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Every Record Tells A Story, a music blog written by Steve Carr. I have written for Classic Rock, The Guardian and Record Collector Magazine. Appearances on BBC4 documentary & Radio 4. Every Record Tells A Story is my blog
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• Hard Rock’s “Yesterday”: The Story of Goldilox by Kings X

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 8, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  “Goldilox is the song that people just missed out on… one of the greatest songs that I had ever heard”

• Ian Broudie Addresses Fifteen Years of Hurt with Solo Album Re-release

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Pete Paphides never stopped dreaming of owning Ian Broudie’s 2004 solo album on vinyl. His new label, Needle Mythology is re-releasing the “Tales Told” album to address fifteen years of hurt…

• How To Attract Thousands Of Instagram Followers For Your Vinyl Blog: The Ultimate Guide

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 25, 2019 • ( 12 )

  

  Whether we prefer to use Social Media as a way to keep in touch with old friends, to post videos of the funny things our pets do when confronted with green vegetables, or simply for 3am rants about the FBI… Read More ›

• #VinylSanta Trends at #5 on Twitter. Here Are Ten of the Best #VinylSanta Finds

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 26, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  We all have our Christmas traditions, whether it’s belting out a heavenly chorus of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” at Midnight Mass or collapsing face-down in shortbread and lager while nurturing simmering resentments about the family on Boxing Day. Not… Read More ›

• The Every Record Tells A Story Albums Of 2018

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 20, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  In April 2018 we learned that revenues for streaming services surpassed income from CDs and vinyl (and, for that matter, cassettes) for the first time. So it feels rather quaint to have “Albums of the Year”, yet, like filling our… Read More ›

• Beatles Reunite As Ringo Starr Joins Paul McCartney Onstage In London

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 17, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Beatles fans received an early Christmas present last night as the two surviving Beatles, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, played together onstage for the first time since Ringo’s 2015 inauguration into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame, for the… Read More ›

• Record Shops Facing Tipping Point in 2019…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 3, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The Vinyl Revival may have seen an increase in record shop numbers, but record buyers can ill-afford to take their local record shops for granted… In case you have been distracted by other, less important political issues such as Brexit… Read More ›

• Every Record Tells A Story Hits The Airwaves!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on November 23, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A mile and a half from the Kentish coast and five miles from Southend in Essex lies the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery, an American Liberty ship built during World War II. The ship ran adrift onto sandbanks while carrying… Read More ›

• “He got stabbed and didn’t know it!” – The Making Of Primal Scream’s Give Out But Don’t Give Up

  By Every Record Tells A Story on October 18, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  “We recorded a couple of demos, but most of the time we got wasted, you know…” Primal Scream lead singer Bobby Gillespie on the initial recording sessions of “Give Out But Don’t Give Up” To understand just how hard drinking… Read More ›

• The Story Of Clube da Esquina – One of Brazil’s Greatest Treasures

  By Every Record Tells A Story on October 11, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Clube da Esquina by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges was one of only five Brazilian albums to be featured in the book “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”.
  If you have yet to hear this fusion of Brazilian music and Beatles-inflected pop, this may whet your appetite…

• The Moment Adam Clayton’s Wedding Tackle Became The Cover Star of U2’s Achtung

  By Every Record Tells A Story on October 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In which we discover why a naked picture of Adam Clayton nearly became the cover art of U2’s Achtung Baby…

• Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Showcase A Different Side of Pink Floyd

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 25, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  It says much about the popularity of Pink Floyd that remaining solo members can tour to packed houses around the world decades after their commercial peak. While Roger Waters and David Gilmour have played Floyd’s best known songs from The… Read More ›

• A Spotify Playlist That Isn’t Trying To Sell You Something: Guaranteed!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  In a world where Spotify algorithms are finding ever more devious ways to enter our consciousness it seems almost old-fashioned having an actual human recommend you some music. U2’s ill-fated attempt to load their new album automatically on the world’s… Read More ›

• Arctic Monkeys Gallery Exhibition Shows Substance Behind The Style

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 14, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  This week The Arctic Monkeys sold out four consecutive nights at the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena. They now move out of town to sold out shows in Birmingham, Sheffield, Dublin and Newcastle. Such is the clamour for all things Arctic… Read More ›

• Meet Your IDLES…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 31, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  If pithy song titles and smart lyrics were all the five-piece Bristol punk band IDLES had, they would still be a very good band indeed. You have to love an album with a song title as good as “Never Fight… Read More ›