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70 years since the release of the first LP record

08 Sunday Apr 2018

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The 21st June will mark the 70th anniversary, when Columbia records held a press conference at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, to announce the arrival of the ‘Long Playing Microgroove Record’ – the LP to You and me. The LP offered 25 mins play per side of a 12 inch record five or six times as much as one of the then fashionable 78-rpm shellac disks. If you dropped a 78 it usually shattered and it had a lot of audible scratching when played whereas the new LP were made of vinylite, nonbreakable and silent-surfaced.

The first microgroove LP pressing released was Columbia ML4001, the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor with soloist Nathan Milstein, and Bruno Walter conducting The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York

Another factor which helped was the introduction magnetic tape for recording and editing following it’s discovery in Germany during the last days of the war and like the rocket technology it was liberated and used to good effect by America. A year after the LP came out the 7 inch came out. After 10 years the LP only accounted for 25% of record sales, with 7 inch record 73%, totally replacing the 78 which only had 2% of record sales in the USA. Jukeboxes were at their peak in the 1950’s and were now mainly filled with 7 inch records. The LP only exploded in the 60’s due to the further expansion recording time on an album and the explosion English-language popular music. Sales started to decline in the late 70’s due to the appearance of compact cassettes.

On the LP’s 40th anniversary it was widely predicted that the compact disc would totally replace vinyl albums. This failed to happen due to audiophiles, DJs, and fans of indie music. Fans of music are still looking to collect old vinyl, vinyl reissues or to collect vinyl versions of new albums when the opportunity presents itself. Record store day in the UK also generates some interest in vinyl, but it’s still the smaller bands and labels that are igniting the demand for vinyl, so it’s unlikely Vinyl will ever disappear as long as there is an active music scenes for new bands to flourish in.

The 70 albums pictured are random selection from my vinyl LP collection – alphabetical ordered as that’s how they are stored ( I didn’t always buy vinyl, sometimes tapes for covenience but on occasions they would snap or unravel ;/, I also borrowed records from friends and taped them) My music collection is a mix of vinyl, tapes, CD’s and MP3’s. I guess if the Japanese had continued to develop the laser to play vinyl records which removed the scratches in the sound, I would still be mainly using vinyl. The one event that made me switch to CD’s was when I went to get Killing Joke’s “Millenium” single on 12″. The copy I bought from Jumbo records in Leeds had a cigarette burn in the vinyl. When I took it back all further 18 copies all had the same burn mark . So I had buy it on CD. It’s easier to transport, store and use CD’s and MP3’s as a DJ.

THE ALARM – Declaration
ALL ABOUT EVE – All About Eve
THE ARMOURY SHOW – Waiting For The Floods
BALAAM AND THE ANGEL – The Greatest Story Ever Told
BIG COUNTRY – Steeltown
THE BOLSHOI – Friends
BAD MANNERS – Ska N B
PRINCE BUSTER – The Fabulous Greatest Hits
BAUHAUS – The Sky’s Gone Out (double album)
BLUE IN HEAVEN – Explicit Material
THE BEAT – I Can’t Stop
THE CULT – Love
THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX – Grenade
CACTUS WORLD NEWS – Urban Beaches
CRAZYHEAD – Some Kind Of Fever
THE CURE – Faith
COP SHOOT COP – Consumer Revolt
THE CHURCH – Starfish
THE CHAMELEONS – The Peel Sessions
DANIELLE DAX – Inky Bloaters
THE DAMNED – Light At The End Of The Tunnel (double album)
THE FATIMA MANSIONS – Lost In The Former West
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM – Dawn Razor
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – The Story Of A Young Heart
THE FOUNTAINHEAD – Voice Of Reason
THE GODFATHERS – Hit By Hit
GHOSTDANCE – Stop The World
IGGY POP – Instinct
INTO PARADISE – Churchtown
THE JAM – Snap (double album)
KILLING JOKE – Revelations
THE LEATHER NUN – Force Of Habit
LOUD – Psyche 21
LA MUERTE – Kustom Kar Kompetition
LAIBACH – Macbeth
THE MISSION – World Crusade
MADNESS – One Step Beyond
THE MARIONETTES – Book Of Shadows
THE MIGHTY LEMONDROPS – World Without End
THE NEON JUDGEMENT – Horny As Hell
NEW MODEL ARMY – The Ghost Of Cain
NOSFERATU – Rise
THE POGUES – Red Roses For Me
THE PRIMITIVES – Lovely
PROPAGANDA – A Secret Wish
PLAY DEAD – Into The Fire
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY – Paint Your Wagon
ROSETTA STONE – An Eye For The Main Chance
THE ROSE OF AVALANCHE – String A Beads
SISTERS OF MERCY – First And Last And Always
SIMON F – Gun Control
SPECIALS – Specials
VARIOUS – Dance Craze
THE SELECTER – Too Much Pressure
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – Nocturne (double album)
THE SUN AND THE MOON – The Sun And The Moon
SIMPLE MINDS – New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
THE STRANGLERS – The Collection 1977-1982
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – Go For It Again (double album)
THE THREE JOHNS – The World By Storm
THERAPY? – Troublegum
THAT PETROL EMOTION – Babble
UB40 – Present Arms (double album)
THE UNDERTONES – All Wrapped Up (double album)
U2 – Boy
THE WONDERSTUFF – The Eight Legged Groove Machine
WIRE TRAIN – Between Two Words
THE WOLFETONES – Let The People Sing
BATCAVE – Young Limbs And Numb Hymns
WIERD RECORDS Compilation (3 albums, 7 single and CD)

