Vinyl

The Neil Young Deluxe Vinyl Box Set Project

By Every Record Tells A Story on March 18, 2016 • ( 14 )

Part 1: The Idea Robin Williams famously said cocaine was God’s way of telling you you’re making too much money. He might just as easily been referring to vinyl box sets, which are unashamedly a luxury item. The… Read More ›

When Rock Got Real: $hake Your Money Maker…

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 24, 2015 • ( 12 )

In 1990 rock music was having what football commentators euphemistically call “a transitional season”. You know, “Chelsea are one point off relegation and have sacked their manager, they’re having a transitional season…” We were still a year away from… Read More ›

A Degree in Record Collecting? Could you pass the qualifying paper?

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 3, 2015 • ( 23 )

News reaches Every Record Tells A Story today that Stax University is to offer a three year degree course in Record Collecting. According to their website, the degree will examine pupils understanding of grading the condition of records,… Read More ›

How To Deep Clean Your Vinyl Records With Wood Glue… And Ten Things That You Shouldn’t Use To Clean Your LPs

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 25, 2015 • ( 28 )

How To Deep Clean Your Vinyl Records With Wood Glue… …And Ten Things That You Shouldn’t Use To Clean Your LPs There are a number of ways to clean and maintain your record collection in pristine condition. An occasional wipe… Read More ›

The Rolling Stones: Just How Bad Is “Their Satanic Majesties Request”?

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 18, 2015 • ( 27 )

The final part of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… Their Satanic Majesties Request Trying to buy an original copy on vinyl of “Their Satanic Majesties Request” for twenty quid is like… Read More ›

Five Reasons Why The Rolling Stones’ “Out Of Our Heads” Rocks…

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 9, 2015 • ( 2 )

Here’s The Best Rolling Stones Song You Have Never Heard.. Or, part four of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… (Here’s Part one, which should explain what’s going on…) Out of Our… Read More ›

How To Tell If That Rolling Stones LP In Your Attic Is Worth £1,000…

By Every Record Tells A Story on May 2, 2015 • ( 30 )

Or, Five Reasons Why You Should Buy The Rolling Stones’ First Album on Vinyl… Or, part two of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… (Here’s part One) Have you ever checked the Rare… Read More ›

An Idiots Guide To The First Six Rolling Stones Albums

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 29, 2015 • ( 28 )

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… Read More ›

An Alternative Record Store Day at the Post Office That’s Also A Record Shop…

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 18, 2015 • ( 4 )

Life doesn’t always go to plan. Take Julius Caesar, for example. No sooner had he come up with that deathless couplet around borrowing the lugholes of various Friends, Romans and Countrymen, his best mate Brutus was rudely sticking a sharp… Read More ›