Vinyl Destination – Page 13 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

GAG/ABLE MESH: Condo 63/Mountaineer/Holiday Faces (7″ flexi, Audacious…

- December 13, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

A brief meditation on the inherent problems in trying to order records, that feature more than one artist, on the shelf - such as in this example, which I've just spent ten minutes trying to…

TRANSPARENT THING: Car (7″, Wurlitzer Jukebox WJ 35,…

- December 10, 2009 - simonminter 3 Comments

I don't know when this record was released - the sleeve or insert doesn't offer any hard information. Why can't these people include the correct information for efficient record-keeping, eh, eh? In fact, it's very…

Hip-hop/'dance' music / LP

MANTRONIX: Music Madness (LP, 10 DIX 50, 1986)

- December 6, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

In 1986 when this record came out, I was around thirteen years old and the existence of hip-hop and breakdancing was evident enough for me and a few pals at school to feel confident and…

HULA HOOP/HOOD/BLAIRMAILER: 3 Band Flexi With… (7″ flexi,…

- December 3, 2009 - simonminter 2 Comments

Flexis are cool. People don't make them that much any more, as far as I know. Maybe it's difficult to make them these days. Maybe I should investigate, and if I can, just make a…

12" / Hip-hop/'dance' music / Normal music

OL’ DIRTY BASTARD: Got Your Money (12″, Elektra…

- November 24, 2009 - simonminter comment

Occasionally I'll hear some piece of music from the mainstream that totally sticks in my head and obsesses me to the point where I ultimately end up in HMV buying it whilst trying to maintain…

Freebies and inserts / Indie-pop / LP / Post-punk / Weirdo Noise Music

SWELL MAPS: A Trip To Marineville (LP, Rough…

- October 29, 2009 - simonminter comment

This album is an insight into a strange set of minds. I bought it in around '92 or so after hearing Swell Maps' name dropped in the context of a variety of indie-pop and fanzine…

1960s / LP

VARIOUS: Rubble Six: The Clouds Have Groovy Faces…

- October 27, 2009 - simonminter comment

I will never tire of buying compilations of rare and/or hard-to-find 1960s psychedelia/garage/weirdo/folk music gems. And that's lucky, as there are what seem like thousands of them out there - some crossing over in their…

1960s / Coloured vinyl / LP / Weirdo Noise Music

HAPSHASH AND THE COLOURED COAT: Featuring The Human…

- October 25, 2009 - simonminter 2 Comments

Wow, look at that cover design. Hapshash And The Coloured Coat were a fashion/graphic design house right in the centre of the late 1960s maelstrom of London psychedelia who, true to the spirit of 'try…

LP / Weirdo Folk Music / Weirdo Noise Music

THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL: Black Foliage (2LP, Flydaddy…

- October 20, 2009 - simonminter comment

Some time ago, in the midst of my letter-writing exploits of the past, I regularly corresponded with a guy called Simon who was at university in, as I recall, Bristol. I'd first been in touch…

7" / Indie Rock Punk Noise / Wraparound sleeve

VELVET MONKEYS: Untitled (2×7″, Ecstatic Peace! E#8, 1990)

- October 10, 2009 - simonminter comment

I picked this upon eBay some years back for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's an early Ecstatic Peace! release, from back in the days before Thurston Moore's label became the more serious and organised…