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Have you been paying attention? Prize quiz #1

Posted by Andy on 8 December 2023

Now, since we’re close to 100 posts in the series, and since it’s almost Christmas, and since I get very little feedback on my posts (OK, a bit on Twitter, FB and Instagram, and the occasional email) - I decided to make sure that my dedicated readers, are actually reading!

A shelf of singles
A shelf of singles

So - here are twenty questions, the answers to all of them can be found in the my record collection series of posts, some will be easy to track down the answers to, others might require a bit of lateral thinking or legwork - there will be a fabulous prize for the person with the most correct answers (see the picture below).

Here are the questions if you want to do some research, and then head over here to fill in your answers.

... read on

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#093: Luna - Bonnie and Clyde / Chinatown (CD)

Posted by Andy on 7 December 2023

The only time Luna got a Single of the Week in one of the major uk music inkies† was with their cover of Bonnie and Clyde which got the accolade in the Melody Maker. I suspect that Laetitia Sadier helped with that somewhat, as the review states “one final point...

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Dean Wareham signing 'Hearing Voices' in Culver City on Saturday 9th December

Posted by Andy on 5 December 2023

Dean Wareham will be at Arcana Books in Culver City signing copies of the new book of his lyrics Hearing Voices. He will be joined at the signing by Ed Templeton who provided the illustrations for the book. Illustration and lyrics for Ginger Snaps from Hearing Voices Dean & Ed...

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#092: Galaxie 500 - On Fire (cassette)

Posted by Andy on 4 December 2023

I never really loved the cassette as a format, it was conveniently portable (and CDs never really mastered portability) so I had lots of cassettes, but not many of them were pre-recorded. This Rough Trade CD wasn’t bought back in the day but more recently, when you could get cassettes...

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Damon in The Guardian talking Spotify and streaming

Posted by Andy on 3 December 2023

Damon has a piece in The Guardian on Spotify’s recently announced changes to their royalty payments. For the rest of us, this is the quiet end to a number of loudly promoted ideas that would enable working- and middle-class creators to benefit from micropayments in the platform economy: the “long...

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#091: I Shot Andy Warhol

Posted by Andy on 30 November 2023

I think this was the first Luna appearance on a film soundtrack and their contribution is the opening track on this album of Music from and inspired by the motion picture - in Luna’s case it is from since their cover of Donovan’s Season of the Witch plays while some...

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Video: Another live Galaxie 500 video

Posted by Andy on 28 November 2023

Following on from the earlier post ‘The Cassette Converter’ has shared another Galaxie 500 video from an unknown date and venue. The sound is fairly good, the video is very rough. Galaxie 500 - Live, VHS Rip, Unknown Venue, Unknown Date If anyone has any clues as to the date...

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Video: Galaxie 500 live at ULU - 15th November 1990

Posted by Andy on 28 November 2023

‘The Cassette Converter’ over on YouTube has just posted a video of Galaxie 500 at their last London date at ULU in 1990. This is the same source that was released on the Don’t Let Our Youth Go To Waste DVD a few years back, and while the quality isn’t...

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#090: Dean & Britta / Sand Pebbles split single

Posted by Andy on 27 November 2023

This 7” is split with Australian band Sand Pebbles and was limited to 300 copies to be sold at dates on their 2011 Australian tour. Dean & Britta’s side contains a Sonic Boom remix of I’ll Keep it With Mine, possibly the only place this is available? Dean & Britta...

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