Discussing music discovery pre-streaming , even pre-internet, its easy to sound like some ancient explorer describing a primitive civilisation. We so take for granted the ability to listen to whatever we want, whenever we want that it now feels like a human right. In the early nineties finding out about records was simple enough but actually hearing them was a different matter, unless they were playing it on the radio, you were seeing a band live or you knew someone with a copy it was nigh on impossible to hear the music. So knowing someone with an amazing record collection was important. For me I was lucky enough to have a friend in Simon Williams . He was in about 10 bands at any one time like Chug, The Colgates and Pimp and he had the biggest, bestest vinyl collection in the whole of Telford. He introduced me to the likes of Throbbing Gristle , Big Black, Negativland and Sexton Ming, there was a rumour he had even met Bill Childish. He is the person responsible for my enduring love of the album
Upwards At 45 Degrees
Upwards At 45 Degrees
Upwards At 45 Degrees
Discussing music discovery pre-streaming , even pre-internet, its easy to sound like some ancient explorer describing a primitive civilisation. We so take for granted the ability to listen to whatever we want, whenever we want that it now feels like a human right. In the early nineties finding out about records was simple enough but actually hearing them was a different matter, unless they were playing it on the radio, you were seeing a band live or you knew someone with a copy it was nigh on impossible to hear the music. So knowing someone with an amazing record collection was important. For me I was lucky enough to have a friend in Simon Williams . He was in about 10 bands at any one time like Chug, The Colgates and Pimp and he had the biggest, bestest vinyl collection in the whole of Telford. He introduced me to the likes of Throbbing Gristle , Big Black, Negativland and Sexton Ming, there was a rumour he had even met Bill Childish. He is the person responsible for my enduring love of the album