April 2012
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“I can’t believe just how busy Record Store Day was again this year. With...”
– Record Store Day co-ordinator and Manager of Rough Trade East, Spencer Hickman, gives a round-up of Record Store Day 2012
The Record Shops That Shaped Our Lives... →
Pop writers at the Guardian remember the shops where they first fell in love with music…
'Vinyl' Exhibition at Cultivate Gallery, Vyner...
To tie in with this year’s Record Store Day, Cultivate Gallery on Vyner Street will be spending the weekend celebrating the glories of vinyl records at the gallery.
‘VINYL’ will be an exhbition of record related art, hand painted 12”ers, recycled old albums too far gone to be seriously played and now born again as new pieces of wall art.
The exhibition will present a...
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Artists use vinyl records as the basis for... →
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Vixen 101 Plans Record Breaking Radio Show
Radio presenters Dave Henderson and Paul Atkinson are more used to playing records than breaking them.
But the pair, who broadcast on the Yorkshire-based Vixen 101, are now preparing to forgo sleep for more than three days in an attempt to hold the world record for the longest radio show.
Vixen 101 is planning to stage the broadcasting marathon from 10am on Thursday 26th April to Sunday...
Vinyl Desserts Photo Series Captures Foods Spun On... →
Sir Peter Blake Recreates Sgt. Peppers Sleeve
Top Row (L-R): Amy Winehouse, Sir Paul Smith, Ian Curtis, Nick Park, Robin Day, Lucienne Day, Francis Bacon, Roald Dahl, Alfred Hitchcock, Lucian Freud, Kate Moss, Paul Weller, Sir Tom Stoppard, Danny Boyle, Sir Mick Jagger, Fanny Craddock, Mr Chow.
Second Row: Martin Parr, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, John Peel, Sir Terence Conran, Robyn Hitchcock, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, Anish Kapoor, Mary Quant,...
