“Vinyl to me represents the soul of the rock and roll I love. “
“Vinyl is something I grew up around, which a lot of my friends didn’t and I think it shows in my relationship with records as I’ve gotten older. I remember getting Exile on Main Street off the shelf when I was 12 at my Dad’s house and being blown away by how great it sounded. It felt like I was in the room with the Stones.
I really didn’t start collecting til I was about 16. It’s the physical product, the artwork, the process of physically browsing (which is almost history), the smell, the weight, and the sound which will always be superior to any music fan.
When I was 18 two friends at school told me they had just moved into a house across the street from Jimmy Page. I went home and slyly took my Dad’s copy of Led Zeppelin off the shelf and 3 months later I handed it back to him signed by the man himself. I imagine that it will be something that will stay in my family forever—it’s currently framed—and my Dad’s prize possession.
Tribes – We Were Children
Music is the most important art form in my opinion, and vinyl represents its best format. I love parties and playing my latest vinyl is fucking great and everything always rocks harder. It’s something I’m proud to have learnt to love from my Dad and something I hope outlives all the other factors destroying the music industry today—shit TV karaoke shows, illegal downloading, fear of creativity, and dismssal of anything not new.”
—Johnny Lloyd
Enter to win a 10″ vinyl copy of Tribes’ We Were Children EP—which we fucking love—by letting us know in the comments to this post who turned you onto your first vinyl record, ala Johnny’s Pop. The most heartfelt recollection snares the record.
We’ll choose one winner a week from today (12/14) with a North American mailing address.
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U.S Tour Dates:
12/7 Boston, MA, Great Scott
12/8 New York, NY, Mercury Lounge
12/9 Brooklyn, NY, Glasslands Gallery
12/10 Toronto, Canada, The Drake
12/11 Chicago, IL , Schubas
12/12 Los Angeles, CA, The Echo
