Flyright Records

Name: Tony May
Comment: Not sure exactly when Flyright closed down but I do remember seeing a new 12" of Prince's Let's Work in the shop so it must be around the early to mid-1980s. Wish I'd bought that 12" actually because it was the only copy I've ever seen! Prince wasn't a big deal then. Picked up the original 12" of Wham Rap in the shop, I remember that. Second Spin took over the premises shortly after Flyright Closed and is still in existence today (2012).
(Mar 12, 2012)

Name: Tony May
Comment: Having spoken to the owner of Second Spin in Bexhill, Phillip Barrie, who took over the old Flyright premises, in all likelihood the shop closed in 1984/5. Philip told me that Second Spin opened for business in Bexhill in 1985 so it must have been either this year or the previous, I would say. Not sure why the shop failed as it always seemed busy whenever I was in there and Second Spin is still going today so it was nothing to do with the location.
(Mar 30, 2012)

Name: Dave Haddon
Comment: Used to buy blues records there, mid-1970s, good people, sent me to the wholesale department, next to the station. As a spotty awkward teenager, I would knock on the door, walk in, and give a list of records to whoever was there. They always sorted me out, suggested better records and only charged wholesale... Times have changed.
(2018)

Name: Timothy Sherman
Purchased a CD Live from Tilburg Holland 1971 recording of Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie concert. I attended that concert at age 15. Bought this CD especially for track 9 C Jam Blues but on the CD it fades out several minutes early. Do you have a digital copy of the entire track? I would dearly love to have it. Thank you.
(2020)

Name: Alton Douglas
I was the principal comic with The Fol-De-Rols at the De La Warr in 1975. My friend the drummer, Pete Lindup, and I spent a lot of time perusing the jazz in the shop and warehouse. Lovely days.
(2021)

Name: Wade Falcon
Comment: Hello. I"m curious where the photo materials for past Flyright pressings may have gone. There's a photo on the cover of FLY 609 of Happy Fats and Doc Guidry I'm trying to get a good high quality scan of. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
​(2022)

Name: Mike Cramp
Comment: Wish I could remember more but I think they imported loads of non-mainstream music. Lots of Blues etc. from the States ? Nice people.

Name: Bill Palmer
Comment: Blues Unlimited & Flyright Records in Bexhill - In 1962 Simon Napier set up the Blues Appreciation Society in Bexhill, and the following year, with researcher and discographer Mike Leadbitter, launched the magazine Blues Unlimited. With his interest in pre-war blues complementing Mike Leadbitter's interests in post-war electric blues, Simon Napier took responsibility for developing and expanding the magazine into an internationally recognised periodical.

After Mike Leadbitter's death in 1974, Simon Napier continued to manage the magazine, and also established Flyright Records, a record label and distribution company. He died from a heart attack in Bexhill, Sussex, in 1990, aged 51.