Posts Tagged ‘records’

Why I love Vinyl

By robd • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Blog

Image by arbobo via Flickr

As you’ll have noticed if you regularly read the site, or indeed come to any of the NC nights, we’re devoted followers of vinyl. I’ve been having a few discussions with people over the past few months, here and there, about vinyl and thought I’d put these down into some kind ...read more →



10 tips for digging for records

By robd • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Blog, digging

picture courtesy Wondermonkey2k.
So with Utrecht coming up I’ve been thinking a bit more about digging for records. I’m not talking about researching through hundreds of blogs/radio shows/whatever really, more about what happens when you walk into a record store with crates galore, and don’t know where to start.
1. Read the sleeve notes
Damn right. You ...read more →



Utrecht record fair

By robd • Apr 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog

The Utrecht record fair happens a few times a year, and I’ve wanted to go for ages. So Sad Eagle and I have booked in to go in a couple of weeks time – there are over 500 dealers at this fair, and about 60k+ people visit each year. As Jon Savage says in his ...read more →



Some new old tunes

By robd • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Blog, music

Recently picked up the following records from the mighty Vox Pop records. (You’ll have to forgive the lack of links for some of them, can’t find anything anywhere about some). They’ve recently moved from the shop in Manchester to a warehouse up in Ancoats; well worth a visit to pick the brains of Andy Madhatter, ...read more →



The Natural Yogurt Band

By catcalledmorris • Mar 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog, downloads, music, shops, sites

I cant seem to find out much about this new band, so i will just cut and paste what Piccadilly Records have wrote on their site as it seems to be from a press release anyway-
Jazzman get lots of demos sent to them, and they listen to them all. Some of them are good and ...read more →