Interview with a record store owner

 

The Art of the Album Cover Episode 4: They All Look the Same

 It took a little time for the album cover to really become art...in the beginning, they all look the same.

The Art of the Album Cover Episode 3: The First Pressing

Find out when the first vinyl records came out and what did they look like? 

Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

Find out the story behind the Alan Parsons Project, "I Robot" album and see how the two covers, inside and out, are connected.

The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

The Art of the Album Cover: Part two "78 rpm"

Watch this and you'll see some of the earlier examples of cover art, find out some fascinating facts and dig some glorious New Orleans jazz!

Kid Ory - Bucket Got A Hole In It
 

More from the Aerosmith vinyl collection

These are the 6 "classic" Aerosmith albums...when the original line up was flying high and rocking the seventies!

Aerosmith autographed vinyl

This is my autographed copy of the first Aerosmith album. Plus, the story behind the album, how I got the album and how I got it autographed.

 

Listen to "One Way Street"

 

Take a Sound Tour on vinyl with a pair of very cool gatefold album covers.

A great find...2 in a series of 4 of the most unique gatefold sleeve designs for an album ever!

The Beatles essential albums

You don't have to own every Beatles album, but these are the essentials that should be in every collection.

AC/DC the Essential albums

You don't have to buy every AC/DC album, but you should have one, or all of these essentials!

Album Cover Art....the Vidcast. Episode 1: The invention of the album cover

 This is the story of the inventor and the invention of the album cover.

Van Halen vinyl collection: The studio albums 1978 - 1988

What Van Halen album cover is based on a Beatles cover? Who actually came up with the VH design? What does the 1984 angel really look like? Who is that guy holding up the big ball on 5150?

All the answers and more, the story behind every Van Halen cover for the first 10 years are here....

 

Pink Floyd vinyl - Ummagumma

From the Pink Floyd vinyl collection, it's always been one of my favourite covers...Ummagumma. Not just the front, but the back cover is brilliant! Here's the story behind the album....

This is a great version of "Granchester Meadows" live in 1970

ZZ Top vinyl - Eliminator

Where did the idea to build the Eliminator car come from? What makes it such an iconic cover? What makes the Eliminator vinyl different from all other vinyl? 

Find out here...

Watch Gimme All Your Lovin' here

Unboxing Smashing Pumpkins - Gish on vinyl

It's been in the vinyl collection for 10 years, it's my favourite Smashing Pumpkins album....time to take the shrink wrap off the Gish record.

Here's the video for the first song on Gish, "I Am One"