2023-09-13 03:15:00
– The oldest rock record store in Geneva is retiring
Witness to the early days of hard rock and punk under Calvin’s beard, Alain Jeanmairet opened Sounds Records in 1979. The store found a buyer.
Published today at 5:15 a.m.
Geneva, September 12, 2023. From left to right, Nicolas Dupont, Alain Jeanmairet and Jean-Marie Brulhart in front of the Sounds Records arcade.
LAURENT GUIRAUD
“It’s cool to have made it this far. Even if, sometimes, you feel like a survivor.” In August, Alain Jeanmairet celebrated his 65th birthday. Last Monday, when we found him on a terrace near Plainpalais, the young father – two children aged 10 and 14 – was experiencing his first day of retirement.
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