Vinyl Destination – Page 9 – Records, design and thoughts. Simon Minter is a freelance designer from Oxford, UK.

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL: I Don’t Want To…

- August 15, 2010 - simonminter comment

The concept of 'perfect pop' is a long-standing one amongst indie kids. It's a term often thrown back at critics of songs, almost a defense mechanism: 'yes, it's very badly-recorded, but it's perfect pop!', 'I…

Indie-pop / LP / Normal music

THE GO-BETWEENS: Before Hollywood (LP, Rough Trade ROUGH…

- August 10, 2010 - simonminter 2 Comments

Item number one, inspired by the selection of this record 2345. As I fired up the random number generator to select a record for this post, I noticed that the number of records in the…

LP / Normal music

TALKING HEADS: Remain In Light (LP, Sire SRK…

- August 6, 2010 - simonminter comment

I have a strange relationship with Talking Heads. They're one of those bands that I feel I should really like, because they - at least the context of endless name-dropping by music reviewers the world…

7" / Indie Rock Punk Noise / Indie-pop / Wraparound sleeve

LOIS: The Trouble With Me (7″, K IPU…

- August 1, 2010 - simonminter comment

No release date is given on this record, but I think it came out in the very early 1990s. Lois Maffeo was an intrinsic part of the more indie-pop end of the nascent American Riot…

GOD IS MY CO-PILOT/GAG: Grow Your Own Country…

- July 18, 2010 - simonminter comment

If you're keen-eyed, you may spot the remains of a sticker on the front of this record's sleeve. I tried my best to remove it, I really did, but it was stuck on with some…

LP

VARIOUS: Streetsounds Electro 2 (LP, Street Sounds ELCST…

- July 10, 2010 - simonminter comment

I picked up this record at some point within the past few years, either in some charity/second-hand shop somewhere, or from eBay. Having taken the opportunity to investigate my eBay history to see whether it…

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

ANOTHER SUNNY DAY: You Should All Be Murdered…

- July 4, 2010 - simonminter comment

Another Sunny Day. Another Sarah record! Right after the previous post about a Blueboy record, the random number machine points me at this single. It's got no release date (or copyright date) mentioned anywhere, but…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Indie-pop

BLUEBOY: Clearer (7″, Sarah SARAH 55, 1991)

- June 29, 2010 - simonminter 1 Comment

This is only the second Sarah Records release so far that's come up as a candidate for my witterings on here. That's quite a surprise to me. As I've said before, Sarah was one of…

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

VARIOUS: Saturday Night Special (7″, Leadmill LEAD002, 1995)

- June 25, 2010 - simonminter 5 Comments

I have no recollection of when and where I picked up this record. It was definitely some time after its release date of 1995 (or, specifically, 14 August 1995 as an associated insert confirms); instinct…

7" / Freebies and inserts / Indie-pop

BOUQUET: Elderberry Place (7″, Caramel CARAMEL ONE, ?)

- June 11, 2010 - simonminter comment

Ah, records don't get much more archetypally cute indie-pop than this! This was a self-released record that came out in the early nineties. Bouquet were something of a big player in the letter/fanzine-based indie-pop scene…