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All summer, Franceinfo accompanies you on the markets. On the Croix Rousse market in Lyon, the vinyl works very hard
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At the Croix-Rousse market in Lyon, among the hundreds of stalls, there are disc bins. Those in particular of Raphaël, passionate about music since childhood. He describes himself as “a traveling record store” who works in the markets but has no store. The click, Raphaël had it 15 years ago: “When I was walking in the markets, in the booksellers, there were very few people selling records. Or it was one or two cases like that, on sale, and a little mixed up. And I got this idea of becoming a traveling record store “.
A village atmosphere
Since then, the traveling record store has created a clientele of regulars, even friends. He knows the Croix-Rousse district well since he grew up there. It is a place he describes as “a small village”. When asked for a song to illustrate the spirit of this market, the answer comes after a little thought: “Pressure drop, from the Clash. There is an old poster seller that comes with a speaker on the market and he often plays this song.”, explains Raphaël.