Jazz Links & More!
After many years of trading Rooster Records on Fore Street in Exeter has a website at www.roosterrecords.co.uk Heaps of material old and new, and you can contact Jaimie, the friendly owner jaimiefennell@gmail.com
A recent addition to the City music scene is 12 Bar in Paris Street which promotes gigs and sells vinyl.
Unfortunately, the Drift Record Shop in Totnes closed in February 2026 and the business has now moved to Brighton under a new name. It’ll be much missed.
I’ve been getting some hard to find stuff at Soul Brother records www.soulbrother.com who do a quick turn round postal service. Other reader recommendations are welcomed at info@edgeofjazz.com.
Depending on your pockets and your devotion to the music www.amazon.co.uk is a usually reliable source, as is the parent company at www.amazon.com - but be sure to compare prices with other outlets in the UK and check out the prevailing exchange rate before buying!
Recorded jazz is best heard on a system that gives a full dynamic sound. The Edge of Jazz uses, and endorses, an Arcam PA410 amplifier (www.arcam.co.uk) with Acoustic Energy AE509 speakers (www.acoustic-energy.co.uk). We pair these with A Rega Planar 3 deck. For more deck choices we recommend looking at What HiFi.
As far as the written word is concerned there is extensive coverage of jazz and jazz related events in many newspapers and I’d particularly commend the coverage in The Financial Times in print and online and on Twitter @mike-hobart. However for much more details of the British Jazz scene it’s hard to beat the authoritative Jazzwise magazine www.jazzwisemagazine.com which gives good coverage of the widest possible news and some excellent reviews.
Other (often strange) Links:
Exeweb is the unofficial website for Exeter City Football Club and can be found at www.exeweb.com and you’ll see just how fanatical a group of fans can be about a football (or soccer if you’re in the US!) club. In 2021 the Club has been owned by its supporters for 18 years after nearly going out of business entirely in 2003.
Finally one of my other abiding interests is helping to restore the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway which closed in 1935. About 1 mile of track has reopened and there’s a lot more to do. In late 2017 planning permission was given for another four miles of track to be reconstructed Find out further details at www.lynton-rail.co.uk