Artist: Yes.
Record: Close To The Edge.
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“This record for me was the beginning of everything and my approach to music. I was 5 years old when I touched my first vinyl, and it was ’Close to the Edge’ by Yes. My mom made me listen to it often and I was already attracted to these types of sounds and the smell that the record emanated. I remember spending my days trying to imitate Bill Bruford's drums with my little hands!
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If I close my eyes I can relive those moments intensely. I definitely grew up on milk and Progressive Rock! I’ve seen three of their concerts, and Jon Anderson came over to hug me! Lucky girl! Haha.
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Thanks to this album I became passionate about music, later studying and graduating in drums and harmony. I thank my mother immensely for giving me this passion for prog music and every time I listen to this record my thoughts go to her, hoping that every note can reach her up to the sky…”
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#yes #closetotheedge #vinylchapters #lovevinyl #vinylnerd #nowspinning #progrock #vinylcollection #33rpm #vinylenthusiast
Artist: Yes.
Record: Close To The Edge.
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“This record for me was the beginning of everything and my approach to music. I was 5 years old when I touched my first vinyl, and it was ’Close to the Edge’ by Yes. My mom made me listen to it often and I was already attracted to these types of sounds and the smell that the record emanated. I remember spending my days trying to imitate Bill Bruford's drums with my little hands!
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If I close my eyes I can relive those moments intensely. I definitely grew up on milk and Progressive Rock! I’ve seen three of their concerts, and Jon Anderson came over to hug me! Lucky girl! Haha.
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Thanks to this album I became passionate about music, later studying and graduating in drums and harmony. I thank my mother immensely for giving me this passion for prog music and every time I listen to this record my thoughts go to her, hoping that every note can reach her up to the sky…”
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#yes #closetotheedge #vinylchapters #lovevinyl #vinylnerd #nowspinning #progrock #vinylcollection #33rpm #vinylenthusiast
Artist: Garbage.
Record: Version 2.0.
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“In 1998 I studied in a catholic school where I barely had friends and my family was undergoing a financial crisis. I was 12 years and I was such an insecure kid. I remember at that time pop was very popular and I felt like I didn’t relate to anything.
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But one day I turned on PUMA TV (an old Venezuelan music channel) and there was Shirley singing ‘I think I'm Paranoid’. After that the channel showed an interview where she talked about her insecurities; that was like a Ted talk to me. I felt every word and it helped me change my own self-image. Shirley will always be an image of self-empowerment and she has become the queen of self-confidence herself.
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Not long after finding out that Garbage existed (and all other rock music I've been living for forever since) I moved to another city and Made friends who also liked Garbage and grunge. Garbage changed so many things for me and my music style and I Will always be thankful for it.”
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#garbage #shirleymanson #grunge #90sindie #vinylchapters #vinylcollector #vinyljunkie #recordcollector #vinyl #vinyladdict
Artist: Garbage.
Record: Version 2.0.
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“In 1998 I studied in a catholic school where I barely had friends and my family was undergoing a financial crisis. I was 12 years and I was such an insecure kid. I remember at that time pop was very popular and I felt like I didn’t relate to anything.
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But one day I turned on PUMA TV (an old Venezuelan music channel) and there was Shirley singing ‘I think I'm Paranoid’. After that the channel showed an interview where she talked about her insecurities; that was like a Ted talk to me. I felt every word and it helped me change my own self-image. Shirley will always be an image of self-empowerment and she has become the queen of self-confidence herself.
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Not long after finding out that Garbage existed (and all other rock music I've been living for forever since) I moved to another city and Made friends who also liked Garbage and grunge. Garbage changed so many things for me and my music style and I Will always be thankful for it.”
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#garbage #shirleymanson #grunge #90sindie #vinylchapters #vinylcollector #vinyljunkie #recordcollector #vinyl #vinyladdict
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.
Record: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.
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“Back in 2015, my best friend sent me a link to a music video on YouTube. It was for a song that he’d stumbled upon purely by chance from a band neither of us had heard of, and yet it blew our minds. Nothing would ever be the same again.
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That song was ‘S.O.B’ and the band was Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats. You can’t really classify what they do into a specific genre. They themselves have called “folk, Americana and vintage rhythm & blues”, but even that isn’t enough. Sometimes it’s a sombre soul-infused bluesy number, other times there are trumpets-a-plenty and just unbridled joy.
