Trevor Horn’s ‘Adventures’ memoir
Trevor Horn’s long-awaited memoir will be released on 13 October, by the same team that published Chris Blackwell’s autobiography, The Islander. Adventures in Modern Recording, from ABC to ZTT is...
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The Story So Far…
March 2014: Long Live Vinyl is founded by Ian Peel with Anthem Publishing. A veteran vinyl journalist, he’s written extensively on the subject for Spiral Scratch and Record Collector and in the 80s,...
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Tracing a mysterious 70s Birmingham record shop
How are your memories of Birmingham’s record shops in the Seventies? Maybe you can help Long Live Vinyl reader Miss J Lee by leaving a comment below… Triggered by watching UB40 concerts on YouTube...
View ArticleAuthor Ben Wardle on his Mark Hollis biography
We love this simple, honest interview with author and lecturer Ben Wardle, who talks through his biography of Talk Talk genius Mark Hollis. Who he interviewed, and why and when. Take a look. The first...
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The psychedelic art of LP Giobbi’s Light Places
Hugely reminiscent of Sixties art troupe The Fool, the artwork for producer/DJ/pianist LP Giobbi’s album Light Places is the most psychedelic cover we’re seen for some time. Producer, DJ, pianist and...
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Vaughan Oliver talks us through his greatest artwork
Pixies Doolittle “It’s the same photograph as the single (Monkey Gone To Heaven), but reduced to one colour and with bronze on there to give it an earthy feel. The grid came from a conversation with...
View ArticleWhen a Pre-Fame Queen met Danny Baker
When a pre-stardom Queen met a young Danny Baker. Or, “Your Acetates Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash“… With their debut LP nearly ready for release, Queen decided to declare their genius to the world. Their...
View ArticleHow many Ivor Novello Awards have Queen won?
Reference books claim Queen, specifically Mercury, won two Ivor Novello Awards for Best Song. Gary Osborne, chair of the awards, however, reveals that the reference books are wrong. Although Killer...
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Taylor Swift/Dua Lipa remixer’s “archival album”
Taylor Swift/Dua Lipa remixer Jayda G’s Ninja Tune album, ‘Guy’ comes on what we can only describe as an ‘archival marble’ edition made from recycled vinyl records and off-cuts. Which is fitting for a...
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ACT’s Snobbery & Decay — new edition in depth
Snobbery & Decay, the first single by ACT is also the first single in a new series of digital reissues from Zang Tumb Tuum to celebrate the label’s 40th anniversary. Quite possibly the last great...
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