Category: Music
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Review: The Year In Music 2014…And The Life and Death of Rock n Roll
The Death of Rock n Roll was the theme of 2014… January Perhaps it began with the crushing news that professional overdosers and part time rock band Motley Crüe had decided to split. This came as a shock to most people who thought that they had already split in the nineties. The Crüe did the…
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Christmas Shopping For The Music Fan in Your Life. Sorted.
It’s always difficult to know what gifts to buy for the music lover in your life. Sometimes just buying a CD seems a little…lazy. On the other hand, you know they’ll probably enjoy that more than a Christmas jumper or pair of novelty socks. But some people feel awkward or even a bit silly going…
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The MTV European Music Awards: Minaj Out-Swears Glaswegians Shocker
Great to see the return of the MTV European Music Awards tonight, live from Glasgow. Frosty, threatening to turn violent at any moment and barely intelligible, Nicki Minaj was the perfect host for the City. Previously the award show that has brought us the edifying spectacle of Miley Cyrus dancing with a spandex-clad little person,…
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A Final Vinyl Challenger!
When I began my vinyl challenge last month, I knew that one person would want to take part, and that was a regular visitor to the comments section of Every Record Tells A Story, Mike “LeBrain” Ladano. Mike likes in Canada and every year takes a trip to Toronto to go on a CD buying…
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You could buy The Oasis Box Set….but why not buy all this vinyl instead….
(Update: I’m on a vinyl buying spree to attempt to buy a better collection than the Oasis Box Set – click through to this link to see the first post in the series) With £71.99 spent of the budget of £116.99, I had (does quick sum in his head*) £45 – more than a third…
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Buying Beatles, Dylan, Cash and Beach Boys on Vinyl
Instead of buying the Oasis (What’s The Story) Morning Glory box set, I have decided to spend the same amount of money building as good a record collection as is humanly possible. It isn’t clear quite why I am doing this. Probably some strange affectation, mid-life crisis or possible undiagnosed mental health issue. Best not…
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Our Next Vinyl Challenger… “Gen X at Midlife” Throws Down The Gauntlet
Because I saw several people leave HMV the other day with nose bleeds when they saw how high the price was of the Oasis Box Set, (in case you are new to Every Record Tells A Story) I have been trying to see what else I could buy with the same money. After all, £116.99…
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The Trouble With Buying Records At Boot Fairs Is…….
(and why The Old Spitalfields Record Fair Is London’s Best Kept Secret…) Look, I know some people enjoy trawling around boot fairs and charity shops and spend hours wearing out shoe leather, waking up at 5am in order to be first to look at endless mouldy collections of Jim Reeves records in the vain hope that…
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Buying Vintage Soul and RnB on Vinyl
The story so far: I’m building a vinyl record collection for the sum of £116.99, which just happens to be how much it costs to buy the new Oasis Box Set of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory. So far, I have something old (by Chuck Berry), something new (by Oasis), so it was time for…
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Our First Challenger! Thoughts From West Five….
Let’s be honest, you know that the new Oasis Box Set of What’s The Story Morning Glory is a bit pricey when you see Roman Abramovich coming out of HMV wiping his brow and muttering to himself about “daylight robbery” and “they must think I am made of money…”. And this is from a man…
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Buying The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and The Kinks on Vinyl
Update: I’m trying to buy the largest record collection possible with £116.99, which just happens to be the amount of hard earned cash you would have to part with were you to covet the new Oasis box set of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory. It was time to go crate digging. First stop? My local…
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Building The Perfect Record Collection On A Budget…
The new “What’s The Story” Oasis Box Set costs £116.99, in a move designed to capture the wallets of the clinically insane and hopelessly wealthy. Being neither insane, nor rich, I want to see if I can spend that money more wisely, and buy a “complete” record collection for a friend instead…. This article is…
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Things To Buy Instead of the £116.99 Oasis Box Set – Part 2
Over the next month, I have set myself a challenge: The new “What’s The Story” Oasis Box Set costs £116.99. I want to find out what kind of record collection that money could buy instead. You can join in too…. There’s nothing quite like a trip to HMV’s vinyl department to make £116.99 evaporate before…
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Time For Another Vinyl Challenge: The New Oasis Box Set Costs £116.99. What Could You Buy Instead?
White vinyl. Limited edition of 300 copies. Ultra-vinyl. Picture disc. All wonderful. All valuable (well, sometimes. That Bon Jovi picture disc might just be past it’s sell by date – and you’ll never shift those Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris records now). And they all tend to be very expensive too. Some are nearly as pricey as…
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“Later….With Jools Holland”: A Focus Group Shares Their Thoughts…
When producers of Jools Holland’s long running TV show Later… were brainstorming a couple of years ago for fresh impetus and ideas, something appeared to go awry. TV Centre was closing, so the show required a vibrant new home. But where could they go that was fresh, buzzy and exciting? Hoxton perhaps? Shoreditch? Manchester? Nope.…
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