The Vinyl Countdown # 1607
Pink Floyd, Relics (1971) One of the first Pink Floyd tapes I bought – so it was a bit of a head-fuck at first; lined up next to The Wall and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. But shortly after – I...
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Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) You know I don’t think I’ve ever heard this. The vinyl I mean. Of course I’ve heard the album. I had the tape, I had the CD, I had the 20th Anniversary CD –...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1360
Pink Floyd, Meddle (1971) Increasingly, my favourite Pink Floyd era is everything between 1968-1972 – and here’s a lot in there. The first thing I heard from within that timeframe was Meddle, because...
View ArticleNguyen Le: Celebrating The Dark Side of The Moon
Nguyen Le Celebrating The Dark Side of The Moon ACT Music Hey, look, in recent years I’ve been far more interested in The Easy Star All Stars’ version of Dark Side of The Moon (both their Dub Side of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1607
Pink Floyd, Relics (1971) One of the first Pink Floyd tapes I bought – so it was a bit of a head-fuck at first; lined up next to The Wall and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. But shortly after – I...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1443
Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) You know I don’t think I’ve ever heard this. The vinyl I mean. Of course I’ve heard the album. I had the tape, I had the CD, I had the 20th Anniversary CD –...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1360
Pink Floyd, Meddle (1971) Increasingly, my favourite Pink Floyd era is everything between 1968-1972 – and here’s a lot in there. The first thing I heard from within that timeframe was Meddle, because...
View ArticleNguyen Le: Celebrating The Dark Side of The Moon
Nguyen Le Celebrating The Dark Side of The Moon ACT Music Hey, look, in recent years I’ve been far more interested in The Easy Star All Stars’ version of Dark Side of The Moon (both their Dub Side of...
View ArticleThat Time We Stood Waiting For Four Hours To Buy A CD – And Then, Years...
I bought Pink Floyd’s Pulse the very second it became available. It was mid-1995. It was my first year living away from home, in Wellington; ostensibly I had travelled to the capital to study English...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 477
V/A, The Wizard of Oz [OST] (1939) It’s good! But you have to sync it up with some footage of Pink Floyd playing the songs off Dark Side of The Moon – preferably some 1972 concert footage – then mute...
View ArticlePoem: Dark Side
I was the DJ at my brother’s 21st – reluctant too. I had wanted to be at a Red Hot Chili Peppers gig instead. And I say “DJ” – I was charged with making sure the CDs went on the stereo. It was the...
View ArticleNick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse BMG A couple of years back I read about Nick Mason’s new group – Saucerful of Secrets. He was tackling the pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the Syd...
View ArticleShort Story: Eclipsed
I was the DJ at my brother’s 21st birthday. I was reluctant too, If I’d had my way, I’d have been at the Red Hot Chili Peppers gig instead. I say “DJ” – it was simply my job to make sure the CDs went...
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