We are now 61 days into lockdown, which, for context is still less than how long a series of Big Brother lasts. Life feels a bit like Big Brother, mind you, except you can’t be evicted and go outside, unless… Read More ›
Journey. Known in the UK almost exclusively for “Don’t Stop Believin’” – a song about a girl and a boy from a place – South Detroit – that weirdly doesn’t exist. A song recorded in 1981 that didn’t make the… Read More ›
As we enter the fifth week of confinement in the Great Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020, social pressures come to bear. Neighbourhood net curtains twitch suspiciously should anyone leave their house. Such is the fear instilled by those Moral Guardians lurking… Read More ›
What has been the impact of the Covid-19 lock-down on musicians? Coronavirus has taken away loved ones, jobs, incomes, stretched medical resources, and prevented people seeing people they care about in person. For other, more fortunate people, the worst impact… Read More ›
Part 3 of a real-life test to see whether you can make decent money from selling vinyl. (Here’s part 1) Ah, eBay. Perhaps only Sergio Aguero, as he scored with 93:20 on the clock to win Manchester City’s first league… Read More ›
Are records really worth the “Median price” on the world’s biggest record selling platform: Discogs? Based purely on the stories they tell, most record collectors sit firmly in the world’s five or so leading experts in the field. We all… Read More ›
It’s now difficult even to imagine, but before the world locked down and self-isolated and you could still meet up with other people (ah, remember those halcyon days?), priorities went beyond ensuring we had enough toilet roll and pasta. We… Read More ›
You have stocked up, having flung a greedy arm against the nose of a grasping pensioner at the supermarket to get that final roll of toilet paper. You have enough tinned carrots and potatoes to last several months despite never… Read More ›
Picture the scene. You find a rare record you really like, which is inexplicably low-priced and as yet undiscovered. And then you find out why. It’s warped. One of the most difficult problems in the record collecting world to fix…. Read More ›
In 2020, we appreciate musical legends like Luther Vandross, Nile Rodgers and Roberta Flack. The internet, along with time and perspective, has allowed us to recognise and understand the impact of so many artists that might, at some points in… Read More ›
In which we discover how Ash went from being a twelve year old Iron Maiden tribute act to world domination, well, almost.
2019 was a great year in music, perhaps the greatest since 2018, which, if we all remember was probably up there with 2017. Here’s a round up: First some sad news: Spandau Ballet split up in 2019, which will come… Read More ›
While mixtapes generally went out of fashion with Blind Date, the launch of Channel 4 and, well, the cassette, (does this mean mixtapes will come back into fashion soon? A lot of the albums below were released on cassette), the… Read More ›
It’s a great story. The Woolton Village church fete, on 6th July 1957 is where John’s band The Quarry Men are playing on the back of a truck. Ivan Vaughan introduces his schoolfriend Paul McCartney to his friend and band… Read More ›
Ah, the swinging sixties. If you can remember them, you weren’t there. If you can’t remember them, you may not have been born yet, and thus weren’t there either. So no-one was there. And yet, there they are, the swinging… Read More ›
