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Every Record Tells A Story. A blog about music. Operating fearlessly in the Blogs-With-Stupid-Jokes-About-Heavy-Rock-And-Indie-Bands-niche.
I write about music, and I have written for Classic Rock magazine and Record Collector
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• Welcome, Discover WordPress Readers!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 7, 2017 • ( 42 )

  

  If you are reading this article, there’s a decent chance you’ll have come here via the Discover WordPress feature, a mythical, subscriber-and-ego-boosting seal of approval from the people who run WordPress – the web publishing platform that Every Record Tells… Read More ›

• New Sounds From This Is The Kit: at Rough Trade East

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 14, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  There are many things to like about This Is The Kit. There’s the relaxed and easy way singer and songwriter Kate Stables has with the audience and her band members, typified by the way she walks onstage in a Jeremy… Read More ›

• Ten Things We Learned At The Village Green Festival. 

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 11, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  It’s in Essex, it’s about the size of the kid’s field at Glastonbury, and it only costs £15 to get in (take that, austerity Britain!) but this weekend 16,500 festival goers experienced a mellow, friendly atmosphere and saw some great… Read More ›

• Breaking News: It Will Be Sunny on Saturday. The Village Green Music Festival Awaits!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 5, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Ah, the British summer. As elusive as a politician’s answer.  In days of yore, at the slightest sniff of a sunny weekend, the Great British Public would, in a futile attempt to keep the kids quiet for five minutes, hop… Read More ›

• King’s X: The Return of The Ultimate Cult Band

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 15, 2017 • ( 18 )

  

  King’s X, a three piece band from Texas, are hugely influential, have a large and loyal fan base, and last night played a show in London for the first time in six years. They are, perhaps the archetypical Cult Band. … Read More ›

• Depeche Mode: Live in London – Review

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 4, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  Their biggest ever show. 80,000 fans.  It’s a far cry from their humble origins. Leaving school in 1979, Martin Gore worked as a bank clerk for Nat West in Fenchurch Street, saving the money he earned to buy a Yamaha… Read More ›

• Do Helloween Get The Credit They Deserve?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 31, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  When we think of thrash metal, we think of certain things. The “Big Four” of Anthrax, Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth. We may also think of album covers that feature skulls… …or demons… …lead singers who dress like monks… …albeit there… Read More ›

• Steve Hackett Speaks Out About Refugee Crisis

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 11, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  We don’t always turn to the leading lights of progressive music for our daily dose of politics (see: Phil Collins 1997), so it was interesting to hear Steve Hackett’s thoughts on world events last night.  This happened mid-way through his… Read More ›

• Blondie: Live At The Roundhouse – Review

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 4, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  In 1975, a British rock writer went to see an unsigned band called The Ramones at The Performance Studio as part of a report for the NME in on the burgeoning scene in New York’s CBGB club and the surrounding… Read More ›

• How To Buy Nick Drake On Vinyl

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 29, 2017 • ( 10 )

  

  Chris Davidson was a bit pushy.  He was also not the tallest boy.  He wanted to join a band at school called The Perfumed Gardener. Rehearsals were in the school hall at the not very rock n roll time of… Read More ›

• Now That’s What I Call Cash! Do You Have This CD Worth Over £500?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 20, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  With Record Store Day this weekend, the record collecting fraternity is faced with many quandaries: a) How can I afford the 4LP Deluxe Box Set of a 1975 Bruce Springsteen concert? b) Even if I could afford it, given that… Read More ›

• Kasabian Return With New Album and Rip-Roaring Live Show

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 19, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Tonight is a Tuesday.  Kasabian’s beloved Leicester City are being knocked out of the Champion’s League. It’s surely no coincidence that the band don’t take the stage of Kentish Town’s Forum until seconds after the final whistle… They might be… Read More ›

• Should You Buy Nineties Vinyl?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 14, 2017 • ( 30 )

  

  …and a discussion of Record Collector’s Logic. Also: The Great R.E.M. CD / Vinyl Hunt… Have we reached peak vinyl? Should we all pile in to CDs now the price is a tiny fraction of the cost of vinyl?  Is… Read More ›

• Format Wars: CDs Versus Vinyl – Which Is The Least Rubbish?

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 7, 2017 • ( 22 )

  

  The Great R.E.M. CD Hunt (Part 2) In the last article we asked some of the fundamental questions of the universe. For example:  With the re-release of Paul Weller’s Stanley Road for no less than £32.99, have we reached Peak… Read More ›

• Peak Vinyl? Is It Time To Start Buying CDs Again? 

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 31, 2017 • ( 26 )

  

  The Great R.E.M. CD Hunt (Part 1)  As with many bad ideas, this one started in a pub. History is littered with Bad Ideas That Started In Pubs. The Pet Rock was an idea that began in a pub, naturally…. Read More ›