“And I never, very, very seldom, did I ever have any money to buy anything, but I listened to a lot of music, thanks to the people in the store.”
He described it as “hallowed territory”, adding: “It belonged to us as a youth culture then. It had its own language, it was a place to hang out. Meet girls!”
Spillers owner, Ashli Todd, said the universe already recognised Plant as a legend.
She said: “Record shops of the world will know first-hand that above all, Robert Plant is a connoisseur of his craft whose appetite for musical discoveries has not waned with the passage of time.”
It was, she said, an honour to be the site of his record store legend plaque.
Robert Plant is marking Record Store Day 2026 with an exclusive four-track EP, called Saving Grace: All That Glitters.