Category A PERSONAL APPROACH

STONEDHENGE

April 5, 2019 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ODDS & SODS, Records, Vinyl Hunter Gatherer Stories · 21 Comments

A cold winter’s day in England; frost layering the ground even mid-morning. But I didn’t care, I was visiting Stonehenge for the first time and totally in thrall to the mystery of these most famous standing stones. I envied those who had visited them in the past, being able to walk between the towering neolithic […]

A BOX AND A HOLE

February 25, 2019 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Memoir with Music, Particular platters · 24 Comments

I don’t often pre-order records. Has to be something pretty special and I have to be feeling expansive (pre-ords are always expensive) and patient (the lead time is usually considerable). But having missed out on the multi-CD issue of Bowie At The Beeb back at the turn of the century, I was determined not to […]

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 · 15 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 […]

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 · 14 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 […]

ALL THINGS MUST PASS

December 8, 2018 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Memoir with Music, Particular platters · 39 Comments

In Australia we did not get the impressive boxed version of All Things Must Pass. Our version was a three-panel gatefold sleeve with the lyrics printed inside. We did get the poster, though. A dark  3’ x 2’ portrait of a morose, hairy George. But our flimsy fold-out was disappointing. The box had solidity, gravitas. […]

DARK SIDE OF THE MOOMIN

September 30, 2018 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ACROSS THE DECADES, c) Eighties [1980 - 1989], GENRE SPECIFIC, Memoir with Music, Progressive · 37 Comments

Having had a less than stellar university career the first time around, it would be fair to say I was a little nervous about returning to higher education a mere three years after having been shown the door. Trepidation notwithstanding, back I toddled for another crack, this time via the Creative Arts stream in an […]

PICKING BY THE BUSHEL

July 25, 2018 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, Vinyl Hunter Gatherer Stories · 19 Comments

Oh Joy is Me! Oh Woe is Me! I’ve Harvested A CD Tree* – *And more… A DVD Or Three. * Feel free to ask “Why?” about any of the above. I’d be curious to see whether I have answers other than ‘feeding frenzy’. * Apologies for the photo quality. Such was my haste to […]

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