Ram’s Musique – a quaint record store, tucked away on the first floor of the Public Utility Building on MG Road is run by Sangeeth Ram, whose father Ramachandran it belongs to.
There are over 6000 records – old and new. The cache of classics at this 45-year-old establishment includes everything from Jim Reeves to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to KJ Yesudas.
“We have a lot of school and college kids coming to buy Taylor Swift records. They don’t even have a player at home but they buy it just for keepsake,” Ram shares.
“We have sitar records by Ravi Shankar, sarod by Ali Akbar Khan – the kinds of which won’t ever be on record ever again. These might be the last copies.”
“Everything in this store is tested and cleaned. Most of the records here are 50, 60 and 70 years old,” says Ram stressing on the importance of maintenance.
The section upstairs at the store showcases a wide selection of cassettes and CDs, most of which have been resold by people who don’t use them anymore.