The Vinyl Arrears

#OnThisDay 1947 Laurie Anderson born The American avant-garde musician was born in Chicago Her most famous song O Superman was her debut single and it reached No2 in the UK In 1992 she met Lou Reed and married him in 2008 (and was married to him until he died in 2013)

#OnThisDay 2023 Astrud Gilberto died The Brazilian bossa nova singer was born in 1940 When her husband Jaõa Gilberto recorded The Girl from Ipanema with Stan Getz he needed to find a vocalist who could sing in English so he turned to Astrud The song hit No25 in the UK and No5 in the USA

#OnThisDay 1956 Richard Butler born Richard Lofthouse Butler was born in Kingston upon Thames He formed The Psychedelic Furs with his brother Tim in 1977 The original of Pretty in Pink failed to chart in 1981 but after John Hughes used the song and name for his 1986 film the song charted.

#OnThisDay 1984 Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen released His 7th album was also his most commercially successful (7 singles were released off the album) The album went to No1 in lots of countries including the UK,USA,Canada,Australia and Germany

#OnThisDay 2011 Martin Rushent died The producer was most famous for his work on Dare by The Human League He started as a tape operator alongside Tony Visconti working with the likes of T Rex Some of his first Production jobs were with Buzzcocks and The Stranglers

#OnThisDay 1984 Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood released The Liverpool bands 2nd single (follow up to Relax) The anti-war song went straight to No1 in the UK where it stayed for 9 weeks (making it the longest running No1 of the 80’s)

#OnThisDay 1947 Mickey Finn born Michael Norman Finn was born in Thornton Heath in Surrey Finn took over from Steve Peregrine Took in Tyrannosaurus Rex (Later to become T Rex) Later in his career he played with The Blow Monkeys and The Soup dragons as a session musician

#OnThisDay 1966 Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks released The songs protagonist is a fallen aristocrat bemoaning high taxes and drunken cruelty The song went to No1 in the UK and reached No14 in the USA The songs title was also used as a Kinks based Jukebox musical in the West End

#OnThisDay 2011 Andrew Gold died The American multi instrumentalist and singer was born in Burbank,California 2 of his songs were used in 80’s sitcoms Golden Girls and Mad About You as their theme songs After solo hits he teamed up with Graham Gouldman (10cc) to form Wax (Bridge to your Heart)

#OnThisDay 1990 Shall we take a trip by Northside released The “baggy” band from Manchester were on Factory Records The song was produced by Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds and had restricted radio play due to the drug references in the lyrics

#OnThisDay 1978 Real Life by Magazine released This was the debut album by the Manchester based band The album also included their debut single shot by both sides which was co-wrote by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley from when they worked together in the Buzzcocks

#OnThisDay 1974 The Psychomodo by Cockney Rebel released Their 2nd album reached No8 in the UK albums chart and sold 100,000 to make it a Gold record It was produced by lead singer/lyricist and only continuous member Steve Harley and Alan Parsons

#OnThisDay 1991 David Ruffin died The Temptations vocalist was born in Whynot,Mississippi He moved to Detroit to join his brother Jimmy (What becomes of the broken hearted) and met Berry Gordy Jr In 1964 he joined The Temptations (who were touring with his brother) as a backing vocalist

#OnThisDay 1970 The Last Poets by The Last Poets released The debut album by the spoken word band from Harlem is cited as a political rap prototype Tracks on the album have been sampled by many hip hop artists and it was in David Bowie’s all time top 25 albums

#OnThisDay 1998 Jurassic 5 debut album released The album included all the Jurassic 5 ep with a couple of additional tracks and was produced by Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark It only charted in one country (The UK) and the NME rated it as 9th best album of 1998

#OnThisDay 1979 Brian Christinzio born Known as Bc Camplight and based in Philadelphia he played with War On Drugs and Sharon Van Etten and released 2 solo albums on One Little Indian In 2012 he relocated to Manchester & signed with Bella Union and has so far released 5 albums with them

