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• Sneaking Off To Record Stores In Disneyland – A Users Guide

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Vinyl records enthusiast? Going on holiday to Orlando, Florida? Want to find a record store? Read on… As an aside to the previous post about Yesterday and Today, I secured my copy of this Beatles record during a holiday in… Read More ›

• The Beatles: Butcher LP Covers and How A 1966 Album Actually Lost Money

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 16, 2013 • ( 14 )

  

  It was very confusing being an American Beatles fan in the sixties. Apparently. I have the disadvantage from a perspective point of view of a) being British and b) having been born in 1970… In the years up to 1966,… Read More ›

• Look Out For… John Grant

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 13, 2013 • ( 11 )

  

  Song of the day, not that I have a feature called “song of the day”, is by this fellow called John Grant who released an album called Pale Green Ghosts in March of this year. The song is called GMF…. Read More ›

• A Few Words on Jeff Hannemann and Slayer

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 10, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  I was sorry to learn of the passing of Jeff Hannemann, Slayer guitarist, who died on 2 May 2013. Hannemann, alongside fellow Slayer members – guitarist Kerry King, monster drummer Dave Lombardo and bass player / singer Tom Araya produced… Read More ›

• A Visit To Chess Records…And When Muddy Waters Met The Rolling Stones

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 7, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  2120 South Michigan Avenue was immortalised in song by the Rolling Stones in their 5×5 EP (recently re-released on Record Store Day) and was the headquarters and recording studio of Chess Records. It is worth listing just a few of… Read More ›

• Look Out For…Tom Hickox

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I wanted to mention Tom Hickox today. Since I mentioned Tom’s song “The Pretty Pride of Russia” last year, he has secured an opening slot with Richard Hawley, including the latter’s forthcoming Somerset House concert. “The Pretty Pride of Russia”… Read More ›

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