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Feb 2022
Harrogate district music lovers from the 1990s and 2000s have fond memories of independent record shop Mix Music.
From Britpop to the indie boom to metal, dance music and hip-hop, the small shop on Oxford Street stocked a deceptively comprehensive selection of CDs and vinyl.
Award-winning comic book artist and cartoonist Tim Bird grew up in Harrogate and went to St John Fisher Catholic High School.
The 39-year-old specialises in drawing scenes that conjure up the history and memories of place.
Mix Music was a haven for teenagers that were into alternative music in Harrogate, which Mr Bird said made it the perfect place to draw.
The name Mix Music was a pun on the owner's name, Mick, who was always knowledgeable and generous with customers.
Mr Bird said:
Mr Bird has also done a drawing of Our Price, a chain of record shops owned by Virgin that was on Station Parade near the Victoria Centre. Although his first purchase there in the mid-1990s was not quite as cool as the White Stripes.
He said:
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