macallan and Andrea McCarthy run Saturnalia Records in Faversham. Picture: Record Store Day\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Produced by the organisers behind Record Store Day, taking place next month, the documentary shines a spotlight on 12 independent shops across the UK, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the people committed to vinyl and CDs.<\/p>\n
In the episode, the pair reflect on how Andrea\u2019s teenage years shape the shop\u2019s unique identity and retro look.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrea used to be a goth when she was a teenager, but as she\u2019s kind of slowly grown up, she\u2019s a hippie goth,\u201d Elliot, 38, says.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer 70s style now has been a big influence on what the shop looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrea, 36, adds: \u201cI was a massive goth when I was a teenager. I had the platform boots, the scary makeup, and it was all just based around my love of horror punk music.<\/p>\n
Saturnalia Records in Faversham. Picture: Saturnalia Records<\/p>\n
\u201cMy parents\u2019 house basically looks like this in size, so it kind of made me feel a little bit like home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can give a little bit of that into the shop, then maybe people that come in will feel like home as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair\u2019s passions are clear, with a focus on soundtracks and stoner doom records at the store, stemming from their joint love of horror.<\/p>\n
Elliot adds the name of the store, in Market Street, draws on the town\u2019s deep history.<\/p>\n
\u201cFaversham dates back to Roman times, so I wanted to have the name Saturnalia as a Roman pagan sort of reference,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Saturnalia Records in Faversham will mark Record Store Day on April 18. Picture: Saturnalia Records<\/p>\n
\u201cSaturnalia itself is a time of festivities and celebration of music. The rings of Saturn just made sense. It looks like a vinyl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now attention turns to Record Store Day on Saturday, April 18, which is expected to draw large crowds once again.<\/p>\n
The first Record Store Day event was held in 2008 to support local, independent record stores.<\/p>\n
It has become a huge event that significantly boosts independent shop revenues, with more than 300 shops involved in the UK and thousands globally.<\/p>\n
In 2025, independent record stores saw a 72.1% share of vinyl sales during the event \u2013 the highest number of vinyl record sales through indie record shops since at least 1994.<\/p>\n
Behind The Counter, an online series about independent record stores, features Saturnalia. Picture: Record Store Day\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Saturnalia will open at 8am on April 18 and stock around 200 exclusive releases, with live music planned throughout the day including an album launch from London psych-folk band Fire In Her Eyes.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the shop\u2019s success, Andrea adds: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing that I don\u2019t like about working here. I\u2019ve made so many friends, customers that came in who are now loyal friends. Music has changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Kent record shop appears in a documentary championing independent music stores ahead of one of the biggest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,608,609,495,3943,16,15],"class_list":["post-849121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-faversham","tag-human-interest","tag-kent","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116289389805640896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}