Also in the ‘That Special Record’ sale I picked up ‘Serf Rash’ by Run Dust, which is an absolute corker of an album, well, it is if you like this sort of thing, and I […]
Tag: vinyl
Richard Pinhas – Reverse
Last months vinyl from ‘That Special Record’ lay un-played for several weeks due to other commitments, which have left me unable to play very much of anything really, until there was a break in the […]
ONE DAY – AKIRA KOSEMURA
I was scrolling through my wordpress reader (which I do check quite regularly) avoiding all posts related to the Oscars or Trump, and I scrolled to this post from the ‘Stationary Travels’ blog: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/10648651/posts/1355986215 The […]
That Special Record: ADELBERT VON DEYEN – Atmosphere
I’m a bit behind at the moment and haven’t played any vinyl for 4 weeks, not a single record has been on the turntable, I’ve been all digital for 4 weeks. The reason for this […]
Playing 45’s Tonight
Playing some 45’s tonight. 3 are on instagram, and if I have this right, down below: View this post on Instagram #banshees #christine #siouxsieandthebanshees #45s #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity A post shared by verian (@verian67) on […]
Gala Drop – II
The Electronic/Dance section of my local record store is probably my favourite.It’s not a big section but every month or so a super cheap album by somebody I’ve never heard of will appear there and […]
Roots Manuva – Slime & Reason
Slime & Reason is the sixth studio album of original material by Roots Manuva. It was released on 1 September 2008 on the Big Dada label. Hip Hop Connection magazine named it Album Of The […]
FSOL – Cambridge
Yesterday I was at the market in Cambridge where there were two stalls selling vinyl. I only managed a cursory glance at one but at the other I was there a little longer and stumbled […]
PIL – Cambridge
Little record shop in Cambridge had this 10 inch single by PIL, which is now mine. The shop is called ‘Lost In Vinyl’and has quite a large used section, about half the size of the […]
More money was spent on vinyl albums in the UK last week than digital downloads
Sales of vinyl records have rocketed in the last few years, and last week the UK saw the vinyl revival break new ground. More money was spent on vinyl albums than LPs purchased digitally, that […]
Brannten Schnüre – Sommer Im Pfirsichhain
The other LP I picked up in the That Special Record black Friday sale was Brannten Schnüre – Sommer Im Pfirsichhain. Before I say anything more, I have to point out that all lyrics are in […]
Moon – Clint Mansell
A little while ago I picked up the soundtrack to the film ‘Black Swan’ by Clint Mansell and recently I picked up another of his, from the movie ‘Moon’. I watched the film a while […]
Nicolas Jaar – Sirens/Space Is Only Noise
A year or so ago I bought ‘Space Is Only Noise’ by Nicolas Jaar on a whim. I was in the record store, saw it and streamed a couple of tracks there and then, which […]
That Special Record – October
There really isn’t much I can tell you about Milan W. other than that the W stands for Warmoeskerken and that I believe he is from Belgium. I can tell you about the record I […]
Framed
So these are now hanging above my turntable, I’ll change them periodically. 10 points to Slytherin if you can name all four.
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool – Special Edition
I ordered the special edition ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ months ago, and yesterday it arrived, finally! I’ve had to resist buying the normal edition the whole time, knowing that I’d already bought it but that […]
Matmos – Ultimate Care II
There are two things that made me buy this record, the first were the words ‘ Limited Edition’ and ‘Coloured Vinyl’, the second was that I’d heard quite a few Matmos tracks in the past […]
That Special Record – September
Another month goes by and another surprise arrives in the post. This month the album I received from ‘That Special Record‘ was ‘Verdaillon’ by ‘Saåad’. Why not press play below now before you read any […]
Angelo Badalamenti – Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Did you love Twin Peaks? I did, it was so odd and somehow compelling, with the show creating a feeling that everybody there had something to hide, whether it related to the death of Laura […]
To Rococo Rot – Instrument
Several years ago I bought a double CD of Electronic music, I can’t remember what it was called, it’s in a drawer somewhere at home, but it was a sort of origins compilation and on […]
