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Welcome

It’s the nightmare question for every record collector:

THE TEAM

The Long Live Vinyl team’s unknown treasures

ALBUMS YOU NEED TO DISCOVER

Last time we counted, there were something like 11

The Crate Escape

DJ Dave Haslam sold all his vinyl and lived to tell the tale

The Selecter

Long Live Vinyl’s

THE SLOW SHOW

LUST AND LEARN PIAS 30 AUGUST

Simon says

As The Flaming Lips release a new album, Simon remembers first meeting Wayne Coyne

THE BIG QUESTION

Addressing Vinyl’s Most Pressing Issues

The Completist

Unencumbered by the weight of history, our columnist’s record collection is a level playing field where Big Log is every bit as valuable as Stairway To Heaven

A Trilogy In Five Parts

Hitchhiker’s Guide episodes get first release on vinyl

IAN PEEL’S LINER NOTES

The 7” boxset has been through many incarnations and eras. But when was its heyday, and why was it even dreamed up in the first place?

THE VINYLIST MARTIN LANGHORN

Indie kid Martin is a sucker for picturediscs and coloured vinyl

MOST VALUABLE VINYL

PAISLEY PARK

Now Spinning

12 tracks on the Long Live Vinyl turntable this month

This Is The Nudes

Furman’s latest is a punky reaction to “the state of human civilisation”

A TASTE OF TY

Prolific Californian solo man Ty Segall has announced

INJURY RESERVE

Arizona hip-hop trio’s self-titled debut mixes traditional tropes and future-looking styles

CRATE DIGGING WITH… CRAZY P

With their eighth album Age Of The Ego out now, Nottingham’. Crazy P continue to fuse soul, disco and house music of the most infectious kind. Founder Chris Todd reveals the band’s favourite tracks

#27 Strange Days

Photographer Joel Brodsky had worked with the Doors

TRAFFIC

Traffic’s Dave Mason and Jim Capaldiare captured mid-rehearsal

BEN OTTEWELL

On the 20th anniversary of their second album, Liquid Skin, gruff-voiced Gomez singer Ben Ottewell tells Gary Walker why JJ Cale’s Troubadour is so important

“Once we went into recording Weather Diaries, I sensed it wasn’t going to be a one-of. It was back to thinking, ‘Yeah, this is my band’ and that feeling has stayed. Hopefully we can do another 10 albums before we die… which is a concern these days!”

Ride’s well-received 2017 comeback album Weather Diaries was only the start. What’s happened next has seen Ride become spectacular again. As the stunning This Is Not A Safe Place continues their new chapter as a proper working band, they tell John Earls about the joys and frustrations of being back together, hugging the boss… and out-singing Michael Bolton on Top Of The Pops.

Hope Is Important

It’s been a full 15 years since their debut, and with A Bath Full Of Ecstasy their first album since Brexit and Trump appeared on the scene, Hot Chip tell John Earls why the feeling of community and hope is more important than ever…

The Rough Guide to Folk WITH JAKE XERXES FUSSELL

Upon the release of his third solo album, the delightful Out Of Sight, US folklorist Jake Xerxes Fussell walks Chris Parkin through the folk and country blues records that are important to him

1O Questions For… DJ YODA

Multi award-winning turntablist DJ Yoda has built a formidable reputation for his audio-visual cut and paste extravaganzas, which have seen him thrill festival audiences all over the world. He’s worked with everyone from Dr Dre to Banksy and Mark Ronson and his new album, Home Cooking, showcases a more mature sound, prioritising songs over beats. Gary Walker puts 10 questions to a modern-day turntable legend

Christian Wright

Since starting work at Abbey Road as a teenager, mastering engineer Christian Wright has already added the likes of Radiohead, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Blur to his musical CV. Here, the tells Gary Walker about the 10 records he’s most enjoyed working on

New Order TECHNIQUE

Conceived amid a summer of hedonism during Ibiza’s infancy as a party capital, New Order returned home to the tranquillity of the English countryside to perfect their Technique, resulting in a groundbreaking record that continues to inspire 30 years on

