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Tales Behind The Label: Parlophone Records
January 3, 2023
Parlophone Records… of course, most famous as the home of The Beatles. However, it has a broad history and in the past twenty years has become...
David Bowie's Favourite Albums
December 22, 2022
We recently enjoyed reading this Vanity Fair article about David Bowie's favourite albums.We've featured a few of his favourites below alongside related picks from our own website!...
Tales Behind The Label: Island Records
December 14, 2022
Island Records made their greatest influence in the UK in the early 1970s, with many major signings such as Jethro Tull and The Cranberries. The...
What are the Etchings at the End of a Record? Investigate Common Matrix Etchings
December 8, 2022
Ever looked at the matrix numbers on a record and seen a word like Strawberry or Porky? We're here to tell you what some of...
Who Owns Charisma Records? The History Of The Home Of Musical Eccentricity
November 25, 2022
Charisma Records was an English record label that was originally founded by Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. The label was active from 1969 until 1986 and...
What is the weirdest vinyl record? Ice, blood, and more...
November 16, 2022
We’ve seen records of every colour, shape, and speed – artists pushing their creativity to entertain us through the physical as well as sonic iterations...
Tales Behind the Label: CBS Records
CBS was formed in 1962 as a means of American label Columbia Records releasing their music outside of the United States. Columbia was unable to...
What is eco vinyl?
November 4, 2022
A growing concern in the world of vinyl is sustainability. Records themselves are difficult or impossible to recycle, and the production methods of new records...
What is a concentric groove record?
October 31, 2022
Also known as parallel grooves... Very occasionally, a record will be advertised as being three sided, while (obviously) only having two sides. To achieve a...
Why are US singles made from styrene?
October 13, 2022
And are they any good?Did you know that not all vinyl is made from vinyl?Some records (particularly 7" singles from the US) are actually made...
Album Cover Deep Dives - Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
October 7, 2022
Next up in our Album Deep-Dive series we are looking into Rolling Stones ninth album ‘Sticky Fingers’. Much like our previous example, the man in...
Do you remember Dial-A-Disc?
September 28, 2022
Dial-a-Disc was a telephone service provided by the Post Office for 25 years, from 1966 until 1991. It enabled callers to hear the latest hit records...
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