#OnThisDay 1963 Wendy Smith born The Prefab Sprout backing vocalist and guitarist was born in Middlesbrough She was with the band from 1983 until 2015 and is listed on 6 studio albums (including 16 hit singles) In 2015 she became director of creative learning at the Sage,Gateshead

#OnThisDay 2023 Gallows Pole starts on tv The Shane Meadows adaptation of the Benjamin Myers novel The music for the three part series was by Swedish band Goat The story was based near Hebden Bridge and involved the whole town taking shavings off gold coins to make additional coins

#OnThisDay 1980 The Beds Too Big Without You by The Police released It was the final single of their 2nd album Regatta de Blanc The single failed to chart but a cover version by Sheila Hylton peaked at No35 in the UK The song was written and sung by bassist/lead singer Sting

#OnThisDay 1969 Tim Burgess born The Charlatans lead singer and songwriter was born in Worsley,Salford before moving to Cheshire aged 5 During Covid he started Tim’s Listening Party where albums were played in full with live insights of each track by the people involved

#OnThisDay 2003 Mickie Most died Born Michael Peter Hayes in Aldershot in 1938 Aged 15 he worked as a singing waiter at the legendary 2i’s coffee bar in Soho London and while there made lots of friends involved in music He produced over 50 Top10 hits in the UK and formed RAK records

#OnThisDay 1935 Sylvia Robinson born She had a Top3 hit in the USA in 1973 with Pillow Talk (Top20 in the UK) In 1979 she was a Co-Founder of Sugar Hill Records and earned the nickname “Mother of Hip Hop” In 2022 she was posthumously inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

#OnThisDay 1981 Heaven up here by Echo & the Bunnymen released The 2nd album by the Liverpool post punk band The album was recorded in Monmouth,Wales and the cover artwork was photographed at the beach in Porthcawl It was their first Top10 album in the UK

#OnThisDay 1980 Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys released Their 2nd single following on from the debut single California Über Alles The single was a re-recorded version of the one on Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables The single got to No2 on the UK Indie charts

#OnThisDay 1944 Gladys Knight was born She was born in Atlanta,Georgia Her backing band The Pips included her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight and her cousins William Guest and Edward Patten She has won 7 Grammies (4 solo and 3 with The Pips) with over 40 hit singles

#OnThisDay 1981 Adam Green born He was born in Mount Kisco,New York and was one half of the band The Moldy Peaches (along with Kimya Dawson) After the band split they both had solo careers but the band had a resurgence in popularity after their song Anyone Else But You was used in the Movie Juno

#OnThisDay 1959 Steve Strange born After the Visage frontman saw The Sex Pistols in his hometown of Caerphilly,Wales he befriended Glen Matlock and J J Burnell (Stranglers) and work for Malcolm McLaren He formed his 1st band with Chrissie Hynde (Prentenders) and Topper Headon (The Clash)

#OnThisDay 1935 Ramsey Lewis born In 1956 The Ramsey Lewis Trio released their debut album on Chess records After Young and Holt left the band to form Young-Holt Unlimited they were replaced by future Earth Wind and Fire members Maurice White and Cleveland Eaton

#OnThisDay 2011 Gil Scott-Heron His poems and style were a massive influence on hip hop culture and has been described as the Godfather of Rap and The Black Bob Dylan His mother was an Opera singer and his Father was a Jamaican footballer nicknamed “the black arrow”

#OnThisDay 2003 So Much For The City by The Thrills released The debut album by the Irish indie band It went to No3 in the UK and went to No1 in Ireland (where it stayed in the Top75 for over 60 weeks) The album was included in the book 1001 albums you must hear before you die

#OnThisDay 1946 Mick Ronson born Ronson first found fame playing guitar for David Bowie and solo work He was an arranger/producer and worked on Transformer by Lou Reed + Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp He played guitar on tour with Bob Dylan and recorded with Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)

