We’re pleased to announce that BCB Radio’s Buffet (@buffetdisco) will be putting on a “nice Christmas spread” for Record Club. It’s a proper spread as you’d expect. It’s err… a Christmas cracker, if you will (sorry!). Here’s what they told us they have planned…..
Crime & Punishment
Saturday, October 25, 2014 – 20:00 – 23:00
This month we’re going back to the 3 album format. Lyndon has chosen the records for the Crime & Punishment night on 25th October and an interesting bunch they prove to be. Far from the usual suspects, we’ll not be calling this lot in for questioning…
Scotland
Scotland has produced some fabulous music over the years, and we played a whole load of it at this Record Club event. Just over a week earlier the ‘no’ decision had been made in the Scottish Referendum, so it was a good chance to talk both politics and music.
Record Club 3rd Birthday Party
Three is the magic number, and so we celebrated three years of Record Club with tracks from our favourite albums over that time.
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…
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