Three is the magic number, and so we celebrated three years of Record Club with tracks from our favourite albums over that time.
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Le Tour Bandwagon
The Grand Depart of the Tour De France was just one week away when Record Club came around in June, so, like the rest of the world, wwe jumped on the bandwagon to create a playlist from the records brought along with a loose connection to the Tour De France, Yorkshire, cycling, etc.
We we’re not dissappointed as our punters were as broad or as obtuse as any Yorkshire folk should be. We had everything from the obvious – Pink Floyd: Bike, to the tenous – Echo and the Bunny Men: Killing Moon, and the inventive, All: Exercise.
Some great photos of the night were takien by Simon Sugden:
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Full track listing will appear below soon.
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Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Tour De France
Artist:
Kraftwerk
Year:
1983
Event:
We only played the 12″ of this – but it had to be done for the Tour De france night.
The Smiths Influence
We had the suggestion of ‘doing a Smiths night’, and through the discussion we got onto the things that influenced The Smiths and who The Smiths, in turn, influenced, and on the night we had piles of records to choose from. Thanks to everyone that brought something along.
Of course there were plenty of Smiths albums and singles, but also great music from the likes of The New York Dolls, The Stooges, Soho, Suede, Gene, The Primatives, The Shirells, Chic, Sandy Shaw, Bowie, Echobelly, The Velvet Underground, and many more.
Hatful of Hollow was the popular choice for an album that got a full airing.
This is not the first Smiths album to be played at Record Club. In the past we playedThe Queen is Dead at our Independent Record Shops event back in October 2012, and Morrissey’s Viva Hate was played as part of our Debut Albums event.
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Hatful of Hollow
Artist:
The Smiths
Year:
1984
On the night it came down to Meat is Murder or this. Hatful of Hollow won partly because there are simply more tracks on it!
Thanks to Lee for bringing it along and sharing.
Record Store Day, 2014
Record Store Day 2014 came and went, and some Record clubbers got up very early and grabbed their Record Store day bargains, while others trotted along later and took their pick of what was left, while others just didn’t bother at all!
We ended up with a “diverse evening’s entertainment ranging from Rammstein to Spacemen 3 to early Adam and the Ants to, umm, Baccara (it seemed like a good idea at the time!)” as one fella posted on Facebook.
Yes sir, we sure can boogie!
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Telephone: 01274 580186
Records:
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Artist:
Baccara
Year:
1977
Event:
Just because…
Dreaming Spires, the music of Oxford
From the shoe gazing of Ride, through the melancholy of Radiohead, to the math rock of Foals; Oxford over the years has produced some cracking bands.
Join us on 29th March to discover the result of our Radiohead vote and to hear some Oxford inspired tunes, all of course on Vinyl for your listening pleasure.
David Craig is looking after this event. You can contact him via Twitter @David___Craig.
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Going Blank Again
Artist:
Ride
Year:
1992
Ride’s second full-length record has been chosen as a featured album for our Dreaming Spires, the music of Oxford event.
New Vinyl
Vinyl record sales are at their highest levels for more than a decade. Boosted by events such as Record Store Day, vinyl records are having somewhat of a resurgence.
So, to try get away from an image of a few “old” blokes sat in a darkened room reminiscing about the good old days (not that there’s anything wrong with that), we thought it might be a good opportunity to embrace the new, and celebrate the continued success of our much loved format.
Heck, it might even be fun to listen to some new vinyl without years worth of scratches.
So with the help of Record Club regular, Andy, we restricted this event to vinyl people have bought since the start of record club in September 2010.
To kick start things Andy chose Restless Idylls by Tropic of Cancer (2013). The vote for the other albums to be played on the night, resulted in us hearing the latest fromMogwai and Neko Case.
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Rave Tapes
Artist:
Mogwai
Year:
2014
Event:
In “Record club plays something from this year” shocker, it was great to hear Mogwai (again). This is their 8th studio album, and the winnner of the poll for our New Vinyl event.
Restless Idylls
Artist:
Restless Idylls – Tropic Of Cancer
Year:
2013
Event:
“Restless Idylls is the debut album by Tropic of Cancer.
It consists of eight new recordings, written and performed by Camella Lobo in Los Angeles, with additional production from Karl O’Connor (Regis) in New York and London. It marks ToC’s return to Blackest Ever Black two years after the three-track EP The Sorrow Of Two Blooms, the label’s third release and one if its most cherished. “
The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
Artist:
Neko Case
Year:
2013
Event:
How one man manged to vote 18 times to get this record on our New Vinyl playlist I’ll never know, but I’m very glad he did.
12″ Singles
For this event the reins were handed over to Rob for a 12″ Singles night. He had a great response from people offering to bring records along, and Rob put together a great playlist, which he kept secret until the night. He teased us before hand with this;
“You can expect to hear tracks from the following:
Burial, Aphex Twin, Frankie GTH, Future Sound of London, Baby Ford, Grandmaster Flash, ABC, S Express, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, Yello, Kraftwerk, Orbital, New Order, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Roxy Music, The Mission, Bauhaus, DJ Shadow and (as they say) much much more! And maybe even the Thompson Twins.”
During the evening there was time for a free-play section, where those that had brough their own stuff along got to play it.
More about this event on Facebook, and Twitter (@therecordclub or @robfprior, or#rcjan14).
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Blue Monday
Artist:
New Order
Year:
1983
Event:
I guess the biggest selling 12″ single of all time had to feture in our 12″ singles event at some point…
Manchester
The fair city of Manchester has produced some pretty good music over the years. I think pretty much since Record Club started people have been suggesting that we have a ‘Manchester night’, so finally, we did it.
Keith chose two classic albums to begin and end the evening and the great unwashed public voted for the middle album.