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We found out that they were playing the o2 academy in Birmingham later that year. There was no doubt in our minds we had to be there to witness them live. We queued outside in the rain on a cold November evening, not really knowing what to expect. Once the doors opened we were ushered up to the very top of the academy to a VERY small room with only around 100 other people. It felt like we were in a secret club, the only people in the know about this amazing new group.
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What transpired over the next 90 mins was simply amazing. As soon as the band came on stage the entire room became electric, the energy they brought, the passion and pure enjoyment they have for their material was evident from the outset. I don’t think it mattered at all they were playing to a small crowd (this was their first trip to the UK).
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It’s now 5 years later and every time we can, we make sure we go and see them. We have seen them play the same show and setlist twice in the space of 10 days, and yet both shows were completely different.
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The crowds are no longer just 100, they are up in the 1000s, and sing along in unison to every hook. The band are now huge at home in The USA and are only getting bigger over in the UK.
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For me, all of this goes back to that random text message telling me to check out that random song which only that one friend knew I would love…and nothing has been the same ...
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.
Record: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.
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“Back in 2015, my best friend sent me a link to a music video on YouTube. It was for a song that he’d stumbled upon purely by chance from a band neither of us had heard of, and yet it blew our minds. Nothing would ever be the same again.
⠀
That song was ‘S.O.B’ and the band was Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats. You can’t really classify what they do into a specific genre. They themselves have called “folk, Americana and vintage rhythm & blues”, but even that isn’t enough. Sometimes it’s a sombre soul-infused bluesy number, other times there are trumpets-a-plenty and just unbridled joy.
⠀
We found out that they were playing the o2 academy in Birmingham later that year. There was no doubt in our minds we had to be there to witness them live. We queued outside in the rain on a cold November evening, not really knowing what to expect. Once the doors opened we were ushered up to the very top of the academy to a VERY small room with only around 100 other people. It felt like we were in a secret club, the only people in the know about this amazing new group.
⠀
What transpired over the next 90 mins was simply amazing. As soon as the band came on stage the entire room became electric, the energy they brought, the passion and pure enjoyment they have for their material was evident from the outset. I don’t think it mattered at all they were playing to a small crowd (this was their first trip to the UK).
⠀
It’s now 5 years later and every time we can, we make sure we go and see them. We have seen them play the same show and setlist twice in the space of 10 days, and yet both shows were completely different.
⠀
The crowds are no longer just 100, they are up in the 1000s, and sing along in unison to every hook. The band are now huge at home in The USA and are only getting bigger over in the UK.
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For me, all of this goes back to that random text message telling me to check out that random song which only that one friend knew I would love…and nothing has been the same since.”
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#vinylcollection #nathanielrateliff #vinylchapters #vinylnerd #vinyl #vinylenthusiast
Artist: Marillion.
Record: Misplaced Childhood.
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“One of my first experiences with vinyl was this record. My dad used to get his boxes of records out on the weekends and one of my earliest memories is always searching for ‘Misplaced Childhood’ - I could spot it every time from the rainbow on the spine, and always begged him to play it. He probably got sick of hearing it, but I've loved it for as long as I can remember.
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It's a great album, I've always loved the poetry of it, ‘Kayleigh’ is a classic. It's also probably one of the records that made me really love music from as far back as I can remember. My dad gave me his turntable a few years back, and some of his favourite vinyl. Of course, ‘Misplaced Childhood’ was one of them. The opening bars of ‘Pseudo Silk Kimono’ will always send me back to those childhood Saturday mornings.”
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#marillion #misplacedchildhood #vinylchapters #lovemusic #memories #vinylenthusiast #recordcollector #recordcollection #vinylnerd #nowspinning #rsd
Artist: Marillion.
Record: Misplaced Childhood.
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“One of my first experiences with vinyl was this record. My dad used to get his boxes of records out on the weekends and one of my earliest memories is always searching for ‘Misplaced Childhood’ - I could spot it every time from the rainbow on the spine, and always begged him to play it. He probably got sick of hearing it, but I've loved it for as long as I can remember.
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It's a great album, I've always loved the poetry of it, ‘Kayleigh’ is a classic. It's also probably one of the records that made me really love music from as far back as I can remember. My dad gave me his turntable a few years back, and some of his favourite vinyl. Of course, ‘Misplaced Childhood’ was one of them. The opening bars of ‘Pseudo Silk Kimono’ will always send me back to those childhood Saturday mornings.”
