Rock Music

The Led Zeppelin Controversy: Who Wrote The Songs?

By Every Record Tells A Story on February 3, 2014 • ( 24 )

It is easy now to look at the relative fortunes of the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones – who doubtless regularly bathe in asses milk and feast on panda and swan – with the poor, early blues… Read More ›

The Top Ten Greatest Double Live Albums

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 16, 2013 • ( 42 )

Bloated, over-indulgent and long winded. But that’s enough about (insert the name of your least favourite politician here), let’s talk about Double Live albums. When Noel Gallagher talked about double albums to Rolling Stone Magazine recently he was referring to… Read More ›

The Top Ten Best Beatles Books

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 13, 2013 • ( 11 )

Want to know which are the best Beatles Books? With the release of the first part of Mark Lewisohn‘s trilogy of books on the Beatles “Tune In” I thought it might be worthwhile taking a look at the plethora of… Read More ›

40 Years Ago Today: Keith Moon Replaced By Fan From Crowd

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 20, 2013 • ( 9 )

Forty years ago today The Who played perhaps their most infamous show… On the 20th November 1973 The Who were playing the Cow Palace, a charmingly named venue near San Francisco in support of their Quadrophenia album. In the audience… Read More ›

London’s Rock Venues: Now And Then…

By Every Record Tells A Story on August 12, 2013 • ( 15 )

Let me set the scene: 1987. As yuppies carrying brick-sized mobile phones drank Champagne, wearing garish pin-striped suits and highlights in their hair, London enjoyed the benefits of a booming economy as well as its unfortunate side effects. These included… Read More ›

“Roadie Writes Book” Shock (And It’s Good, Too): Queen Unseen by Peter Hince

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 28, 2013 • ( 16 )

Peter Hince was Freddie Mercury‘s roadie and has written a book of his experiences called Queen Unseen. It’s an entertaining first hand account, especially considering a roadie wrote it: it isn’t written in crayon which is a good start. Apparently… Read More ›

Punk Floyd: Lydon “Likes Pink Floyd” – And When Floyd Worked With The Damned

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 16, 2013 • ( 8 )

Plus – Pink Floyd Back Catalogue To Appear On Spotify… Whilst doing what passes for research at Every Record Tells A Story (which basically amounts to reading the sort of books I would be reading if I wasn’t doing any… Read More ›

Radio What’s New? Wilko Johnson Interview On BBC Radio 6 Music

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 6, 2013 • ( 6 )

Radio, what’s new? Someone still loves you… From the local stations with their more diverse (and internet-accessible) evening programmes (see Frome FM’s monthly evening show by Push – a regular visitor here), to Internet only stations such as (Essex-based) Ship… Read More ›

So Can You Buy David Bowie on Vinyl For Less Than £100? Here’s The Conclusion:

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 12, 2013 • ( 9 )

The story so far: I have made a bet that I can buy a full set of Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl versions – and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World… Read More ›

The Bowie Bet Part 7: Spitalfields Record Fair

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 9, 2013 • ( 7 )

The Bowie Bet part 6 – London’s Record Shops

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 7, 2013 • ( 4 )

The Bowie Bet Part 5 – Aladdin Sane – 40th Anniversary

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 3, 2013 • ( 12 )

The Challenge: Buy a full set of Bowie‘s vinyl albums (in excellent condition with all the inserts) from “The Man Who Sold The World“ to “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)“. That’s fourteen albums in fourteen days. Total budget: £100. The… Read More ›