Content tagged with 'vinyl'
Record Store Day 2013 – you’ll never hear vinyl sound better
We have placed speakers in two of London’s finest record stores, Rough Trade East and Sounds of the Universe for Record Store Day. Started in 2007 in the USA and… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 19 Apr 2013
Categories: Music
Tags: David Bowie, Nick Cave, Paul Weller, Pulp, Record Store Day, Rough Trade East, Sounds of the universe, vinyl
Wake up with Jack White – 2013 Record Store Day Ambassador
Musician and vinyl enthusiast Jack White is this year’s Record Store Day Ambassador. He has recorded the above film and also written an impassioned plea to everyone to get out… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013
Categories: Music
Tags: jack white, Record Store Day 2013, vinyl
Classic Recordings: Blondie – Parallel Lines
Blondie – Parallel Lines Chrysalis (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Of course Deborah Harry, herself, was the centre of many a teenage boy’s lustful dreamings when Blondie hit the UK pop… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 6 Jul 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: Blondie, classic album reviews, Classic recordings, Deborah Harry, Disco, Heart Of Glass, New Wave, vinyl
The record shops that changed our lives – add your story.
Jeanie Finlay, director of the wonderful Sound It Out record shop documentary, has a new project. More Than Music is an online project – a memory bank – enabling people… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 25 Jun 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: More than music, record stores, Sound It Out, vinyl
Classic Recordings: The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Parlophone (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby So much has been written about the band and about this album that anything written here… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 31 May 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: bowers & wilkins, Classic audiophile recordings, Classic recordings, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, vinyl
Album Review: Amadou & Mariam – Folila (Nonesuch)
From the time they began playing, Amadou and Mariam, the adorable blind couple from Mali, waited more than two decades to experience a breakthrough in the United States. This despite… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012
Categories: Music, New music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: Amadou and Mariam, audiophile recordi, Dimanche a Bamako, Folila, New music, Nonesuch records, TONEAudio, vinyl, World music
Sound It Out – The last surviving vinyl record shop in Teeside, North East England.
Sound It Out is essential viewing for anyone who loves music. It’s also the official film for tomorrow’s Record Store Day. A 75-minute documentary portrait of the very last surviving… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 20 Apr 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: Jeanie Finlay, music documentary, record shops, Record Store Day, Sound It Out, vinyl
Classic Recordings: Scott Walker – Scott 4
Scott Walker – Scott 4 Fontana (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Walker, known for the easy pop ballads of the 60s, with the Walker Brothers combo, has always been determined and… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 12 Apr 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile albums, classic albums, Scott 4, Scott Walker, vinyl, Walker Brothers
Legendary London record shop Honest Jon’s top 10 bass tracks
Legendary reggae, jazz and soul specialist West London record shop, Honest Jons, have kindly supplied us with their phenomenal top 10 bass track recommendations. 1. Herbie Hancock – ‘Flood’ (Sony… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012
Categories: Music, Top 10 playlists
Tags: Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Honest jons, Jackie Mittoo, John Edwards, specialist record shop, The O'Jays, top 10 bass tracks, vinyl
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
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