“IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO FACE MYSELF, AND TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHO I WAS AND HAVE THE BOLLOCKS TO THINK, ‘WELL THIS COULD ALL GO OFF THE PLATE. IF I TURN SOBER, IT COULD TURN TO SHIT OR IT COULD TURN INTERESTING’ AND I THINK IT’S GOT INTERESTING…”

Welcome…

It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that we’ve

On The Record

David Bowie’s Clareville Grove Demos seven-inch vinyl

Simon says SIMON RAYMONDE

The Bella Union founder is convinced that the music industry needs to address the question of gender equality within its ranks

HONEYBLOOD

My new album is… In Plain Sight. This album was a complicated

Queen of Gospel

Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin’s biggest-selling album

The Completist PETE PAPHIDES

Record Store Day is an inarguably great event for picking up vinyl rarities, but a year-long scour of the release schedules will also pay dividends

# 24 Remain In Light Talking Heads’

One of the first computer-designed album covers, the

LINER NOTES

Is there artistic beauty to be had in record catalogue numbers? For any other magazine that might seem a slightly curveball question to ask, but then again, this is Long Live Vinyl

On The Radar ROSIE CARNEY

A troublesome record deal at 15 proved to be a disguised blessing

FESTIVAL ROUNDUP

Long Live Vinyl catches up wiThthe latest line-up announcements from its favourite festivals

YOUR MOST VALUABLE VINYL

Rare 1985 UK 7″ injection moulded vinyl single, also

CRATE DIGGING WITH… Heather Woods Broderick

After a busy few years playing live wiThthe likes of Sharon Van Etten and Efterklang, Heather Woods Broderick’s new solo album, Invitation, is out on 19 April through Western Vinyl. In the meantime, she digs out 10 go-to albums from her personal collection

STUDIO SNAPSHOT ELO

Musicland Studios, Munich, 1979

LUCY DACUS

The Virginia singer-songwriter and Boygenius member tells Gary Walker how hearing James Murphy’s third album as a teenager set her on a paThof musical discovery

POINT BLANK BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DUTCH - ONLY 7″ (WITH DRAWN)

Pulled at the very last minute by the label, word on the street is that only nine copies of this Springsteen 45 are in existence

DIGGING FOR VICTORY

While a man from the BBC proved to be a rich source of rare 7″ vinyl for Mark O’Shaughnessy, he was also the stuff of nightmares

THEBIGREISSUE Pressure Sounds

There’s a huge back catalogue of classic reggae and vital dub out there waiting to be reissued and, as Chris Parkin discovers, it’s this pioneering revival label’s mission to do just that

The Vinylist MARK AINSCOUGH

A giftfrom his girlfriend kick-started Mark’s fast-growing record collecting habit

The Golden MILE

Known as the Golden Mile of record shops, Soho has been transformed in recent years and lost many of its once celebrated music emporiums to redevelopment. Fortunately, a handful are more than surviving, they are thriving, writes Christopher Barrett

THE LUST SURVIVOURS

Having graduated from sweaty house parties to headlining festivals, Foals have also seen most of their 2000s contemporaries slowly vanish. Releasing a two-instalment album wiThthe restless energy of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Parts 1 And 2 typifies how they’ve stayed ahead of the pack. As the band tell John Earls: “We’re the last of a dying breed”

ROOM TO GROW

A heart-rending tale of human loss played out in a hospital ward, Hospice was a transformative work for New York’s The Antlers. A decade on from its release, the album’s chief creator Peter Silberman tells Gary Walker about making the record, its 10Thanniversary reissue, and overcoming severe hearing problems to write the new Antlers LP

MY LIFE IN VINYL MALCOLM GARRETT

An important figure in the pantheon of British designers, Malcolm Garrett’s influence is pretty much immeasurable. He tells Ben Wardle about 10 albums that were career highlights

SPECIAL FORCES

As the embers of punk faded, 2 Tone’s message of unity shone bright, offering hope to a generation lost. Forty years on, Dan Biggane talks to its prime players: Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple of The Specials, The Selecter’s Pauline Black and The Beat’s Ranking Roger, to tell the full stor y of a label that morphed into a whole genre

THE ESSENTIAL SKA 45s

Jamaica’s revolutionary back-to-front beat developed as a fresh and frantic take on US R&B and has been filling dancefloors wiThsweaty herberts ever since. Gary Tipp is in the mood for ska

Classic Album PIXIES DOOLITTLE

On their third release, the Boston four-piece unleashed a sublime album, one that transformed them from darlings of the underground rock press to mainstream chart success. As Neil Crossley explains, it was a transition that saw them emerge wiThtheir raw, abrasive spirit still intact

COVER STAR MATI KLARWEIN

From Santana’s Abraxas to Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and beyond, painter Mati Klarwein created provocative images that often fused the sacred and the profane. Teri Saccone meets his son, Balthazar

MATI KLARWEIN

“Mati worked and hung out wiThJimi Hendrix, Miles Davis

TALLBIRD RECORDS CHESTERFIELD

Music retail veteran Maria Harris was prompted into action when the last record shop in Chesterfield closed. Gary Walker discovers how Tallbird Records was founded and why Maria’s avoiding ladders this Record Store Day

The trip Cardiff

In the final episode of The Trip, our intrepid vinyl hunter Mark Elliott makes his way to the Welsh capital via Newport

New Order

New Order’s debut album witnesses a band taking tentative steps towards a new sound while still mourning their former lead singer. John Earls solemnly observes the transition

The Chemical Brothers

After the disappointment of the past three albums, Rowlands and Simons return to form wiTha banging display of renewed vitality. John Earls bows down to a late-period masterpiece

DREAM MACHINES

Built as a special edition, anniversary model, the SCM100SE includes a beautiful cabinet design and the latest drivers

THE FUNK FIRM RAGE 1 TURNTABLE UPGRADE KIT

Got a spare Rega Planar 3? Paul Rigby’s mind is blown by a daringly different upgrade kit

MONITOR AUDIO GOLD 300 LOUDSPEAKERS

These floorstanding speakers offer state-of-the-art performance and a luxurious look and feel. The hairs on the back of John Pickford’s neck are suitably impressed

Q ACOUSTICS 3050i LOUDSPEAKERS

John Pickford runs the rule over a pair of full-bodied speakers