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The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast
A conversations podcast talking to music guests from around the world featuring record collectors, record shops, musical artists and music obsessives.
Born out of two successful coffee table books centered around interviewing vinyl collectors around the world, host Iain Wakefield digs even deeper into peoples obsessions with music, vinyl records and digging for vinyl.
The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast
Episode 23 - Frankie Francis (Frankie & the Heartstrings)
On episode 23 of the podcast, Iain is joined by Sunderland music local and lead singer of the band Frankie & the Heartstrings, Frankie Francis.
Frankie is one of the most recognisable faces around the city of Sunderland, not only for being the lead singer of the aforementioned band, but also so for his DJ nights he puts on around the city, being the pitch side announcer for Sunderland Football Club but most recently being the cities music officer and leading the cities bid for music city status, which they successfully achieved in January 2025.
Iain and Frankie discuss how important this successful bid will be for Sunderland, what is planned for the year in music for the city and chat about some of Sunderland's rich music history.
They talk about the band, the football club, the cities culture and of course dip into Frankie's vinyl collection and his musical influences.