BACK TO THE PAVILION

January 18, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, d) Nineties [1990 - 1999], e) Naughts [2000 - 2009] · 2 Comments

You are a young guitarist, talented and hard-working, and join a band of school mates. It’s 1967 and everyone is forming bands, so why not? And this one has promise, it records a debut album in 1969 that is well-regarded but doesn’t sell a whole lot, possibly because of its biblical title or maybe because […]

A GAS NEW BAG

January 12, 2019 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Debut Albums, Particular platters · 57 Comments

It is utterly impossible to view Led Zeppelin without filters. Their image as quintessential ‘rock gods’ of the seventies, the bombast of the music, an incredible popularity that endures to the present… in some ways they have become untouchable.  The curation of the Zeppelin catalogue has been restrained compared to some (hello Estate Hendrix!) and […]

STEVE REICH STILL HAS A PULSE

January 9, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], Particular platters · 13 Comments

Minimalist composer Steve Reich turned 82 during 2018. (Interestingly, his musical peers Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Philip Glass all became octogenarians in the last couple of years too). So Reich has been pursuing his singular exploration of repetition and phase for a lifetime.  Pulse/Quartet was released this year on the Nonesuch label. It […]

1969 ARCHIVE DIVE (PART 1)

January 6, 2019 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, Jazz & Jazz-Rock, Memoir with Music, Progressive · 12 Comments

As many readers know, we love anniversaries here at Vinyl Connection, especially the ones ending with a zero. One decade, two decades, three decades, four… And of course the half century! Over the past couple of years we have featured many albums from 1967 and 1968 and reckon it’s a tradition worth continuing. But because […]

EIGHT 1968 ALBUMS

December 31, 2018 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Particular platters, Progressive · 35 Comments

 …I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT BUT RAN OUT OF TIME Here then, in synopsis, are a batch of brilliant LPs any twenty-first century collection should be proud to include. This post should be read in the context of the entire year of 1968 features; here we have an addendum, not a summary. The ranking […]

WHITES OF THEIR EYES

December 26, 2018 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Memoir with Music, Particular platters · 10 Comments

I remember the first copy vividly.  Bentleigh Sewing and Records, that oddest of retail combinations, lurked down the western end of Centre Road, owned by veteran sole-trader Bill McAndrew. Those entering his domain seeking records had first to negotiate the labyrinth of sewing machines and associated paraphernalia that crammed the front of the shop. As […]

INSIDE

December 21, 2018 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, GENRE SPECIFIC, Jazz & Jazz-Rock, Particular platters, Progressive · 20 Comments

A while back, in response to what I perceived as heinous omissions from a well-known book, I began compiling a list of “101 More Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”. I thought this addendum could provide a focus for occasional Vinyl Connection posts. Sadly, the project stalled, largely because I couldn’t get the list […]

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