Every Record Tells A Story
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And The 2012 Album Of The Year Is….Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s Crown and Treaty
It may only be July, but I think Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s Crown and Treaty is the best album of 2012… When a friend bought me Crown and Treaty I knew nothing about Sweet Billy Pilgrim. From the name, I pictured an American singer, perhaps from the Deep South. With no expectations I hit the Play…
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What’s The Best Souvenir You Have Taken From A Gig?
Grabbing a souvenir from a gig is one of life’s rare pleasures. Oh sure – you can go to the merchandise stall at the back of the hall and pick up a Black Sabbath tea towel or Iron Maiden cutlery set or whatever they sell nowadays, but getting something for nothing is where it’s at.…
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In and Out of Love with Bon Jovi
So where do you stand on Bon Jovi? It’s always pretty cool to be first amongst your friends to be into a new band. Bloggers love new stuff – there are thousands of new music sites out there ensuring no stone is left unturned in our constant quest for something new, something different and original.…
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Marillion v Wham!
Marillion’s Garden Party at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1986 was a day to remember. Decisions, decisions… There were two major outdoor gigs that both took place twenty six years ago (nearly to the day) on the 28th June 1986. Wham! played their final ever concert at Wembley Stadium to a grateful and relieved world… …and…
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The Perfect Wedding Song…?
There are three songs that I associate closely with weddings… The first is Baggy Trousers by Madness, which I’ll admit is not everybody’s first choice when they think of songs associated with weddings. Tales of schoolboys squashing snails seldom gets a bride in a romantic mood. The reason it chimes a chord with me is…
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The Stone Roses Are Back: Amazing London Photo Exhibition
A Stone Roses photo exhibition is currently showing at Whiteley’s in London. About the time I was throwing myself around in a moshpit to the delicate sounds of Metallica, all the cool kids were silently ditching their Style Council records, cardigans and black polo-neck jumpers and were searching for some new sounds and threads to…
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The Isle of Wight Festival 2012 In Pictures
A final look at The Isle of Wight Festival then: Here are my favourite images of the weekend… First up: Bruce Springsteen. The sun was setting as he approached the crowd. A couple of balloons floated by… Elbow‘s set was one of the best. Guy Garvey‘s voice is amazing live…. The crowds at the festival…
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Isle of Wight Festival 2012: Nine Bands in One Day
Sunday at The Isle of Wight Festival in 2012 was about as good as it gets for a UK music festival. The weather wasn’t too bad for a start…(after it had rained all night) If you are ever in a band and want to get the Big Top crowd’s attention at 11.50am on a Sunday…
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Bruce Springsteen: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live at The Isle of Wight Festival “So this is your idea of a summer’s day?” (it rained all last night and whilst gloriously sunny, it is barely 20c) Bruce asks, looking at the crowd pityingly. “We came by plane, car and f-ing boat to get here” he…
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Pearl Jam: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival
Pearl Jam live at The Isle of Wight Festival Formed out of the ashes of Mother Love Bone twenty-odd years ago, it is difficult to express how important Pearl Jam seemed by the time their second album Vs went multi-multi platinum. I thought they might become the new Zeppelin. They had thoughtful songs, lots of…
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Tom Petty: Live At The Isle of Wight Festival
Tom Petty’s first live appearances on these shores for many years means it is time for me to confess something. Petty’s double live album Pack Up The Plantation – Live! was the first album I ever took back to the shop because I didn’t like it. Scandalous isn’t it? But in my defence, I read…
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Isle Of Wight Festival: It’s Official: There’s Some Mud On The Site
The Isle of Wight Festival kicked off yesterday with sets from Primal Scream and The Stranglers, not to mention weather that lived up to every festival cliché there is. Reports of people queuing in their cars in order to be towed by tractors onto a waterlogged site made Every Record fear the worst as we…
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Rock of Ages: Here We Go Again
So where do you stand on Rock of Ages? A bunch of ‘80s rock tunes crow-barred into an unfeasible story, with way too much hairspray and make up? Hmmm. But then it worked with Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime… What could possibly go wrong? With Def Leppard having re-recorded their classic song Rock of Ages (from Pyromania)…
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Music Festivals and how to survive them…
With the festival season now underway, even Every Record is throwing caution to the wind (and rain, not to mention probable hail, sleet and the odd plague of locusts) and taking a Grand Tour of The Isle of Wight Festival. Of course, I realise I have pretty much tweaked the nose of providence by deciding…
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Paul Weller Covers ‘Birthday’ For Sir Paul McCartney’s 70th
A quick post to honour Paul McCartney’s 70th birthday and let you know about the song that Paul Weller has recorded in honour of it…. This coming Monday (June 18th) and for one day only fans will be able to download Paul Weller’s cover of The Beatles’ Birthday which he has recorded to honour the 70th birthday of Sir Paul McCartney, via iTunes. The original Birthday…
Every record tells a story 