Pete Doherty at the Hackney Empire, London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
The Rolling Stones‘ first UK chart topping success in over two decades has been matched at independent record shops.
The band’s Blue & Lonesome LP is at number on the UK Record Store Chart this week, while Pete Doherty‘s solo record Hamburg Demonstrations is another high new entry at #3.
Launched in conjunction with the Record Store Day celebrations of 2012, the UK Record Store Chart aims to support Britain’s independent music shops and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of those leading outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
2/ Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
3/ (new) Peter Doherty – Hamburg Demonstrations
4/ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together
5/ Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
6/ Kate Bush – Before The Dawn
7/ (new) Public Service Broadcasting – Live At Brixton
8/ (new) Bob Dylan – The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert
9/ Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
10/ Little Mix – Glory Days
11/ Alexander Armstrong – Upon a Different Shore
12/ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
13/ Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra – Falling In Love
14/ King’s College Cambridge – Christmas At King’s
15/ Olly Murs – 24 Hrs
16/ (new) The Last Shadow Puppets – Dream Synopsis EP
17/ Bradley Walsh – Chasing Dreams
18/ Michael Buble – Nobody Told Me
19/ Placebo – A Place For Us To Dream
20/ Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
