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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 ›
The Best Concept Album of the Eighties? Step Forward Operation Mindcrime

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 3, 2013 • ( 22 )

Concept albums divide opinion. There are those who dislike them as bloated, worthy and self-indulgent. These people see concept albums as being about as welcome as Justin Bieber in The Anne Frank Museum, and avoid them like they would gout…. Read More ›
Look Out For…Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Download Their Album For Free. Yes. Free.

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 1, 2013 • ( 5 )

Regular readers will know that my favourite album of last year was Sweet Billy Pilgrim‘s “Crown and Treaty”. I wasn’t the only one. Mojo Magazine slotted it neatly into their Top 50 albums, calling it an instant five star classic,… Read More ›
Look Out For…Temples: Live Review

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 30, 2013 • ( 1 )

“The best new band in Britain” declared Noel Gallagher about Temples on the recent Russell Brand show on XFM. Gallagher has form with such proclamations, having praised eight of the last three most successful new artists in the UK,… Read More ›
Bieber Meltdown Latest: He’s Not The First Pop Star This Has Happened To…

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 27, 2013 • ( 7 )

Noel Redding, the Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player had a handy quote for anyone who wanted to enter the music business and who asked his advice: “Study law. Buy a gun…” Not a stun gun though, presumably. What with Rhianna… Read More ›
Why Do Most People Dislike Heavy Rock But Think One Direction Are Good?

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 24, 2013 • ( 11 )

Read on for my ten point action plan to make rock music more popular… Last week, I held a Focus Group on why Heavy Metal music isn’t popular amongst certain demographics. As part of this scientific approach, I surveyed a… Read More ›