Sainsbury’s sounds out Own Label vinyl range



Sainsbury’s is first UK supermarket to launch own range of exclusive records
The retailer is releasing two exclusive Own Label vinyl compilations this Friday
Sainsbury’s accounts for almost 70% of UK grocery vinyl market as vinyl revival continues

Sainsbury’s customers can now pick up some exclusive, freshly pressed vinyl alongside their freshly pressed fruit juices.

Following Sainsbury’s huge success in the vinyl revival, with one in every 20 vinyl records sold in the UK now purchased in a Sainsbury’s store, from Friday 3rd November, the supermarket will launch two vinyl compilation albums from its new Own Label imprint, via Universal and Warner Music. The records will be available in over 160 Sainsbury’s superstores around the country.

The first supermarket offering of its kind, the exclusive records have been tailored specifically to the tastes of Sainsbury’s shoppers. The two 20 track double albums ‘Hi Fidelity - A Taste Of Stereo Sound’ and ‘Coming into Los Angeles – A Taste of West Coast’ capture the classic sounds of the 60s and 70s, lining up iconic vinyl favourites such as Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens and Elton John alongside some lesser discovered artists.

Despite the rise of online music streaming services, the UK vinyl revival has seen sales of the format jump 37.6 per cent in the first half of 2017 to Ł37.3m[1]. Sainsbury’s began stocking vinyl in March 2016 for the first time since the 1980s and already accounts for almost 70 per cent of the total grocery vinyl market.

The two Own Label compilations have been curated by renowned music journalist and Saint Etienne musician Bob Stanley. The artwork was inspired by the most iconic product designs to come out of Sainsbury’s in-house design studio, led by Peter Dixon between 1962 and 1977.

Sainsbury’s Head of Music and Books, Pete Selby, said: “Our customers’ love of vinyl shows no sign of abating, so alongside the classics albums, we want to offer our shoppers something they won’t find anywhere else. Our exclusive Own Label records have been carefully tailored towards the inquisitive, cultured tastes of our customers so we’re confident that they’ll love the sound of our new releases and our ever increasing vinyl range.”

Sainsbury’s has sold almost 300,000 vinyl albums to date, from classic artists across the decades to current chart hits and new releases. The retailer’s best-selling album to date is Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’, with over 12,000 units sold.

Notes to editors:

Each 20 track double album will be issued in a gatefold sleeve with new, exclusive essays by Stanley.

Track listings for the two albums are as follows:





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Sainsbury’s commitment to helping customers live well for less has been at the heart of what we do since 1869. Today that means making our customers’ lives better and easier every day by offering great quality and service at fair prices – across food, clothing, general merchandise and financial services – whenever and wherever they want to shop.

As our customers’ lives change, so will our business. Sainsbury's acquired Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and Habitat, on 2 September 2016, creating one of the UK’s leading food, general merchandise and clothing retailers - a multi-product, multi-channel business with fast delivery networks. J Sainsbury plc operates over 600 Sainsbury’s supermarkets and more than 800 Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores, as well as over 800 Argos stores – more than 2,200 locations in total. In addition, we have major online channels for food, clothing, general merchandise and financial services. We sell over 90,000 products and employ 195,000 colleagues across the UK and Ireland. The iconic Habitat furniture and home furnishings brand operates out of five stand-alone stores in London, Leeds and Edinburgh as well as six Mini Habitats in Sainsbury’s supermarkets.

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