“The first vinyl record I remember purchasing was Blue Monday by New Order in that infamous sleeve.”
“I was too young to realise the legacy that went with this particular single, but I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to have it. That impulse, that feeling of ‘this is something special’ has stuck with me ever since, and it never fails to re-emerge every time I enter a record store.
My vinyl collection really began to expand when I was a student in Manchester. My friends and I would listen to records like we would watch films, engrossing ourselves in every detail. Manchester is a great city for vinyl lovers; independent record stores are still thriving while the bigger chains seem to be fading away, and the variety of these record stores means you’re always spoilt for choice. It also means that it’s very easy to absorb all the different kinds of music, while still being united by the format.
To me, everything about vinyl deserves more attention than any other music format (except live, of course). From the gatefold sleeves that beg to be inspected, to the physical process involved in putting the record on and dropping the needle, a relationship between the music and listener is created that a couple of clicks on a computer never could.
Then there’s the act of listening itself. Nowadays, music seems to be used as filler, filling a bus journey or filling in the background of an office or café. While this is all fine and good, vinyl will always feel separate to this. Obviously it’s is not a portable format, but putting a record on will always, to me, feel like much more than merely filling in the background.”
—Charlie Cocksedge
MONEY’s full length release, The Shadow of Heaven arrived in stores this May via Bella Union. A copy of MONEY’s full length release, The Shadow of Heaven on double gatefold vinyl will arrive in one enthusiastic commenter’s mailbox who cites below the first vinyl purchase that he or she deemed “something special.” We’ll choose one winner with a North American mailing address a week from today, August 19!
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Sep 4 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Sep 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
Sep 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
Sep 7 – Washington, DC – DC9
Sep 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
Sep 10 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Sep 12 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Sep 13 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
