Vinyl Destination – Page 16 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

VARIOUS: The Sorted E.P. (7″, Sorted SRS003, 1994)

- July 1, 2009 - simonminter comment

I picked up this 33rpm compilation 7" in the mid-nineties because of the Prolapse track that's on here - a demo version of 'P.D.F.' that is, I believe, unavailable elsewhere. Not too sure of any…

7" / Post-rock-type Stuff

STEREOLAB: Instant O In The Universe (3×7″, Duophonic…

- June 23, 2009 - simonminter comment

Ah, look at that cover artwork - fantastic. Fine, fine work by House@Intro, the inspirational force behind all manner of great-looking records. House is graphic designer Julian House, and Intro is the The Intro Partnership,…

7" / Coloured vinyl / Freebies and inserts / Indie-pop / Wraparound sleeve

AMANDA BY NIGHT: Silvermilk EP (7″, Alienor ALIEN…

- June 21, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

Another little glimpse into the most obscure of obscurities: this single came out on French indie-pop label Alienor in the nineties, presumably in a pretty low run. Alienor were one of the many labels I'd…

1970s / LP

ALICE COOPER: Pretties For You (LP, Warner Bros.…

- June 13, 2009 - simonminter comment

I bought this album very recently on eBay after reading about it in the rather excellent Shindig magazine. It's Alice Cooper's debut, from back when Alice Cooper was both the singer and the band's name,…

Indie Rock Punk Noise / LP

WALKINGSEEDS SENSORY DEPRIVATION CHAMBER QUARTET: Dwarf L.P. (LP,…

- June 9, 2009 - simonminter 2 Comments

What a name for a band... that's how to name a group. This is a truly weird mini-album from a very odd neo-psychedelic-freakout band who later shortened their name to just Walkingseeds. I first heard…

LP / Post-rock-type Stuff

TANK: Bedtime For Rio (LP, Earworm WORM 56,…

- June 6, 2009 - simonminter comment

Tank were producing Krautrock-tinged post-rock music waaaay before it became the hip music du jour, so them releasing this album on Earworm - a label that released a lot of that kinda stuff waaaay before…

VARIOUS: Pulley (7″, Simple Machines SMR 003, 1991)

- June 2, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

A wee slab of indie rock history here, kind of... Simple Machines were an inspirational label in their early nineties heyday, pulling together underground music strands and sharing the love with unending positivity. And, at…

1970s / Easy Listening / LP

ISAAC HAYES: Shaft – Music From The Soundtrack…

- May 28, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

Isn't Isaac Hayes cool? Look at him up there in the top right hand corner, he's all untouchable hipster, shades, slaphead and all. Was it him that did the album called (I think) Hot Buttered…

7" / Coloured vinyl / Indie Rock Punk Noise / Normal music

BLUR: Song 2 (7″, Food FOOD 93, 1997)

- May 25, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

Twelve years on and this still sounds fresh as a daisy - one of Blur's musical pinnacles. There were many. This cover is great and it sums up the song perfectly: a stupid, brightly-coloured American…

Indie Rock Punk Noise / Indie-pop

VARIOUS: Different For Domeheads (LP, Creation CRELP5, 1985)

- May 22, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

Creation Records don't half cop a lot of flak these days; mainly, I guess, as a side effect of bringing Oasis to the masses (I love them myself, but you can't sell that many records…