#OnThisDay 1962 Colin Vearncombe born He recorded under the group name Black His debut album as Black went to No3 in the UK and the title single and Sweetest Smile both peaked at No8 on the UK singles charts He was born in West Derby,Liverpool and died at age 53 after a car crash in Cork,Ireland

#OnThisDay 1978 The Man With The Child In His Eyes by Kate Bush released Her second single went to No6 in the UK Kate Bush wrote this song when she only 13 and it was recorded with the guidance of Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour in 1975 It was included on her debut album The Kick Inside

#OnThisDay 2006 Desmond Dekker born Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in Jamaica His first hit single in the UK was in 1967 with 007 (Shanty Town) and he went on to have another 2 Top10 hits in the ‘60s with It Mek and The Israelites In 1969 he took permanent residency in the UK living around London

#OnThisDay 1958 Paul Weller born The lead singer and songwriter of The Jam was born in Woking He also had success as a solo performer and as the lead singer and songwriter of The Style Council After The Jam split up they had a massive 13 singles in the UK Top75 at the same time

#OnThisDay 1958 Paul Weller born The lead singer and songwriter of The Jam was born in Woking He also had success as a solo performer and as the lead singer and songwriter of The Style Council After The Jam split up they had a massive 13 singles in the UK Top75 at the same time

#OnThisDay 1979 Lodger by David Bowie released His 13th Album and the last of the “Berlin Trilogy” The video for Boys keep swinging was by David Mallet and the single was top ten in the UK (but RCA USA refused to release it do to its “gender bending” video)

#OnThisDay 1991 Gene Clarke died He was a founder, Songwriter and Vocalist of the California band The Byrds and was born in Missouri In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame (along with his Byrds bandmates)

#OnThisDay 1984 Venceremos (we will win) by Working Week released This was their debut single and included vocals by Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine/Matching Mole) and Tracy Thorn (Marine Girls/Everything but the Girl) The song was a tribute to Chilean protest singer Víctor Jara

#OnThisDay 1941 Bob Dylan born Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Minnesota His paternal grandparents were Jewish refugees from Odessa in what is now Ukraine The “voice of a generation” has sold approx 125 million records

#OnThisDay 1980 Flesh + Blood by Roxy Music was released Their 7th studio album went to No1 in the UK (and it stayed in the charts for 60 weeks) The album artwork was designed by Peter Saville (most famous for his Factory records artwork) It was Roxy’s first album without drummer Paul Thompson

#OnThisDay 1934 Robert Moog born The inventor of the first commercially available Synthesiser was born in New York He started off selling his own brand of Theremins before creating a synth In 2019 The Bob Moog Foundation opened a Moogseum in North Carolina dedicated to his instruments

#OnThisDay 1981 Gwenno born Born in Cardiff to Welsh + Cornish parents She was in The Pipettes and toured as Elton Johns keyboardist before releasing 4 solo albums Her first album was in Welsh then her 2nd and 3rd albums were in Cornish with her latest album in English

#OnThisDay 1969 Graham Fellows born The Sheffield born comedian and musician first found fame in 1978 as Jilted John (his eponymous single went to No4 in the UK proving that Gordon was indeed a moron) He reinvented himself as John Shuttleworth in the 80s and he still can’t go back to savoury now

#OnThisDay 2009 World Goth Day started in the UK It is an annual event that celebrates all aspects of Goth subculture Charity events on this day support charities like The Sophie Lancaster foundation (a charity set up after Sophie was targeted and murdered just because of how she dressed)

#OnThisDay 1954 Jerry Dammers born Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers was born in India a founder and main songwriter for The Specials After leaving India at aged 2 he lived in Sheffield for 8 years before moving to Coventry He founded 2 Tone records as a Ska version of Motown

