Vinyl Destination – Page 18 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

VERONICA LAKE/CRAYON: Sleepyhouse/This Dream Is Gone (7″, Cher…

- April 20, 2009 - simonminter comment

It doesn't get much more DIY indie pop than this... hand-finished, sprayed, brilliant wraparound sleeve, hand numbered in pencil (number 130 out of just 400 copies), a couple of inserts included. I love it. How…

7" / Weirdo Folk Music

FUTURE PILOT A.K.A. VS. RANJIT NAGAR CHORUS/KIM FOWLEY:…

- April 18, 2009 - simonminter comment

Future Pilot A.K.A. is Sushil K. Dade, one of The Soup Dragons and a sometime BMX Bandit too, if I'm correctly informed. I'm not so sure what the deal is behind this single and another…

1960s / LP

VARIOUS: Rubble Nine: From The House Of Lords…

- April 15, 2009 - simonminter 2 Comments

I love these 1960s garage/psychedelia/punk/r'n'b compilations, which is just as well, as there's a never-ending supply of them. Everything from Nuggets through to Pebbles and Rubble and a billion other (some non-geologically-named) compilations have been…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Indie Rock Punk Noise / Numbered / Picture disc

ERASE ERRATA: Live At Eagle Tavern (7″, Lungcast…

- April 13, 2009 - simonminter comment

Picture discs are weird things, aren't they? For a start, there's the endless confusion in my mind about the spelling involved: is it picture disc or picture disk? Does it matter? Any ideas? Beyond that,…

LITHOPS: Tubino See Through (7″, Static Caravan VAN…

- April 5, 2009 - simonminter comment

The very enigmatic first release from Static Caravan Recordings: you can see pointers here to affirm that this label wasn't one trying to play the majors at their own game. The cover is a scratchy,…

12" / Indie-pop / Normal music

THE WEATHER PROPHETS: She Comes From The Rain…

- April 1, 2009 - simonminter 1 Comment

This is a 12" packaged in one of those thin sleeves without a spine. I never much liked this kind of sleeve, it always seemed too insubstantial for a record of this size, as if…

7" / Indie Rock Punk Noise

JACOB’S MOUSE: Hawaiian Vice (7″, Wiiija LTD 001,…

- March 30, 2009 - simonminter comment

Wiiija put out a few of these cheapo one-sided 7" singles - they were just 99 pence each - presumably to big up some of the bands that they were working with at the time.…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Hand-finished / Post-rock-type Stuff

HOOD: A Harbour Of Thoughts (7″, Orgasm SPASM…

- March 28, 2009 - simonminter comment

On the insert that comes with this photocopied-sheets-hand-pasted-on-sleeve record, it states 'Theres [sic] plenty more where this came from' before giving the band's contact address. They're certainly not kidding - in the early days of…

Indie-pop / LP

JANE BOND & THE UNDERCOVERMEN: Politically Correct (LP,…

- March 15, 2009 - simonminter comment

This was stumbled upon in a charity shop in Reading, at some point in the mid-1990s. Dreamworld Records was run by The Television Personalities, so I figured that this album should be interesting and of…

12" / Indie Rock Punk Noise

LUSCIOUS JACKSON: Deep Shag (12″, Capitol/Grand Royal SPRO-79482/79499,…

- March 11, 2009 - simonminter comment

Another record bought after hearing an band's work on home-recorded tapes made for me by friends. 'Home taping is killing music'? Not for me, bub! Home taping expanded my listening horizons and still contributes to…