Vinyl Destination – Page 3 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

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…

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

- August 25, 2014 | August 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, 2014 | July 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…

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…

12" / Indie-pop

TALULAH GOSH: Where’s The Cougar, Matey? (12″, 53rd…

- July 5, 2014 - simonminter comment

Early on in my headlong dive into indie-pop that took place from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, Talulah Gosh revealed themselves as one of the fundamentals of that whole scene. Through a fast-expanding Sarah Records back…

1970s / Coloured vinyl / Freebies and inserts / LP / Space rock / Weirdo Noise Music

LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS: Electric Pure Land (2LP)

- June 28, 2014 - simonminter comment

As seems befitting for a release by the "influential, yet reclusive Japanese avant-garde band" Les Rallizes Dénudés, this double album – the first from the band in my collection – provides few hints in its packaging…

-a+M: Dials (10”, Lancashire And Somerset L&S 005,…

- June 22, 2014 - simonminter comment

The random number generator that I use to pick a record to write about on here dumped me right at that awkward 'pre-alphabet' part of the list – the place where artist names start with…

12" / Freebies and inserts / Post-rock-type Stuff / Space rock

THE OSCILLATION: Cable Street Sessions (12″, Cardinal Fuzz…

- June 13, 2014 - simonminter comment

Cardinal Fuzz has become one of my favourite record labels of recent times – they seem as concerned with a high quality of finish and design on their releases as I think any label should be,…

1970s / LP / Space rock

TANGERINE DREAM: Alpha Centauri / Atem (2LP, Virgin…

- May 10, 2014 - simonminter comment

Record companies love to repackage and resell existing product, but in the case of this double album – which compiles a couple of Tangerine Dream's early releases (Alpha Centauri was originally out in 1971, Atem in…

Electronica / LP

BRETT NAUCKE: Seed (LP, Spectrum Spools SP 034,…

- April 27, 2014 - simonminter comment

Said out loud, I'm not sure if Naucke is 'now-ker', 'nork', 'nowk' or something else entirely. That, potentially, isn't important. This is a very recent purchase, I bought Seed after reading its description on the Editions Mego website…