#OnThisDay 1997 Ok Computer by Radiohead released Their 3rd album was recorded at Bath,Didcot and Crouch End EMI deemed the album as a “hard sell” and uncommercial… But it reached No1 in the UK and was 5 times platinum in the UK and double Platinum in the USA (total sales of almost 8 million)

#OnThisDay 1971 What’s going on by Marvin Gaye released His 11th studio album was released on the Motowns subsidiary label Tamla It was the first album to credit the Motown studio band The Funk Brothers (who were all session musicians) The album was recorded at Motowns Hitsville U.S.A. Studio

#OnThisDay 2013 Trevor Bolder Died The Bassist was most famous as part of Bowies backing band The Spiders From Mars He was also in Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash and played with Mick Ronson on his Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Play Don’t Worry albums and Dana Gillespie’s album Weren’t Born A Man

#OnThisDay 1998 Mezzanine by Massive Attack released Their 3rd album included guest vocals by Horace Andy and Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) It was their first album that did not have Tricky involved The working title was Damaged Goods named after The Gang Of Fours debut single

#OnThisDay 1984 What Does Anything Mean? Basically by The Chameleons released It was their 2nd album and was recorded at Highland studios in Inverness,Scotland All the lyrics were written by the lead singer and only ever present member Mark Burgess

#OnThisDay 2013 Ray Manzarek died Co-founder of The Doors with Jim Morrison During live performances The Doors had no bassist… Manzarek played the bass parts on his Fender Rhodes keyboard with his left hand while also playing the melodies on the organ with his right hand

#OnThisDay 2023 Andy Rourke died The Smiths Bassist was born at Park Hospital Davyhulme (The first NHS hospital & the same place I was born) He first met future bandmate Johnny Marr while at secondary school He was also helped organise the charity Manchester v Cancer gigs

#OnThisDay 1938 Herbie Flowers born He played in bands Blue Mink,T Rex and Sky His played bass on Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed and Rock On by David Essex As well as Diamond Dogs,Nilsson Schmilsson,War of the Worlds etc He also wrote a No1 single … Grandad by Clive Dunn

#OnThisDay 1980 Shack Up by A Certain Ratio released Originally released as a single in Belgium only it was re-issued as the B-side of Do the Du (Casse) It is a cover of a song by Banbara and was recorded at a cost of £50 Their name comes from the Brian Eno song The True Wheel

#OnThisDay 1980 Shack Up by A Certain Ratio released Originally released as a single in Belgium only it was re-issued as the B-side of Do the Du (Casse) It is a cover of a song by Banbara and was recorded at a cost of £50 Their name comes from the Brian Eno song The True Wheel

#OnThisDay 1979 Do it Yourself by Ian Dury & the Blockheads released This was their 2nd album (the first that credited the Blockheads) Much against his management teams wishes Ian Dury had a policy of not including singles on albums The cover artwork had 34 different Crown Wallpaper designs

#OnThisDay 1950 Mark Mothersbaugh Born He was keyboardist, lead vocalist and co-founder of Devo and was born in Akron,Ohio As well as success with Devo he has also wrote many soundtracks like :- Rugrats (Chuckie was based on him) Thor:Ragnarock Cocaine bear A Minecraft Movie The Lego Movie

#OnThisDay 1980 Ian Curtis Died The Joy Division vocalist and songwriter was born in Stretford in 1956 While growing up he was influenced by Jim Morrison and David Bowie but it was at a Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free Trade hall that he met future bandmates Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook

#OnThisDay 1971 Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone released Redbone were the first all Native American group to have Top10 singles This song only got to No21 in USA but to No2 in the UK (Maggie May by Rod Stewart kept it off No1) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1999 Play by Moby released The 5th album was recorded in his home studio in Manhattan The album had a massive 8 hit singles released off it The album reached No1 in the UK (but only reached No38 in the USA 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2012 Donna Summer Died Born in Boston and while working and living in Munich she met Giorgio Moroder and they worked together In 1980 she married Bruce Sudano who wrote hits for her and others like Michael Jackson and Dolly Parton 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1951 Jonathan Richman Born He wasobsessed with The Velvet Underground and formed The Modern Lovers in 1970 The Modern Lovers included future Talking Head Jerry Harrison and future drummer of The Cars David Robinson 100% vinyl mix👇https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Arrears/wc-11th-may/

