Tag Archives: Record Collecting

A NICE LIE DOWN

August 20, 2019 · by · in ART AND ABOUT, Covers Only, Thanks! · 23 Comments

Here’s an album cover post presenting reclining figures of various kinds: some seductive, some scary. All explore utilising the LP ‘gatefold’ to extend the field of view*. The bigger your screen, the better this gallery will look! *           * NOTES James Taylor‘s solo debut was released on Apple Records in […]

OVER THE MOON

July 30, 2019 · by · in ART AND ABOUT, Covers Only, Thanks!, Records · 19 Comments

Following an orbit or two behind the album cover art posts Wot Moon? and Moon Wot?, here is the final installment of the satellite series. Of course there are countless albums with the lunar noun in the title, so I’ve just plucked half-a-dozen out of the shelves based on contrasting cover art styles. Feel free […]

MOON WOT?

July 20, 2019 · by · in ART AND ABOUT, Covers Only, Thanks! · 20 Comments

rappin’ flower germs lake man gas safari dawn Moon Rappin’ Jack McDuff [Blue Note 1970] Moonflower Santana [CBS 1977] Moon Germs Joe Farrell [CTI 1973] Moonlake Klaus Schulze [SPV 2005] Moon Man Charles Lloyd [Kapp Records 1970] Moon Gas Dick Hyman / Mary Mayo [MGM 1963] Moon Safari Air [Source 1998] Moondawn Klaus Schulze [Brain […]

INCOMING [WINTER 2019 EDITION]

June 14, 2019 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ART AND ABOUT, Cover Art, Records, Vinyl Hunter Gatherer Stories · 23 Comments

Having enjoyed a couple of recent posts where fellow music nuts share the, er, nuts they have gathered, I thought I’d join the party. Don’t know how it is in your neighbourhood, but in these parts the price of second-hand records has become so absurd that it is often better value buying new re-issues. Seems […]

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 2)

January 29, 2019 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, GENRE SPECIFIC, Jazz & Jazz-Rock · 15 Comments

Here is the second part of an archeological post featuring 1969 albums that have appeared at Vinyl Connection over the past six years. The month (in brackets after the title) shows the release date (if known) and there is a link to the original post. Despite the passage of half a century, there is some […]

A GAS NEW BAG

January 12, 2019 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Debut Albums, Particular platters · 59 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 […]

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