Vinyl Destination – Page 2 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

VERVE: She’s A Superstar (12″, Hut HUTT 16,…

- February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 - simonminter 4 Comments

That's Verve, of course, not The Verve, as they became, slightly later in their career. I can't quite remember why they changed their name, but it may have been to do with potential mixups with the Verve…

12" / Indie-pop / Normal music

THE SMITHS: I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish…

- November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 - simonminter 2 Comments

The Smiths are, for me, an odd band. I've got a few of their records, but I'd never really describe myself as a fan. Whenever I hear any of the vast majority of their songs,…

Indie Rock Punk Noise / Indie-pop / LP / Weirdo Noise Music

UNCLE WIGGLY: Non-Stuff (LP, Hemiola HEM 7, ?)

- August 13, 2016August 13, 2016 - simonminter comment

The lot of a small-time reviewer is an odd one. I reached merely moderate levels of coverage and/or influence with a series of fanzines – and an associated cassette tape label – back in the early/mid…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Indie Rock Punk Noise / LP / Post-rock-type Stuff

HOOD: Silent ’88 (LP, Slumberland SLR 59, 1996)

- February 16, 2015 - simonminter comment

Hood always felt very much like an English band – specifically, Northern English. Their songs had a gritty, blurred, romantic, hopeful and bleak combination of things going on. For a while, it seemed like they…

1960s / Easy Listening / LP / Normal music

VARIOUS: Impact: The Breakthrough To The Exciting World…

- January 10, 2015 - simonminter comment

I have quite a number of these 'demonstration'-type records, no end of them were released through the 1960s and 1970s to show off the worlds/galaxies/spectra/etc of new stereophonic (or, in some cases quadraphonic) capabilities of,…

Freebies and inserts / Hand-finished / LP / Weirdo Noise Music

CHARLES HAYWARD: Anonymous Bash (LP, Samarbeta SBR001, 2014)

- December 9, 2014 - simonminter comment

Charles Hayward was a founding member of This Heat, who released some of the best and most inventive records of the late 1970s and early 1980s – which is saying something, as there was a lot of…

LP / Weirdo Noise Music

THURSTON MOORE AND MARGARIDA GARCIA: The Rust Within…

- September 13, 2014 - simonminter comment

Thurston Moore isn't backwards in coming forwards when it comes to releasing records. As a die-hard Sonic Youth fan, I do what I can to keep up with the ever-expanding circle of music that surrounds…

Coloured vinyl / Freebies and inserts / LP / Space rock / Weirdo Noise Music

EARTHLING SOCIETY: England Have My Bones (LP, Riot…

- August 25, 2014August 25, 2014 - simonminter comment

"Good old Riot Season…", to paraphrase an old Yellow Pages television advert. "They're not just there for the bad things in life". They are there, though, as a relatively frequent, always reliable source of all things noisy,…

7" / Indie Rock Punk Noise

SEAWEED: Deertrap (7″, K IPU 16, 1990)

- July 20, 2014July 20, 2014 - simonminter comment

The K label, and in particular its International Pop Underground series, are an item on my mental 'over time, I'll collect all of these records' list. It's not a hugely pressing task, it's more that…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Hand-finished / Numbered / Weirdo Folk Music / Weirdo Noise Music

YUKI TSUJII: I’m Rubbish But I Love You…

- July 13, 2014 - simonminter comment

Reading about a record that's a limited edition, has handmade elements to its packaging, and that is somehow unique as an artefact, is always a way to find my interest piqued. So, my first record…