SELF AID Dublin 17th May 1986 -30th Anniversary

08 Sunday May 2016

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Auto Da Fe, Bagatelle, Big Self, Blue In Heaven, Bod Geldorf & The Boomtown rats, Brush Shiels, cactus world news, Chris De burgh, Chris Rea, Christy Moore, Clannad, De Dannan, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Fredie White, Garry Moore, In Tua Nua, Les Enfants, Light a Big Fire, Moving Hearts, Paul Brady, Rory Gallagher, Scullion, Self Aid 17th May 1986, Self Aid Dublin 30th Anniversay, Stocktons Wing, The Chieftains, The Fountainhead, The longest concert 14.5 hours, The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, Those Nervous Animals, U2

 

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On 17th May  it is the anniversary of one of the longest day festivals I have attended lasting staggering 14.5 hours. It is possibly still is the biggest festival ever held in Ireland. It’s the only festival where I have seen every band playing. The main reason I decided to go was that I had been totally blown away by Cactus World News, first seeing them suporting The Cult on their Love tour and then a month before Dublin seeing them at The Warehouse in Leeds. It also featured another one of my live favourites at the time The Pogues.

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Luckily for me Cavendish travel where running a coach from Leeds to Dublin. The coach set on evening before with only 14 or so people on board. At the time I was out of work due being constantly told I was over qualified for work that was available. The festival itself was to raise money for and highlight the fact that their were 250,000 people out of work in Ireland. All the bands appearing played for free with all money raised going to creation of jobs.

The coach boarded the ferry at Holyhead and we set sale for the Emerald Isle. The Irish sea has a reputation of being one roughest and so it proved to be the case. Naturally the bars were filled and the pints flowed. I opted for trying to get some rest and plugged into Urban Beaches on my walkman.

By the hours the ship was swaying from side to side so I got up for walk having to navigate the minefield of puke and sleeping corpses on the floor. Due to the fact that so many passengers were feeling sick I was in luck as breakfast was offered at the price of all you could eat for £1. So I in Dublin around 10.00am well fed and prepared for the long day ahead 😉

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I found myself outside the venue around 10.30am and joined  the queue. What a great friendly atmosphere already. I met a groupd of U2 fans who where only to willing to share their vodka and beer as we waited for the gates to open. I remember I was thankful for wearing my leather jacket

Each band was given a 15 min set time so enough time for 2 or 3 songs. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be full footage of this large festival as some great performances aren’t on Youtube. Also I also thought Light A Big Fire were on the line up but I can’t rememeber if they replaced someone else. I’m sure this is where I heard Mr Twilight first but could be wrong

 

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Brush Shiels kicked things off with a great mix of Irish folk and rock classics- a sort of Irish version of stars on 45 😉

 Bagatelle were up next and me U2 fans decided it was time for a beer. All the food, beer and merchandise was at the edge of the arena so it was still possible to hear and see the bands .

Stocktons Wing again had the crowd rocking with the irish folk tinged folk rock.

Blue In Heaven delivered a great perfomance, which had me jumping around. I bought their album and when they played Leeds, they invited me for a drink backstage to sign the album and give me some beers when they supported The Damned on their Anything tour.;)

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Up next where another great live band featuring one of my favourite instruments The  Uillean Pipes – In Tua Nua. Great mix of New Wave and Irish traditional music.

Clannad from Donegal were up next and delivered an exceptional performance to send shivers down the spine especially during Harry’s Game.

Big Self – post punk new wave. Quite good.

Les Enfants – great new wave  had me jumping around.

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The Chieftains – more traditional Irish folk music to spurr on the crowd

Chris Rea – More beer

Freddie White –time to get some chips.

Those Nervous Animals – sort of MOR. Time for another beer.

The Pogues – Where intruduced by that legend Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners. The venue exploded into song and dance as Shane delivered classics Dirty Old Town,The Body of An American, The Sick Bed Cuchulainn and Sally Maclennane,

 

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Cactus World News were on great form and had me down the front dancing along like a nut! The Bridge and Worlds Apart had me in heaven 😉 Well worth the trip just for this set 😉

Scullion – main stream  pop more beer and more chips

De Danann – Irish folk music

The Fountainhead – great live new wave performance which again had the crowd bouncing.

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Paul Brady – pop ballads

Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats – naturally went down a storm as at the time the only Irish band to have a No1 in the UK. Got the crowd going nuts ! Their last ever performance.

Auto Da Fe

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Great synths and mix  of new wave live.

 

Moving Hearts – More Irish traditional music with great Uillean Pipes. They went down a storm.

Rory Gallagher – Rock and Roll/blues guitar legend.

Christy Moore

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Very popular folk singer and legend from Ireland who went down a storm with the crowd, could have been a blueprint for Neofolk.

Elvis Costello & The Attactions – he was there I think he might have played I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down and Ship Building but I Can’t find any evidence of his set.

Chris De Burgh – Yes even more beer

Van Morrison –time for the last beer and to get a good position down the front. –

Thin Lizzy – Great tribute to Phil Lynott.

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U2/Finale – I ended up down the front on the left of the stage. Rumour had it could be U2’s last gig as Bono had been battling a drugs problem. I remember the  U2 fans and myself were bouncing up on down with random female U2’s fans so they could waive their flags. C’mon Everybody, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie’s Farm, and Bad.

Possibly the best U2 gig ever. You could cut the atmosphere with a  knife. The crowd would have take Dublin apart brick by brick if U2 had asked.

What a finale Whiskey in The Jar to end with 😉

 

Absolutely stunning gig. I wasn’t tired until I reached the ferry for the homeward trip. A great musical memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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