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#marillion #misplacedchildhood #vinylchapters #lovemusic #memories #vinylenthusiast #recordcollector #recordcollection #vinylnerd #nowspinning #rsd
Artist: Madonna.
Record: Like A Prayer.
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"It’s the first-ever album that was bought for me. I remember having it on tape back in the day; I thought I was the bee’s knees with my Sony Walkman. I used to pull the inlays out of the cassette and look through the pictures as her photos would always be completely different from the prior album: she was a fashion icon.
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I got it on vinyl for Christmas recently. It just reminds me of being obsessed with Madonna and my whole wall being covered in her pictures. ‘The Girly Show Tour’ was the first concert of hers I ever went to, because I was too young to go to the previous one.
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She seems a bit ridiculous these days when she performs, but fair play, she hasn’t changed. She can’t give up can she? She’s Madonna! She always pulls something out the bag, just when you think it’s all over.”
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#vinylchapters #MyAlbumEscape #madonna #likeaprayer #vinylcollection #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #albumart #musiccollection #records
Artist: Madonna.
Record: Like A Prayer.
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"It’s the first-ever album that was bought for me. I remember having it on tape back in the day; I thought I was the bee’s knees with my Sony Walkman. I used to pull the inlays out of the cassette and look through the pictures as her photos would always be completely different from the prior album: she was a fashion icon.
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I got it on vinyl for Christmas recently. It just reminds me of being obsessed with Madonna and my whole wall being covered in her pictures. ‘The Girly Show Tour’ was the first concert of hers I ever went to, because I was too young to go to the previous one.
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She seems a bit ridiculous these days when she performs, but fair play, she hasn’t changed. She can’t give up can she? She’s Madonna! She always pulls something out the bag, just when you think it’s all over.”
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#vinylchapters #MyAlbumEscape #madonna #likeaprayer #vinylcollection #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #albumart #musiccollection #records
Artist: The Black Crowes.
Record: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.
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“The most rock ‘n’ roll rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, The Black Crowes hit it hard with ‘The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion’, a true gem of the nineties and the band’s masterpiece, the one record I always listen to when inspired. Whenever I feel the need to listen to good ol’ rock & roll, I always end up listening to this record from beginning to end, and again and again.”
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#theblackcrowes #vinylcollection #vinylchapters #vinylenthusiast #nowspinning #instavinyl #lp #recordcollection #albumcover #greatmusic
Artist: The Black Crowes.
Record: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.
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“The most rock ‘n’ roll rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, The Black Crowes hit it hard with ‘The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion’, a true gem of the nineties and the band’s masterpiece, the one record I always listen to when inspired. Whenever I feel the need to listen to good ol’ rock & roll, I always end up listening to this record from beginning to end, and again and again.”
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#theblackcrowes #vinylcollection #vinylchapters #vinylenthusiast #nowspinning #instavinyl #lp #recordcollection #albumcover #greatmusic
Artist: The Verve.
Record: Urban Hymns.
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“The music that saved me. January 1997, Age 18, my new home, Manchester Royal Infirmary’s Intensive Care Unit. Hooked up to an assortment of noisy machines, tubes and wires emerging from me like tentacles, morphine is my new best friend.
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Riddled with blood clots and on the brink of organ failure, the vascular surgeon performs an operation that brings some positive results but like fixing a small hole in a crumbling dam, this would be the tip of the iceberg and the worst was yet to come. A biopsy would confirm I had Hodgkins Lymphoma. I was alone in my hospital bed looking out at a bleak late January sky when I received this almighty blow. "it’s a very curable cancer" I was told and I had a good chance of recovery. The fight was on.
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The next 18 months were agony. In amongst the countless hospital admissions, chemotherapy, hair loss, tablets, infections, blood transfusions and never-ending soul-destroying sickness, The Verve had released "Bittersweet Symphony" in June of that year. A band from my hometown Wigan, I was already familiar with their previous album, ‘A Northern Soul’, but when I heard Richard Ashcroft belt out the line “I need to hear some sounds that recognise the pain in me yeah” it was revelatory and the more I listened to this band, the stronger my affinity grew.
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“The Drugs don’t work, they just make you worse, but I know I’ll see your face again” the drugs were working but with each round of Chemotherapy I felt sicker and weaker, I’d lost my Dad the year before my illness, the grief and drugs had my body and soul in a broken mess.
