BIG BUCKS VINYL
A question I often get asked is how much a certain record is worth. Well, below are three of the highest selling vinyls on eBay in the last few weeks.
#1 - The Beatles - ‘Please Please Me’ with black and gold stereo labels. $7,500.00
#2 - U2 - Three hand numbered 12” (Only 1000 made). $3,400.00
#3 - Nirvana - ‘Lovebuzz’ original numbered version. $2,600.00
So if you have any of the above you can start to book a holiday! Also good news for vinyl lovers is that BEAUMONT
STREET BEAT will soon have its vinyl racks installed in the new look shop, so don’t forget to come in for a browse when you next pass by.
Lastly, a big thank you to everyone who came to the record and CD fair – your continued support will make sure the fair goes from strength to strength and I hope you all went away with a good collectable item or a bargain buy. That’s about it – be kind to animals and hug yerself a bit of vinyl today.
7” SINGLES
MATT HELDERS/ ALEX TURNER (ARCTIC MONKEYS) – DREAMER
Limited to 1500 copies, this is taken from the Late Night Tales series. Matt Helders’ choice of Livin’ Joys’ ‘Dreamer’ seems a strange one, but an interesting version nonetheless. The B-Side features vocalist Alex Turner with a spoken word track ‘Choice Of Three’.
IT HUGS BACK – WORK DAY/TAKE A PART
This is the first track to be taken from the band’s soon to be released first album on the excellent 4AD label. A little bit My Bloody Valentine and a touch of Sonic Youth. ‘Work Day’ is a melodic, shimmering beauty that makes the sunshine, whilst the B-Side comes over all sinister and anguished. Good show fellows!
12” ALBUM
BLACK CAB – ALTAMONT DIARY
An interesting release that’s available only through Vinyl Factory Australia (www.vinylfactory.com.au). This Melbourne band originally released in 2004 and it’s now available on vinyl for the first time. This is an album inspired by The Rolling Stones’ free concert and the dreadful events that followed. Think Krautrock, Spaceman 3, Primal Scream and the Dead. A psychedelic trip full of dirty, layered guitars, big sounding drums and a touch of industrial electronica.
The album is in most part instrumental, and it opens with the dreamy ‘Summer Of Love’ and the catchy ‘It’s Ok’. From then on in though it gets heavier and darker. Side 2 starts with a cover of The Grateful Dead’s ‘New Speedway Boogie’ before building up to the epic final track, ‘1970’.
This was a much acclaimed release (especially overseas) and you can now hear the album how it should be , on lovely black vinyl – the concept is complete!
12” CLASSIC ALBUM
AFGHAN WHIGS - GENTLEMAN
This is a classic Whigs album. A mixture of angst and soul – a release that burns with lust, shame and defiance. Simply put, this is an album about love, but a love full of pain and intense passion – its honesty could scare you.
The subtle opening of ‘If I Were Going’ explodes into the title track, all snarling guitars and vocals, before the gentle ‘Be Sweet’ and the soulful ‘Debonair’. It’s all so beautifully dark as the tracks work into each other perfectly.
By the time you listen to the last track, ‘Closing Prayer’, you’re on your knees – if anyone indeed had a heart!
Publisher’s note: Definitely one of the greatest albums from the early 90s, and I am so glad that Stan has brought this album to everybody’s attention. Personally, my favourite of the Whig releases. The word is that they have reformed. Fingers crossed they will make it to our shores.
By Stan Sykes
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