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The Long Live Vinyl team’s favourite double albums

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DEATH OR GLORY

Although ‘The Last Gang In Town’ may not have been quite drinking in the Last Chance Saloon during the spring of 1979, The Clash’s backs were against the wall. Entering the studio managerless and broke, the band came out all guns blazing with an album that sent a wake-up call to all the ‘faraway towns’. On the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time, Dan Biggane hears why it continues to resonate so strongly today…

THE ESSENTIAL Double Albums

When two sides of vinyl weren’t enough for an artist to fully express themselves, the statement double album was rolled out. Gary Tipp discovers that sometimes more really is more

Gene Clark NO OTHER

Like other prodigiously talented singer-songwriters before and since, Missouri-born Gene Clark was a fragile character, wholly unsuited to life in the public eye. On what would have been his 75th birthday, as a major reissue of his fourth album No Other is released by 4AD, Neil Crossley looks back at Clark’s under-appreciated masterpiece

HITS AND MISSES

The murky world of A&R has been responsible for some of the biggest musical discoveries ever to appear on vinyl. But for every Arctic Monkeys, there’s a Gay Dad. Ben Wardle heads back to the height of the 90s Britpop boom, digs into his little black book and tells the stories of some of those who could have been contenders…

Black Friday On My Mind

Reserve a space in your diary for 29 November and start saving for Record Store Day’s sister event…

The Selecter

Long Live Vinyl’s essential picks for the month ahead

ANDY SHAUF

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Lost Shops

When Harold Moores Records closed in early 2017, it

Simon says

The 30th anniversary of Cocteau Twins’ much-loved Heaven Or Las Vegas is fast approaching. Our former Cocteau columnist reflects on its creation

The Big Question

Addressing Vinyl’s Most Pressing Issues

The Completist

Before his career as a music journalist Pete was the ‘chief’ writer for The Four Faces Of Eve, a juvenile pretend band whose debut single could have been huge… had it actually existed

Fabs Fans Get New 45s Box

Complete Beatles singles collection hits shops just in time for Christmas

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IAN PEEL’S LINER NOTES

OMD just published a book tracing their history through concerts. But there’s an equally emotive story to be told through vinyl

THE VINYLIST BRYAN WOOLLEY

The King started it all for this dedicated rock ‘n’ roll collector

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Now Spinning

We’ve been enjoying this month’s essential tracks with a few bottles of Decca Records’ 90th birthday Supreme Session Ale from the Portobello Brewing Company

Vault Of Heaven

HMV has just opened a new flagship store in Birmingham, called HMV Vault

SUDAN ARCHIVES

The LA-based songstress tells Jonathan Wright about her striking debut album

CRATE DIGGING WITH… GARY KEMP

As Spandau Ballet reissue their 1984 classic pop album Parade on coral-coloured vinyl for its 35th anniversary, John Earls goes digging with guitarist and songwriter Gary Kemp

#31 DJ Shadow ENDTRODUCING

For an album that is ostensibly an enduring love letter

THE ROLLING STONES

Mick and Keith have a natter while sharing a Bud in

BILLY DUFFY

As The Cult release a triple-disc boxset to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their calling card, Sonic Temple, Dan Biggane speaks to guitarist Billy Duffy about the LP that changed his life…

1O Questions For… KELLY JONES

We find the Stereophonics frontman in a reflective mood as he discusses the cathartic experience of recording stripped-back new album, Kind. Felix Rowe listens in

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

Considering Jeff Lynne didn’t play live for 25 years, he can’t get enough of life on the road these days. Being on tour has inspired From Out Of Nowhere, an album that’s arrived remarkably quickly by the standards of Jeff Lynne’s ELO. Jeff tells John Earls about the importance of keeping it simple, and how to write sad songs when your life is pretty sweet…

Learning To Love

If you’re a respected band 26 years and 11 albums into your career, you’d be forgiven for coasting by now. Instead, Tindersticks have written a majestic album in a new country, recorded live for the first time and they’ve even produced their first ever love song. John Earls meets singer Stuart Staples to hear how his Greek love affair has been tainted and why his band are suddenly being compared to Westlife

wild rovers

Abandon all your preconceptions. Irish anti-folk heroes Lankum are tearing up the rules of traditional Irish music. Garth Cartwright travels to the Emerald Isle to discover why new album The Livelong Day is a timeless psych-folk masterpiece in the making

YEAR ZERO

As another decade draws to a close, Daniel Dylan Wray speaks to some of the key players from the final year of the 70s, a year that saw the passing of the baton from punk’s visceral charge to a whole wave of sonic innovators who would redraw the musical map

15 AT 15

One of the UK’s most vibrant young indie labels turns 15 this year. Here are 15 collectable vinyl treasures from their first decade and a half

The Record Album BRIGHTON

Its veteran proprietor may have retired, but this soundtrack specialist in Britain’s unofficial vinyl capital is still very much in business. Garth Cartwright visits good old Sussex by the sea

Henry Manfredini

What could be cooler for a slasher movie soundtrack than blood-filled vinyl? Glen Bushell sees red

DIGGING FOR VICTORY

Selling records is clearly at the forefront of what Mark O’Shaughnessy does, but sharing experiences with people is also hugely important

Guerssen Records

The well-established Catalonian reissue label offers a neat line in psych and garage from all corners of the globe. Chris Parkin tops up his Uruguayan freakbeat collection

CLOSER

Parklife’s final cut was inspired by The Shipping Forecast. Gary Tipp wants Rockall to do with it

Prince

Across 10 LPs and a DVD, the vaults of this breakout album have been raided to produce a boxset of pitch-perfect proportions. John Earls wallows in Prince’s 1982 otherworldliness

DREAM MACHINES

A top-of-the-range cartridge that brings both innovation and quality to the party

Sony PS-LX31OBT

A fully automatic deck with a built-in phono stage at a nice price. John Pickford pairs up

Fluance RT83

A belt-drive design with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, Paul Rigby sizes up a budget contender

Rega PLANAR 10

A state-of-the-art turnable at a fair price. Jason Kennedy is suitably impressed