Julian and Noel are back together again (Picture: Joseph Lynn)

It’s been five long years but The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have reunited to become the 2019 ambassadors of Record Store Day – and throw some shade at streaming in the process.

‘It’s quite boring the way you buy music now,’ says Noel, who in the 15 years since Mighty Boosh first aired on BBC Three has found fame as the host of Great British Bake Off.

‘I love vinyl, I melted down some vinyl to make my jacket,’ he added.

‘What I like about vinyl is the physicality and the visuals. I love looking at the record covers, having them and holding them and knowing that you can take something away with you.’




Julian, 50, added that record stores are ‘a focal point and a meeting place for crazy characters who end up there and bond over a certain record’.

‘It’s the nature of bumping into people in a certain place and find where other likeminded people are,’ he told Metro.co.uk.

‘It’s quite boring the way you buy music now,’ says Noel (Picture: Joseph Lynn)

Julian and Noel, 45, are the first comedians to take on the role of Record Store Day’s ambassador; they follow in the footsteps of Sir Elton John, Run the Jewels, St Vincent and Pearl Jam.

The pair are also giving fans the opportunity to get the complete Mighty Boosh radio series on vinyl – the first time the series appears on record.

Julian Barret as Howard Moon and Noel Fielding as Vince Noir in 2006 (Picture: BBC)

In its 12th year, Record Store Day 2019 will take place on 13 April.

A celebration of the culture of the record store, which for years had found itself in decline following the rise of downloads, it has been credited with helping the resurgence in vinyl sales which topped 4.4 million units in the UK in 2018.

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