The closure comes just a day after prominent London record store Steve's Sounds also ceased trading.

Reckless Records closed down after what general manager Duncan Kerr described as an "extremely difficult" January. All of the shop's staff have been made redundant.

"In our case, the downturn in trade for used vinyl and CDs has been just devastating," says Kerr. "The internet has just changed everything. Trading files, cheap sales, downloading - the usual reasons - have had a knock on ...