The Selecter

Welcome

Back in August 1994, in the wake of the chaotic, violent

THE TEAM

The Long Live Vinyl team’s favourite records from 1994

ITS JUST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

From the moment Oasis were spotted by Creation Records boss Alan McGee as the support act at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in May 1993, their rise looked unstoppable.Debut album Definitely Maybe is a seven-million-selling classic. But, speaking to key contributors, John Earls discovers how it could have been so very different…

On the Record

Dinked is a powerhouse collective of indie record shops complete with its own series of collectable new releases

CASPER CLAUSEN, EFTERKLANG

Our new album is…

SIMON SAYS

All Families Are Psychotic. A brilliant novel by Douglas Coupland, and Simon feels no shame pilfering it as a heading for this piece, as Coupland himself borrowed a Smiths song title for his book Girlfriend In A Coma

Does the 7-inch single have a future?

Back in the day it was popular music’s most magical artefact, nowadays the 45 looks to be on the verge of extinction

The Completist

With their snipped-off corners and shop stickers, records have the power to trigger memories. Go tell that to the daytime TV decluttering guru

Three Slabs Of Stereolab

The band’s reissue campaign offers up more vinyl treats

684

The number of 7-inches in Tim Claydon’s collection

THE GOSPEL TRUTH

Luaka Bop releases a historic compilation of 70s secular

4 OF A KIND… Citrus Fruit

ORANGE

Coming Soon…

Our pick of the new vinyl releases

IAN PEEL’S LINER NOTES

Currently putting together the release of a rare concert recording on vinyl, our faithful columnist has pulled out all his favourite live albums for inspiration

THE VINYLIST TIM JENNINGS

As his collection grows, more shelving is fast becoming Tim’s priority

MOST VALUABLE VINYL

TALKING HEADS

Now Spinning

12 tracks on the Long Live Vinyl turntable this month

The Sky’s The Limit

Post-rock heroes revisit a pair of early albums

HEAVY VICTORY

Heavy Rapids have been named winners of the Record

MODERN NATURE

Circular groove-based collaboration that takes you on a journey

CRATE DIGGING WITH… GLEN MATLOCK

The erstwhile Sex Pistols bassist and Rich Kids frontman is currently on tour in support of his solo record, Good To Go. He shares 10 of his favourite albums with Dave Steinfeld

#28 Bury The Hatchet

“Both surprised and heartened that he Cranberries chose

JEFF BUCKLEY

Jeff Buckley is pictured here on stage at Lowlands

BARRY HYDE

We catch up with Barry Hyde from The Futureheads to find out more about his love of The Velvet Underground man’s divisive and harrowing third album. By Felix Rowe

PIXIES

With Pixies now more settled than at any time since Bossanova, excellent new album Beneath The Eyrie sees the band conjure up more mythical folk tales and songs about (possibly) werewolves. John Earls meets Black Francis to hear about his quest for authenticity, how it’s possible to care too much and the importance of believing your children…

KINGS OF THRASH

Infest The Rats’ Nest is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s 14th album in nine years. It’s also by a distance their heaviest: a thrash metal assault that’s wildly different from the boogie-heavy Fishing For Fishies, released in April. Daniel Dylan Wray meets the Australian band’s frontman Stu Mackenzie to find out how they keep up their prodigious output and whether there are more releases coming in 2019…

OUT ON A LIMB

The sudden rise of the enigmatic WH Lung shows no signs of slowing. Jonathan Wright catches up with the band to find out where they’re at, and where they’re going

Mick Houghton

There are very few doomy, dysfunctional post-punk guitar bands that publicist Mick Houghton hasn’t worked with over the course of his illustrious career. Gary Tipp checks in

MICHAEL SPENCER JONES

The covers of Oasis’ first three albums became as iconic and memorable as the songs Noel Gallagher crafted. Teri Saccone meets the man who created them, photographer Michael Spencer Jones

Talking Heads FEAR OF MUSIC

On their third album, Talking Heads abandoned their minimalist art-punk sound for something much looser, darker and more intense. “The music had this disturbing hue to it”, remarked frontman David Byrne. Forty years on, Neil Crossley assesses the merits of this enduring masterpiece

