{"id":735190,"date":"2026-08-12T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735190\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T03:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:00:17","slug":"record-shop-top-tracks-in-fakenham-announces-closure-of-physical-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735190\/","title":{"rendered":"Record shop Top Tracks in Fakenham announces closure of physical store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A popular record shop has announced it will close its physical store after \u201cmuch careful thought\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fakenham\u2019s Top Tracks will serve customers for the last time on Friday, September 25.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnnews.co.uk\/news\/take-a-look-inside-new-record-shop-which-opened-yesterday-9418473\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opening the store<\/a> 15 months ago, owner Racheal Battley now feels it is the right time to go back to her roots and focus on the online shop \u2013 despite it being a \u201cdifficult decision to make\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 4032 3024\" alt=\"The shop sits on Cattle Market Street\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"I82Q247VM86PT4YCLI4L.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.33\"\/>The shop sits on Cattle Market Street<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced on social media earlier today, and the post said: \u201cOpening our bricks and mortar shop was a dream come true. It gave us the opportunity to meet so many incredible music lovers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cIt has been a privilege to welcome you into our record shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you stopped by to browse, to hunt for an elusive pressing, or simply have a chat and share your passion for music, you have helped make our store a truly special place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3336 2117\" alt=\"Racheal Battley of Top Tracks in Fakenham\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"1NQ0NYY41Q5ED882INI7.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.58\"\/>Racheal Battley of Top Tracks in Fakenham<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3318 2489\" alt=\"The shop featured pre-loved and new vinyl\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"4LUY35OIYBIRAEVEFAH0.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.33\"\/>The shop featured pre-loved and new vinyl<\/p>\n<p>Racheal said: \u201cEvery visit, purchase and conversation has meant more to us than you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t goodbye, it\u2019s simply the next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Music lovers can continue supporting Top Tracks via its online website, which will feature a range of new collections and regular stock updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular record shop has announced it will close its physical store after \u201cmuch careful thought\u201d. Fakenham\u2019s Top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[84,1397,192,8781,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-735190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-business","tag-environment","tag-human-interest","tag-kings-lynn","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}