This Is Vinyl

14/02/2025

Here's the audio link to The Beatles episode

14/02/2025

Today as a Valentines gift we're bringing you a whole episode on 'The Beatles' - Prof Jim Allan is lifting the lid on collectable Beatles LP's, what to look out for and how to identify them, plus, what a few of them are worth. Essential for vinyl fans and Beatles nuts alike - hope you enjoy!!

https://youtu.be/tmG2Oy5t_YM

05/02/2025

It's February (finally) and time for another podcast episode. This one is all about Island Records with former Press Officer, Neil Storey - tales of Grace Jones punching TV presenters, Chris Blackwell giving Bob Marley a cheque for an album with no contract and many other insights. Hope you enjoy it

Island Records is one of the most iconic and respected record labels ever to exist. With a catalogue containing acts as diverse as Bob Marley, U2, Amy Wineho...

28/01/2025

A new blog for the new year - Radio Radio

In the words of Elvis Costello ‘it’s a sound salvation’ - but interestingly this song was written as a protest against the radio embargo on certain punk records released at the time. As is the norm with Elvis, it’s lyric...

23/01/2025

Look what turned up today!! Who wants one? 😉

17/01/2025

The first episode of 2025 is now 'live' - a chat with former A&R Ben Wardle about running an indie, signing Sleeper having Elvis Costello cover one of your acts songs, having a pistol pointed at you in the studio and much more! Life was much more fun back then....

I talk to Ben about working for a Major Record Label chasing the 'next U2', running a successful 'Indie' label through the 1990's, signing acts like Sleeper,...

23/12/2024

Here's the link to YouTube - The interview is with Mark Lewis from B-Unique Records on growing up in the Liverpool scene, all things vinyl, running an indie label and signing acts like Echo & The Bunnymen. Hope you enjoy - audio link is here, YouTube to follow

A great discussion about what hooked Mark as an A&R man on vinyl as a format, his love of music, running a hugely successful Independent Record Label & Publi...

23/12/2024

The last podcast of the year is now live! It's a great listen. The interview is with Mark Lewis from B-Unique Records on growing up in the Liverpool scene, all things vinyl, running an indie label and signing acts like Echo & The Bunnymen. Hope you enjoy - audio link is here, YouTube to follow

A great discussion about what hooked Mark as an A&R man on vinyl as a format, his love of music, running a hugely successful Independent Record Label & Publishing Company and as a Scouser and a fan, how signing a newly re-formed Echo &...

19/12/2024

The final blog of the year - Happy Christmas folks

Welcome to the final ‘This Is Vinyl’ blog of 2024 which is a kind of appraisal of where we’ve come to in what has been an interesting and at times, difficult year.

16/12/2024

Podcast is now getting some great numbers, if you join the mailing list on the website you'll get advance notice of future episodes which include
- Mark Lewis on A&R, signing Echo & The Bunnymen, vinyl buying and early influences,
- Jim Allan on Beatles Collectable Vinyl,
- Neil Storey on Island Records
- Pauline Murray & Rob Blamire from Pe*******on on all things Punk,
- John Mostyn - ex Beat and FYC manager on Ska and meeting Jerry Dammers for the first time,
- Doug Macleod on Memphis Blues and
- Ben Wardle on running an independent label, signing Sleeper and his excellent book on Talk Talk

plus a few more in the pipeline!!

A podcast series for the vinyl collector

13/12/2024

It's Friday night so we thought we'd upload another episode! This one features ex Snow Patrol drummer Jonny Quinn alongside the A&R man who signed their publishing to Sony, Steve Farris. Hope you enjoy it.....

What a great episode this is - welcome to Episode 3 of This Is Vinyl with Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn and ex-Sony Music Publisher Steve Farris, who originally ...

12/12/2024

Fabulous interview this morning with Professor Jim Allan on all things Beatles including what makes certain releases valuable and how to identify them. A must for any vinyl collector and Beatles fan. In the edit suite now and will be released soon. Sign up for news at www.thisisvinyl.co.uk or follow us here.

09/12/2024

Coming soon - a whole podcast episode on Collectable Beatles Vinyl with self confessed Beatles nut Professor Jim Allan, specialist in Cancer Genetics, and, erm, The Beatles!! Who knew - join the mailing list at www.thisisvinyl.co.uk

07/12/2024

Great to see Pauline Murray and Rob Blamire today for a This Is Vinyl podcast interview. We talk about all things punk, Pe*******on, vinyl, touring & John Peel. Follow us here or at www.thisisvinyl.co.uk for broadcast dates 😉

06/12/2024

Episode 2 of This Is Vinyl is now live on the website!!! It's 'Music and Film' with Lee Jury (Disney / Marvel) and Music Supervisor extraordinaire Ian Neil (Lock Stock, Sn**ch, Kingsmen, KLF and others). Hard to pin either of these two down, let alone both together so I hope you enjoy it.... Please share if you want to - available also on YouTube and Spotify

A podcast series for the vinyl collector