#OnThisDay 1946 Robert Fripp born The King Crimson guitarist was born in Dorset He played guitar on Heroes,the first 3 Peter Gabriel albums,Parallel Lines (Blondie), Fear of Music (Talking Heads) and 3 of Brian Enos’s first 5 albums 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1966 Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys released Their 11th and most famous album tried to capture Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound by recording in the same studio with the same session musicians (now known as The Wrecking Crew) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1981 I’m Your Money/Are Everything single released by Heaven 17 Their 2nd single was a standalone release (sandwiched between singles off their debut album Penthouse and Pavement) Are Everything is a cover version of a Buzzcocks song 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1981 The American by Simple Minds released It was the only single released from the Sister Feelings Call album and was their first Top60 song in the UK Sister Feelings Call was originally bundled with the album Sons and Fascination 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1948 Brian Eno Born The producer,musician and Ex Roxy Music synth player was born in Suffolk His full name is Brian Peter George St.Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno In 2019 he had an asteroid named after him (asteroid 81948 Eno) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1983 Juicy Fruit by Mtume released The lead singer recorded the vocals during a break from touring as a backing singer with Roxy Music It sold over a million copies but failed to make the Top30 (partly because it was about Oral Sex) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2021 Something in the Air (live Paris 99) by David Bowie released Recorded live on the 14th Oct 99 Earlier in the day Bowie was given the highest artistic honour in France “The Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1980 Travelogue by The Human League released this week Their 2nd album reached No16 in the UK It was the final album with Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh before they formed Heaven 17 (The Human League’s next album was Dare) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1950 Stevie Wonder born He was born Stevland Judkins in Michigan (Later changing his name to Steven Morris) He was born 6 weeks premature and due to the oxygen rich incubation his retina’s didn’t grow and detached causing his blindness 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2002 Without Me by Eminem 12” released The song was on his 4th album The Eminem Show It was No1 in the UK,Australia,New Zealand and Ireland but only hit No2 in the USA (Hot in Here by Nelly kept it off No1) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1983 Hand in Glove by The Smiths released This was their debut single and it failed to hit the charts (although their version with Sandie Shaw in 1984 made No27) Johnny Marrs girlfriend suggested they make the song sound like Iggy Pop 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1978 Black and White by The Stranglers released Their 3rd album reached No2 in the UK It was produced by Martin Rushent Two singles were released off the album :-Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (UK No 18) and Walk On By (UK No 21) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1940 Norman Whitfield was born The Motown songwriter/producer was born in Harlem He wrote 61 UK chart hits and 92 in the US When he started his own label his first 2 acts he signed were The Undisputed Truth and Rose Royce 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1984 What Presence by Orange Juice enter UK Top75 A single off their 3rd and Final album The Orange Juice Legendary Reggae artist Dennis Bovell plays on 6 tracks on the album Edwyn Collins used to dedicate “too sensitive” to Morrissey 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1984 Perfect Skin by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions released This was their debut single off their debut album Rattlesnakes The single hit No26 in the UK The Record Mirror said it sounded like Lou Reed singing to a spaghetti western 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1981 Bob Marley died Robert Nesta Marley was born in Jamaica in 1945 He formed a group with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963 His greatest hits album Legend is the best selling Reggae album of all time 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2018 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by The Arctic Monkeys released Their 6th album received two Grammy nominations Critics cited a similarity of the songs to David Bowie and Serge Gainsbourg and it reached No1 in the UK & No8 in USA 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1946 Donovan was born Donovan Phillips Leitch was born in Glasgow He contracted Polio as a child and it left him with a limp the rest of his life He had 10+ top40 singles in both the USA and the UK 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1962 Gary Daley born The China Crisis vocalist and and co-founder was born in Kirkby,Merseyside He met his future