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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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• 2020 May You Rot And Burn In Hell! A Year In Review

  By Every Record Tells A Story on January 14, 2021 • ( 14 )

  

  Plus: The ERTAS 2020 Albums of the Year In case you hadn’t noticed, 2020 was a terrible, terrible year for pretty much everyone and everything. Even Coronavirus, which had a better 2020 than most, received bad news in the shape… Read More ›

• The Story of The Kinks’ “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround”

  By Every Record Tells A Story on December 13, 2020 • ( 9 )

  

  The Kinks’ “Lola versus Powermen and The Moneygoround, Part One” was their eighth and least-snappily-titled album, released fifty years ago, in 1970. It is best known for the hit single “Lola”, a now much-loved song Ray Davies famously had to… Read More ›

• Emitt Rhodes: The One Man Beatles

  By Every Record Tells A Story on November 22, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  He released an album in 1970 that the critics compared favourably to Paul McCartney. But by 1973, he was burnt out and didn’t release another album for over forty years. Here’s the story of singer songwriter Emitt Rhodes.

• Liam Gallagher and The Super Deluxe Edition From Hell

  By Every Record Tells A Story on November 11, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Of all the many lead singers that the Britpop era gave us, perhaps Liam Gallagher was the most gifted at swearing. And coat-wearing. Opinion may remain split as to Liam’s many other achievements, with critics pointing out for every “Rock… Read More ›

• The Story of Tom Petty and His Greatest Album

  By Every Record Tells A Story on November 1, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  Just how did a boy from hillbilly country meet Elvis, Brian Wilson and George Harrison before even releasing a record? The story of Tom Petty is one that defies all the odds… It’s 1978. Bruce Springsteen, seeing a kindred spirit,… Read More ›

• Vinyl Handbook Book Launch Event Friday 25th September 8.30pm: You’re Invited!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 24, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  Your invitation to an exclusive Vinyl Handbook Book Launch Zoom Event on Friday 25th September at 8.30pm

• David Hepworth and Mark Ellen Meet Every Record Tells A Story: Watch The Result Here…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 20, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Mark Ellen and David Hepworth defined the UK’s music papers from the eighties onwards, with the wonderful Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word. They presented The Old Grey Whistle Test and Live Aid – apparently because they and their… Read More ›

• Read An Exclusive Extract From The New Vinyl Handbook

  By Every Record Tells A Story on September 8, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  As the publication date draws ever nearer, an author’s day becomes ever busier. Small callouses appear on the end of fingers ill-used to holding pens for signing books. Additional respect is given to *actual successful* authors who sign cartloads of… Read More ›

• Never Mind The Covid* It’s Record Store Day! (*Actually We Still Need To Mind The Covid)

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As eagerly anticipated by record collectors globally as the release of the Autumn/Winter Argos catalogue was when we were kids. Or, if you are as old as me (and if you collect records there’s half a chance you will be),… Read More ›

• Every Record Tells A Story: The Vinyl Handbook – New Book Update!

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 9, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  (And Five Ways To Promote Your New Book On Social Media – A Blogger’s Guide) Well, I must say I have been delighted, nay overwhelmed, by the wonderful reaction to the launch of the book, Every Record Tells A Story:… Read More ›

• Buy The Book Here: Every Record Tells a Story: A Vinyl Handbook

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 9, 2020 • ( 11 )

  

  For vinyl and music fans everywhere: the debut book from Every Record Tells A Story is here…

• “Lost!”: The Pick of Rock and Pop’s Rare and Unreleased Gems

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 6, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  The rock n roll memorabilia market has discovered how to turn old tat into cold hard cash. As Craig Brown’s “One Two Three Four” explains, one of John Lennon’s teeth, given to his housekeeper, sold in 2011 for £19,000. A… Read More ›

• Listen Here: The Best Beatles Cover Versions: Part 3

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 26, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  This is the third and final chapter in the “Without The Beatles” series – a chance to hear some of the best Beatles cover versions around while reading the “liner notes” below to give you a little more context around… Read More ›

• Listen Here: The Best Beatles Cover Versions (Part 2)

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 11, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Welcome to the “liner notes” to the second of three mixes bringing you the very best Beatles cover versions. You can hear all the tunes mentioned below by playing the embedded Mixcloud player at the top of the page, or… Read More ›

• Listen Here: Over Fifty Of The Best Beatles Cover Versions. Part 1

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 7, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  You can listen to all the music mentioned in this post by clicking the Mixcloud player above, or (if that isn’t working) you can click on this link and the Mixcloud player will open in a new tab. According to… Read More ›