Keith couldn’t make it down in the end, but supplied all the records from the vote, and some notes about them. Phil, turned up and ended the evening with a bit of a DJ set that ended up in dancing of all things! (I need to go have a lie down…)
As ever there is conversation on Facebook, Twitter, or you can leave comments here.
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Bummed
Artist:
Happy Mondays
Year:
1988
Event:
Allegedly used as a slang phrase by the band, “bummed” is the state of mind they usually achieved before embarking on recording sessions with producer Martin Hannett at all hours of the day or night. Happy Monday’s second album makes you feel like you’re right in the middle of the party, and almost as bummed as they are. Not long after this was released, the slogan “Madchester” was coined, and the Haçienda club became the focus of that scene.
The Return of the Durutti Column
Artist:
The Durutti Column
Year:
1979
Event:
Voted by the public as the second record of the night for our Manchester event, The Return of the Durutti Column beefed up the Factory Recordsline up for the night. It didn’t come in a sandpaper cover incase you wondered.
Unknown Pleasures
Artist:
Joy Division
Year:
1979
Event:
Failing to chart on its initial release, Unknown Pleasures really was as dark as the album cover suggested. This Martin-Hannett-produced debut was the only album they released as Joy Division while singer Ian Curtis was alive (committing suicide before their 1980 follow-up appeared). But, if you ignore the hyperbole, this is a fine album brimming full of musical ideas, still sounding original over 30 years later. People forget that half the record is white.
Keeping it Peel
Keeping it Peel is a sort of John Peel Day, but with this one it isn’t about artists who performed – it’s for those who listened…
Celebrating the great man, and the joy he brought us all, on the anniversary of his death, the 25th October, the Record Club joined in with our October Record Club event.
Regular @LyndonMarquis was in charge for the night, and he picked two albums, that left us with plenty of room to bring along our favourite tracks/records to go in the gaps.
He’s also set up a vote for a third album to beplayed in full, which was won by XTC’s Black Sea.
More about the international celeberations:Â http://keepingitpeel.wordpress.com
You may also like:Â http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/John_Peel_Wiki
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Black Sea
Artist:
XTC
Year:
1980
Event:
Picked by popular choice for the Keeping it Peel event, XTC’s Black Sea was well received. XTC had been championed over the years by John. In fact over a third of his ‘X’ collection of records were by XTC. See X is for XCT in John Peel’s Record Collection.
Songs of Praise
Artist:
African Head Charge
Year:
1990
Event:
Described on the On U Sound website as:
“AHC’s meisterwerk – the 1990 peerless “Songs of Praise” (ON-U LP 50) – a set so complete in its realisation that it provided a peak that the band could not scale again”
The Peel Sessions
Artist:
Stiff Little Fingers
Year:
1989
Event:
Kicking off our Keeping it Peel night, why not start with a Peel Session. Stiff Little Fingers were certainly one of John’s favourite bands, so why not re-discover hem with us.
Wilful Missing @therecordclub
September’s Record Club was hosted by the popular Bradford band, Wilful Missing.
The band has had airplay on both Radio 2 and 6Music, and have had four of their songs featured in Waterloo Road on BBC Television.
In a slight change of format, we were treated to some live music from the band, sandwiched between some of thier favourite records.
We also got  to  hear a little about their vinyl choices and how some of it had influenced the music the band creates. The choice of music was really interesting – one punter was heard to say that it was the most diverse music we’ve heard at Record Club so far.
You can tweet the band at @wilfulmissing
Thanks to them_apples and dctwo for the images.
Playlist:
Deerhunter – ‘Octet’ (Cryptograms)
Midlake – ‘Roscoe’ (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
Paul Simon – ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’ (Graceland)
U2 – ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ (Under a Blood Red Sky)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy radio theme (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy)
These New Puritans – ‘V (Island Song)’ (Field of Reeds)
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man – ‘Mysteries’ (Out of Season)
The Beach Boys – ‘Surf’s Up’ (The Smile Sessions)
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads – ‘Suicide Solution (Guitar Solo)’ (Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads Tribute)
Flying Lotus – ‘Computer Face//Pure Being’ (Cosmogramma)
Television – ‘Marquee Moon’ (Marquee Moon)
PJ Harvey – ‘The Glorious Land’ (Let England Shake)
Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – ‘Munster Buttermilk’ (Molloy, Brady & Peoples)
Tindersticks – ‘For Those (Orchestral version)’ (Donkeys)
Massive Attack v Mad Professor – ‘Radiation Ruling the Nation’ (No Protection)
Sparklehorse – ‘Sad and Beautiful World’ (Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot)
Where:
The Kirkgate Centre
39a Kirkgate
Shipley
BD18 3RR
Records:
Aw Come Aw Wry
Artist:
Phosphorescent
Year:
2005
Aw Come Aw Wry features a recurring theme used as a prelude to several of the album’s songs. Â Each time the motif is heard its style predicts that of the song it introduces. The album theme has its final recapitulation during the hypnotic album closer ‘Endless’, a song which was largely responsible for me (Albert from Wilful Missing) becoming a Phosphorescent fan at the 2008 ATP Festival.
Albert says: “I’m interested in the sonic experience of music, something you get with extensive repetition. Â Terry Riley speaks eloquently of this in this interview with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter. http://vimeo.com/66427442Â ‘Endless’ makes great use of repetition, with Matthew Houck (Mr. Phosphorescent) adding layer upon layer of vocals as the substance of the song evaporates into a cloud of ethereal harmonies. Â Seeing him perform this song live with a looping pedal in 2008 was a near-spiritual experience.
 When I saw Phosphorescent live at the ATP Festival in 2008, Matthew Houck performed the song with a looping pedal.”
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