Stories
Aug 29, 2020
The Record Company Fandango (Chasing the Deal - Part 2)
Day one of the rest of your career happens when the promo reps take your single into the radio station to play for t...
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Jun 13, 2020
Chasing the deal - Part 1
There is the record business, and then there is the music business. This difference is even more apparent in the dig...
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Mar 10, 2020
The Road Goes Ever On
In 1968 the Rolling Stones constructed a mobile recording studio made famous in the song "Smoke On The Water." Record...
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Feb 25, 2020
Is Rock n’ Roll Filling the Generation Gap?
Gen X-ers with ‘cool’ parents may have been lucky enough to have had a parent who accompanied them to the odd concert...
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Jan 20, 2020
Blood Splatter On A Film Reel Of Pulp: The Killer Tracks Behind The Films Of Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino, a director whose films have been the ultimate adrenaline fix any film junky would be willing to di...
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Jun 8, 2019
What to do as a record collector in summer (2019)
Summer is here and suddenly you don’t feel like staying inside and getting cosy with your record collection. Never f...
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Apr 19, 2019
What you should know before getting into collecting records
So, you’ve decided to collect records? You thought about stamps and mused over porcelain thimbles before turning you...
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Apr 14, 2019
9 things you already knew about vinyl, probably
1) There’s a record on Voyager for aliens to listen to.
NASA placed upon Voyager, a time capsule designed to communic...
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Apr 6, 2019
Record Store Day is a love/hate relationship
If Record Store Day (RSD) had a figurehead, who would your vote go to? David Bowie? Stevie Nicks? Leonard Cohen? Yes...
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Mar 30, 2019
Heavy Metal
Seattle, New York, L.A., or Vancouver they all hold the same treasure. Out of the way, hole in the wall record stores...
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Jun 10, 2018
A collection of modern art on the vinyl shelf
Many fans of pop and rock music do not suspect that they may be holders of a collection of works of contemporary art....
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Jun 2, 2018
Vinyl revival. Are the Brits ahead of the curve?
It’s no coincidence that Arctic Monkeys’ new album is the fastest selling vinyl-album in 25 years. The British band ...
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