bandmate Eddie Lundon while at Secondary School The band have had 10 top 50 singles in the UK 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1976 Stuart Braithwaite born The Mogwai guitarist and songwriter was born in Lanark,Scotland He released a book of his memoirs called Spaceships over Glasgow:Mogwai,Mayhem and Misspent Youth 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1969 I want to Live/Magic Mirror by Aphrodite’s Child released The Greek prog rock band included Vangelis and Demis Roussos The single failed to chart in the UK but was top 3 in France + Belgium and No1 in The Nederlands 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1962 Paul Heaton born The Housemartins/Beautiful South lead singer was born in Bromborough,Cheshire He met future bandmate Norman Cook in 6th form in Surrey and they formed Stomping Pond Frogs (but split when Cook went to Uni) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1962 Dave Gahan born The Depeche Mode lead singer was born in Epping The other 3 members of the band were already together as Composition of Sound but when Vince Clarke heard Gahan singing Heroes by Bowie they all formed Depeche Mode 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1970 Groovin’ with Mr Bloe by Mr Bloe released The instrumental was a cover of a song by US band Wind (with Tony Orlando as lead singer) It reached No2 in the UK and the Harmonica player also did the Last of the Summer Wine theme tune 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2001 Moulin Rouge released The Baz Luhrmann film was a jukebox musical starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman The soundtrack had lots of more modern music against a 1900 Paris backdrop 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2001 Moulin Rouge released The Baz Luhrmann film was a jukebox musical starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman The soundtrack had lots of more modern music against a 1900 Paris backdrop 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1951 Chris Frantz born The Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club drummer was born in Kentucky He married his bandmate Tina Weymouth in 1977 The couple are also producers and they worked with The Happy Mondays on Yes Please 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1984 Hysteria by The Human League released The 4th album by the band & follow up to Dare It reached No3 in the UK had 3 Top20 singles on it Producers Martin Rushent and Chris Thomas both left the project and Hugh Padgham finished it 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1986 Matt Helders born The Arctic Monkeys drummer was born in Sheffield He is the main backing singer with the band (and occasionally takes lead vocals) He also played drums on Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression and Lady Gaga’s Joanne 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2015 Errol Brown died The Hot Chocolate lead singer was born in Kingston,Jamaica They were produced by Mickie Most Brown performed a solo gig at the Wedding Reception of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at Buckingham Palace 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1987 If I was your girlfriend by Prince released The second single from his Sign o’ the times album The song was originally going to be released by Camille on a self titled album (but this was just a Prince pseudonym) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 2013 Inform-Educate-Entertain by Public Service Broadcasting released The debut album by the London band The album title is the original directive of The BBC Samples are taken from the BFI (British Film Institute)and National Archives 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1962 West Side Story released in USA Based on Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet but in 1950’s New York The music is by Leonard Bernstein with Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim The soundtrack won a Grammy and was a US No1 for 54 weeks 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1967 Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks released Off the album Something Else the single was their first recorded in Stereo and it reached No2 in the UK Ray Davies performed the song at the closing ceremony of London 2012 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1937 Delia Derbyshire Born An English electronic music pioneer She was part of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and wrote the Dr Who theme She was also a member of the 60’s experimental band White Noise 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1974 The Sting Movie Soundtrack went to No1 in USA The music was written by Scott Joplin and was performed by Marvin Hamlisch In the 70s/80s The Entertainer was used by the BBC as the theme tune for the World Snooker Championships 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

#OnThisDay 1984 Ocean Rain by Echo and the Bunnymen released Their 4th album got to No4 in the UK Their final album on Korova (named after the milk bar in A Clockwork Orange) The cover photo was in the Carnglaze Caverns in Cornwall 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...