Vaulting Ambition

The new Prince album Originals offers an unexpected view into his outrageous songwriting talent, donating hits to artists as diverse as Kenny Rogers and The Bangles. John Earls speaks to the women who helped make Prince’s magic happen, two of Paisley Park’s finest singers, together with the man in charge of the Purple One’s golden vaults, to see what’s next…

JORDAN AND POLY: TRUE TALES OF PUNK’S PIONERS

Punk rock’s influence in the UK has never waned, and two new books covering London’s explosive 70s punk scene add to our understanding of those halcyon days. Garth Cartwright meets the authors

THE FIERCE PANDA STORY

The joyful indie label has been a stepping stone for the careers of a swathe of UK talent. Will Simpson meets its founding father

MINOR THREAT 7” E P

A red sleeve, yellow label pressing of this early EP from the US hardcore punks will set you back a cool grand

Record dealer Mark O’Shaughnessy (aka Mark Rez) recalls his encounters with the legendary soul, jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron

Just before I became a full-time record dealer in the

Discos Transgénero

Germany’s Discos Transgénero reissue label is firmly committed to releasing left field counter-culture music that defies categories. Chris Parkin revels in the obscurity

CLOSER

The folk ballad is the epic acoustic end cut on what was meant to be Dylan’s first full all-electric album. Gary Tipp plugs in

James Taylor

Taylor epitomised the gentle, introspective singer/songwriter movement of the early 70s, but seems to have disappeared under the radar of serious critical acclaim. John Earls argues his case

Brian Eno

APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS EXTENDED

Bob Marley

LEGEND 35TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Bikini Kill

PUSSY WHIPPED/REJECT ALL AMERICAN

Everything But The Girl

AMPLIFIED HEART

Kylie

STEP BACK IN TIME: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

Blancmange

THE BLANC TAPES

Suicide

SUICIDE

Iggy Pop

ZOMBIE BIRDHOUSE

Sonic Youth

BATTERY PARK, NYC: JULY 4, 2008

Various Artists

BLUE NOTE REVIEW: VOLUME TWO SPIRIT & TIME

Crowded House

THE VERY VERY BEST OF CROWDED HOUSE

Gomez

LIQUID SKIN

Mack Porter

PEACE ON YOU

Janet Jackson

CONTROL

Sachiko Kanenobu

MISORA

Billy Childish

PUNK ROCK IST NICHT TOT

Black Midi

The much-anticipated debut from these genre-straddling BRIT School graduates finally arrives. Jonathan Wright finds out whether Schlagenheim lives up to the considerable hype

The Flaming Lips

KING’S MOUTH

Bruce Springsteen

WESTERN STARS

Madonna

MADAME X

Sam Fender

HYPERSONIC MISSILES

Ty Segall

FIRST TASTE

Kaiser Chiefs

DUCK

Soundgarden

LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN

Mini Mansions

GUY WALKS INTO A BAR

Order + Liam Gillick

Ʃ (NO, 12K, LG, 17MIF): SO IT GOES

The Alarm

Ʃ SIGMA

Penelope Isles

UNTIL THE TIDE CREEPS IN

Doctor Who

THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS

WHAT’S ON IN THE SHOP

LONGWELL RECORDS

The Golden Filter

AUTONOMY

The Murder Capital

WHEN I HAVE FEARS

Dope Lemon

SMOOTH BIG CAT

Drab Majesty

MODERN MIRROR

OUR NEW ALBUM

JAMBINAI

Jambinai

ONDA

The Sot Cavalry

THE SOFT CAVALRY

Kate Tempest

THE BOOK OF TRAPS AND LESSONS

Purple Mountains

PURPLE MOUNTAINS

Sarathy Korwar

MORE ARRIVING

Night Moves

CAN YOU REALLY FIND ME

Marika Hackman

ANY HUMAN FRIEND

Rolling Stones 69

PATRICK HUMPHRIES

Lunch With The Wild Frontiers

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Five Years Ahead Of My Time

SETH BOVEY

Decca: The Supreme Record Company

EDITED: DARREN HENLEY & DARYL EASLEA

DREAM MACHINES EAT E-GLO PHONO STAGE

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TURNTABLE

This plug-and-go, twin-speed turntable is aimed at the lifestyle market. Paul Rigby takes a look

LOUDSPEAKERS

John Pickford can find no fault in a set of shoebox speakers in the classic British tradition