SuggestiON-AIR: Vinyl goodness
Whether you're an avid collector with a few valuables, have access to your dad's or have bought a handfull of records to admire rather than actually play, we ask you the same question - what is your favourite piece of vinyl that you own? (Or if you don't own a single record but had to buy one - what would it be?)
Let us know via Facebook or Twitter or by texting 81771 during tonight's show. As always, we'll try and read out and play tracks from as many as we can!!
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Spiritualized - Let it Come Down
Rigsy - ATL presenter
I'm ashamed to say I've never really collected vinyl and don't even own a record player anymore. But I have bought the odd piece of vinyl, fascinated by the feel of the things and (especially) how the artwork looks. I've copies of some all time faves - Exit Planet Dust, Endtroducing, Screamadelica and How to Operate with a Blown Mind...for a start. All of them framed. But simply because I was lucky enough to get it signed by Jason Pierce ('high times, david?') I'll go for 'Let it Come Down' by Spiritualized. The Irony being that the CD artwork, a kind of 3D indented version of the pig tailed lady, works much better....
Amy McGarrigle - ATL content assistant
I found the 12" vinyl of Smashing Pumpkins second ever single, and sole release on the legendary Sub Pop label, on a day trip to Letterkenny. I was probably about 15/16, right in the middle of my Smashing Pumpkins adoration phase and willing to buy anything Billy Corgan stamped his name on. I coughed up £30 (Irish pounds in it's dying days) and took it home to be blue tacked (via its plastic cover) to my wall. We never had a record player in my house and Tristessa was re-recorded for the debut album (the version I had), so I actually don't know if I've ever actually heard this recording. Not sure if it would be worth much now, what with it falling off the wall every other week and rolling across the carpet, but I've still held on to it. What with its particularly psychedelic image of Jimmy Chamberlain with a bowl hair cut on the back. And Billy Corgan with plenty full locks of hair.... Fetching.
Paul McClean - ATL producer
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious 5 - Step Off
This is crazily difficult given that as the office golden oldie I've been collecting plastic since the mid 80's. DJing since '95 triples that, since vinyl was the lifeblood and we used to pretty much forgo food for 12s back in the day. So I guess the first would have to do it and I remember wrecking many cartridges on my mum's tape/vinyl player attempting to scratch with this hip hop classic. I can still rap the entire song, even though it's so long you have to turn it over to get the whole track. I bought it in the sale bin of an electrical shop for around 25p - bargain!
Philip Taggart - ATL Contributor
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
In my formative months in Belfast I had a propensity to pass unemployed daytime hours by surfing through charity and book shops. Realising I had already scoured and memorised the book and CD shelves by type, category and smell I descended upon the vinyl section of Oxfam. After a lot of meandering flicking i found the debut, self titled Velvet Underground record. I immediately emptied 10% of my dole check into the cashiers hands and brought it home to remember that our record player had been smashed at a party. Alas, it still sits on my wall yearning for the needle to facilitate its grooves once again.
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