The Vinyl Countdown # 1989
Foo Fighters, Medium Rare (2011)Released for Record Store Day 2011 this is a collection of covers – some of them already...
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Radiohead, Supercollider/The Bucher 12″ (2011) This limited 12″ single was released for Record Store Day in April. In just a few countries (Europe, Japan). Then they released it to America and Canada...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1898
Bob Dylan, In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 (2011) This is a concert from Bob Dylan at Brandeis University 1963. But you get that much from the title already. It was discovered 46 years after the...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1694
The Album Leaf, There Is A Wind EP (2010) I like these sorts of things – created specifically to mark Record Store Day; a ltd edition-type deal. Good on the artists for wanting to offer something that...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2013: Slow Boat Records
Record Store Day continues to grow – bringing in new punters each year along with the old faithful. Record Store Day is a chance for people to experience the “community” idea behind independent record...
View ArticleShihad: Churn
Shihad Churn Warners Shihad’s debut album, Churn, was never available on vinyl – it was released in 1993. CD was the way forward then. So now, all these years later – 20 in fact – a limited edition...
View ArticleGig Review: David Kilgour (April 20; Wgtn)
David Kilgour Puppies Saturday, April 20 I keep hearing that line from Paul Kelly’s song Bradman in my head when considering David Kilgour lately. Might seem odd, but there’s one line – totally out of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1380
The Velvet Underground, The Scepter Studios Sessions (2012) When it comes down to it I don’t get all that into hearing alternate mixes and unused takes – unless it’s a band I really love and/or the...
View ArticleBlind Melon: Blind Melon (Reissue)
Blind Melon Blind Melon Capitol Blind Melon’s self-titled debut was released in 1992 – and reissued this year for Record Store Day on deluxe vinyl and as a CD with bonus tracks. It’s a 20th/21st...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1213
V/A, This LP Crashes Hard Drives (2009) A sampler put together for Record Store Day in 2009 this “limited edition” LP (w/ bonus CD) features all sorts of stuff from Numero Records, Daptone and...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2014: List of Special Releases
This year Record Store Day is on Easter Saturday, April 19. Check back here later for some details regarding the local stores and what they’re doing to mark the day. But right now here’s the list of...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2014: Slow Boat Records
Saturday, April 19 (Easter Saturday) brings the return of music retail’s favourite day of the record store calendar - Record Store Day! At Slow Boat Records there will be instore performances – so far...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1152
V/A, The Rough Guide To The Music of New Orleans (2012) It’s just a snapshot – but it plays out nicely, from the obvious stuff like Jessie Hill’s Ooh Poo Pah Doo and The Meters’ Look-Ka Py Py through...
View ArticleSlow Boat Selections New and Old: #3 – Record Store Day
This Saturday, the 19th of April, brings the seventh annual International Record Store Day. Slow Boat has been with it since the start, in 2008, when it was almost more of an idea, or concept than a...
View ArticleGil Scott-Heron: Nothing New
Gil Scott-Heron Nothing New XL In the end it was hard (for me) to be excited about the “exclusive” Record Store Day list of releases – it was just too long and too much in the way of filler, I couldn’t...
View ArticleDrive-By Truckers: Dragon Pants (ep)
Drive-By Truckers Dragon Pants Ato Culled from the sessions for the excellent English Oceans album Drive-By Truckers offered up Dragon Pants as a special 10” vinyl EP for Record Store Day. There’s...
View ArticleThe J.B.’s: These Are The J.B.’s
The J.B.’s These Are The J.B.’s Now-Again Records A special (ltd) vinyl-only release, here’s a shelved album (originally planned for a 1971 release) by James Brown’s backing band, The J.B.’s. The...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2015: Slow Boat Records
April means Record Store Day and this year it’s Saturday, April 18. Our friends at Slow Boat Records always put on a terrific day with instores and the very best of the Limited Edition Record Store...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 909
Willie Nelson, Teatro (1998) It’s Record Store Day! But then, almost any/every day is Record Store Day for me. Or can be. I don’t need encouragement or a reminder. But I like that Record Store Day...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 897
Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings (1950/1995) A compilation album – based on sessions from 1949/1950. It’s perfect. Just perfect. Charlie Parker, produced by Norman Granz, and great players...
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