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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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Recalled And Censored: The Story of The MC5’s Kick Out The Jams
The Grande Ballroom in Detroit. The home of the MC5. In front of a rabid sell-out crowd lead singer Rob Tyner is bringing the show to a close when from the wings a man leaps onstage and shoots Tyner at… Read More ›
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The Beach Boys Vinyl Challenge: Finale – How To Build Your Own Beach Boys Record Collection
The challenge: The Beach Boys have a legion of fans, but I had precisely two of their albums. What had I overlooked? And was it still possible to build up a concise collection from The Beach Boys twenty-nine studio albums… Read More ›
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The Beach Boys Challenge: Part 4: Which Early Beach Boys Records Are Worth Buying?
The challenge: After a chat with a friend revealed neither of us had any Beach Boys albums outside of Pet Sounds and Surf’s Up, could I convince myself and my friend there were other gems in The Beach Boys’ back… Read More ›
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The Beach Boys Vinyl Challenge – Part 2: Holland.
The challenge: To find lesser known moments from The Beach Boys catalogue and build up a concise collection of Beach Boys records that a) don’t cost the Earth and b) that are good enough to get regular plays on the… Read More ›
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The Beach Boys Vinyl Challenge Part 3: After Pet Sounds
The challenge: The Beach Boys are best known for their Californian surfing-and-cars image. But fans who have dug a little deeper have found many gems in the back catalogue. When a band has produced 29 studio albums and nearly double… Read More ›
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The Beach Boys Vinyl Challenge
Can you still unearth great vinyl records without breaking the bank? Finding cheap vinyl records has become harder since Covid turned the world into online shoppers. But maybe it isn’t impossible… In this series we examine the vinyl legacy of… Read More ›
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Record Collector’s 100 Ways Vinyl Can Make You Money In 2021
In its latest issue, Record Collector has sought to identify a hundred records that show “investment potential”. The cover boasts “The 100 Best Music Investments” and “How Your Vinyl Can Make You Money In 2021”. This is no bad thing…. Read More ›
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2020 May You Rot And Burn In Hell! A Year In Review
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 ›
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The Story of The Kinks’ “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround”
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 ›
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Emitt Rhodes: The One Man Beatles
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Liam Gallagher and The Super Deluxe Edition From Hell
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 ›
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The Story of Tom Petty and His Greatest Album
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 ›
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David Hepworth and Mark Ellen Meet Every Record Tells A Story: Watch The Result Here…
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 ›
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Read An Exclusive Extract From The New Vinyl Handbook
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 ›
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Never Mind The Covid* It’s Record Store Day! (*Actually We Still Need To Mind The Covid)
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 ›