Tag: albums
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The Every Record Tells A Story Albums Of 2018
In April 2018 we learned that revenues for streaming services surpassed income from CDs and vinyl (and, for that matter, cassettes) for the first time. So it feels rather quaint to have “Albums of the Year”, yet, like filling our houses with sparkly tat at Christmas, or steadfastly maintaining to our children that a fat…
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How To Buy Aretha Franklin on Vinyl
Previously, we saw how “I Never Loved A Man” became a smash hit for Aretha Franklin. But what about those other LPs on Atlantic? Between 1967 and 1972 Aretha Franklin released eight studio albums, two live albums and a Greatest Hits. Which ones should you start with? And what are the best versions to get?…
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Who Has Had The Longest Unbroken Run Of Great Albums…? (Clue: It’s Not The Beatles)
A friend and I were debating who has had the longest consecutive run of classic albums in order to settle another argument. Which is cheaper? Buying records online or buying in shops? Our scientific method was to each buy the same set of albums – and we thought that buying a set from one artist…
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What If Bowie Had Written Novels Instead of Songs?
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if your favourite singers and bands had become writers rather than musicians? At first glance, the idea of a Harley-in-a-hotel-riding-hell-raising rock star even reading a good book, never mind writing one, is a bit like expecting Joey Essex to know what would happen if he put his…
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An Idiots Guide To The First Six Rolling Stones Albums
Or, part one of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… We were in the pub. The conversation, a couple of hours in, had turned to how the skeleton of a dinosaur would no longer be displayed in the Natural History Museum. I know what you’re thinking. Some…
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What Is The Greatest “Not Officially Released” Album?
There’s something about unreleased songs and albums which is wholly intriguing. An unreleased record taunts us whilst unheard, causing divine despair for the days that are no more, or whatever the poet said. Never mind the fact that the artist or record company thought the release of such excrescence might cause irreparable harm to the…
Every record tells a story 