Music

Tim Burgess’ Great Vinyl Adventure

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 17, 2016 • ( 6 )

Tim Burgess. You may know him as the lead singer of The Charlatans, readily recognisable from his shock of blond pudding-bowl-shaped hair and singer of some of the best songs of the last twenty-odd years. You may also know Burgess… Read More ›

GlastonBowie – Glastonbury honours David Bowie with mass singalong

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 23, 2016 • ( 0 )

It’s the festival of festivals. Nauseatingly omnipresent for some, frustratingly always out of reach for others (usually those with slow broadband speeds trying to get tickets). A couple of years ago, I went along and reported on a plethora of… Read More ›

What’s Your Favourite Father’s Day Song?

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 19, 2016 • ( 8 )

Here’s one for the dads out there… It’s Father’s Day today, unless you are from somewhere apart from the UK, when Father’s Day is probably in March or something. Sorry if I got your hopes up… It’s a day when… Read More ›

High Street Vinyl Wars! HMV Launches Its Own Record Store Day

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 17, 2016 • ( 8 )

You may not have noticed, but as Father’s Day 2016 approaches, we may be reaching peak vinyl. A supermarket war has broken out over vinyl sales in the UK, something unimaginable a few years ago unless the fight was this:… Read More ›

How To Guarantee You Buy The Clear Vinyl Version of ChangesOneBowie

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 28, 2016 • ( 11 )

The recent 180g reissue of the David Bowie hits collection ChangesOneBowie came with an unusual feature. Half of the reissues came in black vinyl and the other half in a lovely new clear vinyl. For those of us who already… Read More ›

Welcome To The (Franking) Machine: Pink Floyd’s Postage Stamps

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 27, 2016 • ( 4 )

What Could Be More Rock n Roll Than Stamp Collecting? Well, there’s doing your tax return, tidying the garden, and writing a letter to Points of View, for a start. Yet ever since The Marvellettes sang “Please Mr Postman” surely… Read More ›

In The Audience of Later…with Jools Holland: The Iggy Pop Episode

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 19, 2016 • ( 4 )

Iggy Pop was a force of nature on Later… with Jools Holland on Tuesday night, and I was fortunate enough to be there in the studio audience to witness Iggy lay waste to the cozy, boogie-woogie-piano-infested waters of Maidstone,… Read More ›

How To Instantly Download and Listen To Radiohead’s New Album in Just 42 Easy To Follow Steps

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 9, 2016 • ( 12 )

As Radiohead releases their new album, “A Moon Shaped Pool”, Every Record Tells A Story seeks to provide a public service. We shouldn’t mock, but there are readers out there who aren’t as technically savvy as everybody else. Not… Read More ›

Share Your Memories of Your Favourite Pop Music Here…

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 24, 2016 • ( 2 )

The Peoples’ History of Pop Popular Music has often attracted tribes. Punks, hippies, soul boys, mods, rockers, ravers, People Who Like Chris Rea. One of pop music’s most interesting aspects is that everybody’s journey of discovery is different and thus… Read More ›