Introducing The Studio - And Yes, You Can Win One (every month).

Two Arena level records, Two Signature pressings and yes all the other bits too. All four hand picked, graded to our usual unreasonably high standards, and packed with the same care that goes into everything that leaves our hands. All in for £79.

Here is the thing about getting the mix right. Arena titles are the crowd pleasers. The records everyone knows, the ones that get pulled out when people come round, the ones that work at any volume on any system. Signature pressings are something slightly different. Classic artists and mostly vintage pressings, the sort of thing that ends up in a collection and stays there. Put the two together and you get something that covers a lot of ground in one package. The familiar sitting alongside the discovery. Something to dig into.

We have set the cap at 20 packs per month. Not a marketing trick. We are not sitting on a warehouse full of them releasing them slowly to manufacture urgency. The cap exists because sourcing both Arena and Signature stock to the standard we require takes time, and we would rather limit the numbers than lower the bar. When they are gone they are gone, and we start again the next month.

Now for the part that makes this interesting.

Every month, one Studio pack is going to someone for free. Not through a separate competition. Not through a social media lottery that rewards whoever shouts loudest. Through the most straightforward mechanic we could think of. Buy any Mystery Vinyl pack this month and you are entered into the draw. That is it. A Backstage buyer has exactly the same chance as anyone else. No extra steps, no tagging, no sharing. Just buy a pack, get entered, and at the end of the month someone opens a very good parcel they were not expecting.

And if you have already bought a pack this month? You are already in. No need to do anything. Consider it a thank you for being here early.

The draw is made on the last Friday of every month. We will announce the winner on our stories and drop them a message directly. Every record in every Studio pack has been through the same grading process we put everything through. Held up to the light, played or inspected, passed or failed. A couple of records did not make it into this month's packs for reasons that are frankly annoying to talk about.

Their loss is the pile of shame's gain.

What goes in is the good stuff. All of it.

20 packs. £79 each. One given away free every month.

You know where to find us.