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‘One Day’, ‘Sonnet and Lucky Man’ gave me comfort and strength. By the time I’d finished my treatment and I’d started to see positive results I had become a new person. I had emerged from that chrysalis, reborn, resurrected in my new skin but this time a much tougher skin.
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‘Urban Hymns’ was and still is my catharsis, it was the soundtrack to my recovery, it helped to heal my wounds and offered me hope in my darkest and most desperate moments. I am ...
Artist: The Verve.
Record: Urban Hymns.
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“The music that saved me. January 1997, Age 18, my new home, Manchester Royal Infirmary’s Intensive Care Unit. Hooked up to an assortment of noisy machines, tubes and wires emerging from me like tentacles, morphine is my new best friend.
⠀
Riddled with blood clots and on the brink of organ failure, the vascular surgeon performs an operation that brings some positive results but like fixing a small hole in a crumbling dam, this would be the tip of the iceberg and the worst was yet to come. A biopsy would confirm I had Hodgkins Lymphoma. I was alone in my hospital bed looking out at a bleak late January sky when I received this almighty blow. "it’s a very curable cancer" I was told and I had a good chance of recovery. The fight was on.
⠀
The next 18 months were agony. In amongst the countless hospital admissions, chemotherapy, hair loss, tablets, infections, blood transfusions and never-ending soul-destroying sickness, The Verve had released "Bittersweet Symphony" in June of that year. A band from my hometown Wigan, I was already familiar with their previous album, ‘A Northern Soul’, but when I heard Richard Ashcroft belt out the line “I need to hear some sounds that recognise the pain in me yeah” it was revelatory and the more I listened to this band, the stronger my affinity grew.
⠀
“The Drugs don’t work, they just make you worse, but I know I’ll see your face again” the drugs were working but with each round of Chemotherapy I felt sicker and weaker, I’d lost my Dad the year before my illness, the grief and drugs had my body and soul in a broken mess.
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‘One Day’, ‘Sonnet and Lucky Man’ gave me comfort and strength. By the time I’d finished my treatment and I’d started to see positive results I had become a new person. I had emerged from that chrysalis, reborn, resurrected in my new skin but this time a much tougher skin.
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‘Urban Hymns’ was and still is my catharsis, it was the soundtrack to my recovery, it helped to heal my wounds and offered me hope in my darkest and most desperate moments. I am eternally grateful for this album.”
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#theverve #urbanhymns #strongwomen #vinyl #nhs #fightcancer #vinyljunkie #nowspinning
Artist: David Bowie.
Record: Aladdin Sane.
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“This album is very special to me. My passion for Bowie comes from childhood. He always caught my attention for being different and I always wanted to be like him; a person who never cared what people say. I always wanted this and I now have it in adulthood. This is very rewarding for me.”
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#davidbowie #aladdinsane #vinylchapters #lovevinyl #vinylenthusiast #picturedisc #vinylface #nowspinning #recordcollector #facepaint
Artist: David Bowie.
Record: Aladdin Sane.
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“This album is very special to me. My passion for Bowie comes from childhood. He always caught my attention for being different and I always wanted to be like him; a person who never cared what people say. I always wanted this and I now have it in adulthood. This is very rewarding for me.”
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#davidbowie #aladdinsane #vinylchapters #lovevinyl #vinylenthusiast #picturedisc #vinylface #nowspinning #recordcollector #facepaint
Artist: Carcass.
Record: Heartwork.
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"We have been best friends for 25 years and this classic from Carcass brings us back not only to the starting days of our friendship but also the early ’90s when we fell in love with metal music. For 8 years we've had our show called 'Tinnitus Metal Radio' to share our passion for metal and music collecting."
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#metalmusic #carcass #heartwork #metalradio #vinylchapters #vinylove #vinyljunkie #albumart #vinylcollection #lp
Artist: Carcass.
Record: Heartwork.
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"We have been best friends for 25 years and this classic from Carcass brings us back not only to the starting days of our friendship but also the early ’90s when we fell in love with metal music. For 8 years we've had our show called 'Tinnitus Metal Radio' to share our passion for metal and music collecting."
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#metalmusic #carcass #heartwork #metalradio #vinylchapters #vinylove #vinyljunkie #albumart #vinylcollection #lp