THE ESSENTIAL:.Dream Pop

Where pop meets shoegaze, often with ethereal, ghostly results. Daniel Dylan Wray gets deeply atmospheric

SEATTLE SYNDROME

Sub Pop, the greatest grunge-exporter of them all, turns 30 this year. Gareth Murphy meets Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, the men behind the legendary Seattle label

The Velvet Underground:.THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO ALBUM

Original mono pressings of The Velvets’ ‘Banana’ album are highly sought after, but they don’t come cheap

DIGGING FOR VICTORY

Blue Note is unquestionably the most iconic jazz label there’s ever been. It’s also, as Mark O’Shaughnessy explains, a complete minefield to collect

Square Records:.WIMBORNE, DORSET

When the owners of a long-standing Dorset shop decided to close the doors, an Angel stepped in. Laura Williams explains

Beating Heart Music

Drawing on a precious archive of field recordings, Beating Heart’s mission is to preserve the music of Africa for future generations. Chris Parkin listens in

The Velvet Underground

It’s the first time on vinyl for this historic set from 1969 that captures the post-John Cale incarnation of the cult band in spectacular live form. Gary Tipp’s life is saved by rock & roll

Stereolab

EMPEROR TOMATO KETCHUP/ DOTS AND LOOPS/ COBRA AND PHASES

John Lee Hooker

THE COUNTRY BLUES OF JOHN LEE HOOKER

Spoon

EVERYTHING HITS AT ONCE

The Bluetones

SCIENCE AND NATURE/THE SINGLES

Jonsi and Alex

RICEBOY SLEEPS

Tommy McCook And

The Supersonics

The Lightning Seeds

JOLLIFICATION

The Modern Lovers

THE MODERN LOVERS

Lee Hazlewood

400 MILES FROM L.A. 1955-56

Various Artists

JAMBÚ E OS MÍTICOS SONS DA AMAZÔNIA

U-Roy

VERSION GALORE

Mono

HYMN TO THE IMMORTAL WIND

Cabaret Voltaire

1974-76/CHANCE VERSUS CAUSALITY

Bunny Wailer

BLACKHEART MAN

Shuggie Otis

INSPIRATION INFORMATION

Fernando Falcão

MEMÓRIA DAS ÁGUAS

Ride

After the success of 2017’s Weather Diaries, Ride’s spectacular comeback continues with the band emboldened enough to embrace experimentation. John Earls takes it all in

Ezra Furman

TWELVE NUDES

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

INFEST THE RATS’ NEST

Thom Yorke

ANIMA

The SLP

THE SLP

Sleater-Kinney

THE CENTER WON’T HOLD

Fionn Regan

CALA

Violent Femmes

HOTEL LAST RESORT

New Model Army

FROM HERE

P.P. Arnold

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF… P.P. ARNOLD

The Futureheads

POWERS

Barns Courtney

404

!!!

WALLOP

WHAT’S ON IN THE SHOP

NOTTINGHAM

Blanck Mass

ANIMATED VIOLENCE MILD

Shura

FOREVHER

Velvet Negroni

NEON BROWN

OUR NEW ALBUM

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER

Föllakzoid

I

Hiss Golden Messenger

TERMS OF SURRENDER

Babybird

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Jay Som

ANAK KO

Tropical Fuckstorm

BRAINDROPS

Clark

KIRI VARIATIONS

Madder Rose

TO BE BEAUTIFUL

Whitney

FOREVER TURNED AROUND

Vinyl London

TOM GREIG

Revenge Of The She-Punks

VIVIEN GOLDMAN

Til Wrong Feels Right

IGGY POP

A Life In Thirty-Five Boxes

DAVE HASLAM

DREAM MACHINES:. McIntosh MTI1OO INTEGRATED TURNTABLE

An all-in-one deck, preamp and amplifier with Bluetooth and auxiliary inputs. Just add speakers

Cambridge Audio AXA35

Cambridge Audio’s new amp is a great all-rounder at a nice price, as John Pickford attests

iota Prima

Presented with a fresh approach to turntable design, Paul Rigby reviews the iota Prima

CLOSER

By 1971, Marvin Gaye was sick of love songs and wanted to write about the realities of the world around him, as Gary Tipp discovers