I’m a sucker for John Foxx vinyl, and this is my latest acquisition. It’s numbered as you can see, and very nicely made!
John Foxx, Burning Car, on vinyl
Tag: Vinyl
It’s great to have a physical object for music.
Mick Karn’s Titles, on vinyl
I do think about Mick Karn’s music around this time of year. I think it’s good to remember him, and that’s one of the reasons I thought I’d buy his album Titles again, but this time on vinyl.
I do like vinyl. Originally I had Titles on cassette and not vinyl. Of course now I have it digitally, which seems like a bit of a shame.
The Kane Gang: Crease in his hat
I’ve just bought this old 80’s album on vinyl. I’m pretty sure that at one point I had a cassette of it, mainly for just one track, “Crease in his hat”. It isn’t the best song in the world, not by a long way, but it is a lovely song and I really enjoy it. However, it is almost impossible to find a digital version of this anywhere. Which is why I decided to go for a vinyl copy instead. Sadly it is a little scratched a poppy, but it’ll do. It may improve with cleaning up.
The song is just as I remember, and has exactly the same effect. Which is good, as sometimes when you go back to a track after a long time it isn’t the same, and in fact, the memory can be better than the reality, which can be disappointing. Not so here. It is as I remember it, and it is just as good. At least it is for me anyway.
Rare oblong 7″ of David Sylvian’s ‘Taking the Veil’
One of my favourite songs of all time
In fact, probably my absolute favourite of all time. I saw this the other week in a second hand record shop and realised that I’m not sure that I’d ever owned the 7″ version. I have the 12″, the album in so many formats, but not the 7″. Up until now that is. Now I have it, albeit a second hand copy that cost me £1.
It is what it is. A great song however you obtain it.
I had to buy this when I saw it the other day
When Errol Brown sadly died earlier this month I realised that I had no Hot Chocolate in my collection at all. So when I saw this in a local second hand record shop I had to buy it, and it’s great.
I think I probably need a bit more Hot Chocolate in my life now. In fact, I think probably everyone does.
Sakamoto’s Left Handed Dream
This is an album I’ve been meaning to get my hands on a this album for a long time. So I finally got a copy, and it’s really quite good after all.
I especially like that on the back of the LP cover there’s a credit for computer programming! You don’t see that very often these days.
Simple Minds at Record Store Day
This is a great track from Simple Minds and another ‘must have’ on my Record Store Day list. So I was really happy to get hold of it.
Generally speaking I preferred their earlier stuff, but actually this was a really good song and a lovely picture disc too in this version.
Sylvian / Sakamoto … Bamboo Houses RSD release
This is one of the things I really wanted to get this year at RSD. I have the tracks already, in fact, I think I have multiple versions in multiple formats too, but that’s not what this is about.
The two songs are really important to me. They bring back special memories, and any opportunity to have a new version or iteration, even in just the packaging, well, I’ll take it. This edition, for Record Store Day, is rather lovely. I’ve played it once, just once. That’s enough. It’s a thing of beauty, and I’m glad to have it.
My Record Store Day experience
This is the third year I’ve been along to Record Store Day, and personally I think it’s a great idea and I’m a big fan of it. This year I thought I’d put down a few thoughts about the event and what I think could be better for next year.
I started off the day at Rough Trade East. I expected to queue up there and that is exactly what I had to do. Queuing from 8 am until gone 10 am is rough though, and it was cold and windy. But, finally I got in and was able to have a look for the Record Store Day exclusives I wanted to buy. Sadly only 2 of them were available. Rough Trade was a bun fight to be honest. It’s the same as it has been in previous years, but I just don’t think it’s very well organised, and I don’t like it.
After that disappointment I headed over to Berwick Street. It was approaching midday and they had a lot going on over there, so I thought I’d try out Sister Ray and see if there was any chance of getting any of the other items I’d hoped for.
Of course, the queue there was pretty long too. Not as long, but long enough. However, this was a much better managed queue. Sister Ray staff came out and handed out stock lists so people could see what the store had. They were also available to people in the queue to tell them if a given item had gone out of stock or not, which was very useful. As you got closer to the store itself we were asked to write down the items we wanted and given a ticket number. These were collected so that the items you wanted could be prepared for you by the time you got into the store.
Overall my experience at Sister Ray was far more positive than Rough Trade. Sister Ray were organised and prepared and helpful. I really appreciated that. I think that next year I’ll start there and not at Rough Trade.
I am Ashley Elsdon 