Your 2014 wish list

[guypjfreak]

a ticket and sunshine ............thats all for now..

PJ

[CaledonianGonzo]

Get Randolph's Leap onto the Avalon Stage early doors.

[eFestivals]

Burning Spear.

[matthewsdad1968]

Sunshine and Earth Wind and Fire headlining West Holts please

[gmb1992]

Pearl Jam , Pixies, RATM, Faith no More, Elton John would be good and Stevie Wonder (getting inspo from Bestival), Pet shop Boys.

More alleys in Shangri la

Great weather!!!!!!!

[The Nal]

Good shouts both, Nal. Caught a bit of William Elliot Whitmore at End of the Road the other year. Emiliana Torrini I used to love (Fisherman;s Woman etc) but it all got a bit smooth and glossy and anodyne. If you reckon she's returned to the good stuff, I'll give it a go.

In return, I recommend John Murry. Wandered in on the spur of the moment to see him in a tent at EOTR the other week and pretty much one of the most astonishing performances I'd seen in 25 years of going to gigs. Extraordinary.

Obviously live footage is always inadequate, but this will give you a flavour of what he's all about (skip the interview at the beginning)

Edited September 11, 2013 by The Nal

[Mardy]

Once again e festivals comes up trumps! Not really heard of this guy but listening to his album on you tube now after Mardy's post - so far it's exceptional. Will be purchasing this - unfortunately doesn't seem to be available on vinyl anywhere.

[Mardy]

It was released on vinyl, but only in the US and very few pressed. I've seen one for 65 quid from an international seller

[zero000]

- A decent sized main dance tent, the one in silver hayes was too small

- My Bloody Valentine

- Pixies

- Arcade Fire

- A girlfriend who is willing to go with me but doesn't get pissed off because I don't want to watch the lumineers, mumford and sons, kodaline or some other assorted bollocks.

- More alcohol

- A tent which doesn't leak

[Wooderson]

Dark Star Orchestra playing all of Dick's Picks 4.

[Mardy]

Dark Star Orchestra playing all of Dick's Picks 4.

[Wooderson]

DP4 is just fucking astonishing isn't it? Even better than 2 and 8. Mind, 36 is pretty fucking awesome too

Right, that's the rest of the day written off. Cheers, mate.

[Wooderson]

Spot on there wooderson. It was that song that made me finally "get it".

I'd add 31 to your list (though I haven't got 18)

[tevaburger]

I was told that happened by the stage booker, so I guess it'sa true.

[Guest]

Have looked at all the usual mainstream websites and I actually think it might not exist. Which this day and age would surprise me as surely the current vinyl target market is pretty much this guy's main fanbase.

[Mardy]

These school summer holidays just gone have convinced me that the current vinyl target market is middle class children with meticulously crafted "scruffy" haircuts without the necessary equipment to play the records, hanging out in records shops, taking pictures of each other on their sodding telephones, picking up records and saying to their mates "Hey, Jamie, I reckon this 'Sigger Ross' album will look rally cool on my bedroom wall".

[Mardy]

hehehe me too. Early 40s, and not balding, but yeah, 18 months ago I unpacked all my records from when I was a teenager and it was like a gateway drug, got me back on the hard stuff.

[Guest]

Now that you mention it, when my dad (pushing 60) saw that I'd purchased a turntable, he very excitedly disappeared into the loft and came back with a big box of his old records from the 60s and 70s. He's been listening to nearly exclusively jazz, soul and classical music since about the 80s, but since getting a whiff of his childhood back, he's been focusing all his efforts on tracking down albums he used to have by Bowie, The Grateful Dead, Creedence, Dylan, The Stones, The Who, Thin Lizzy and the Velvet Underground. He's added a top-of the range turntable to his monster sound system in the living room and I've managed to get him listening to Pixies and The Flaming Lips.

[Mardy]

Lovely post, scruffylovemonster. Brilliant. Captures the spirit of it perfectly

[LondonTom]

These school summer holidays just gone have convinced me that the current vinyl target market is middle class children with meticulously crafted "scruffy" haircuts without the necessary equipment to play the records, hanging out in records shops, taking pictures of each other on their sodding telephones, picking up records and saying to their mates "Hey, Jamie, I reckon this 'Sigger Ross' album will look rally cool on my bedroom wall".

[stardustjunkie]

I just want a ticket. The rest is a bonus!

[Wooderson]

I wish my dad had been as careful. I've got loads of his stuff and most of it's fecked. eg An original copy of Aftermath, worth about 90 quid if it was in any nick but it's scratched to buggery and the sleeve's torn to shreds

[Mardy]

I wish my dad had been as careful. I've got loads of his stuff and most of it's fecked. eg An original copy of Aftermath, worth about 90 quid if it was in any nick but it's scratched to buggery and the sleeve's torn to shreds

[Mardy]

I got my Mum's rcord collection, loads of old 60s releases from the Stones, Kinks, Lee Hazlewood, The Who etc. Every beer stain on the back covers tells a story. Wouldn't have it any other way.

[Mardy]

Mind, I have to say, my teenage collection is all in plastic sleeves and pretty much mint. Christ, I was a dull teenager.