Why vinyl matters
By: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781851498635
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Sound recordings; Album covers; History
Other titles: Why vinyl matters :
Description: "In 2015, vinyl sales in the US increased by 30% - a raise for the tenth year in succession - and 1.29 million vinyl albums were sold in the UK in 2014, the first time the million mark has been surpassed since 1996. Vinyl, once thought to be a dying market, is now facing a major revival. Pop culture writer and historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike interviews some of our most iconic artists, including hip-hop stars, Indie legends, DJs, producers, album cover designers, photographers, label founders and record store owners. Each superstar and superfan talks about their own experiences of vinyl and what it means to them, and the importance of its re-emergence - seemingly against all odds - as a physical format in the era of the digital economy. Why Vinyl Matters is part history, part future forecasting, part nostalgia and all celebration. A collection of more than 25 interviews, all illustrated with photos, sidebars, quotes, album covers, outtakes and much more. This is the book for anyone who has ever gone to the store and bought music on vinyl. Includes interviews with: Fat Boy Slim; Tim Burgess (Charlatans); Henry Rollins (musician, actor, writer, comedian); Gaz Coombes (Supergrass); Lars Ulrich (Metallica); Maxi Jazz (Faithless); Rob da Bank (DJ and founder of Bestival); Clint Boone (Inspiral Carpets); Mike Ness (Social Distortion); Chief Xcel (Blackalicious); Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5); Fab 5 Freddy (hip hop pioneer, visual artist); Fat Mike (NOFX); Julia Ruzicka (Future of the Left); Steve Hackett (Genesis); Nick Hornby"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Subtitle on cover: A manifesto from musicians and fans.
Table of contents: title: Lars Ulrich (Metallica); title: Fatboy Slim (DJ / musician / record producer); title: Henry Rollins (musician / writer / presenter / actor); title: Tim Burgess (The Charlatans / label owner, O Genesis); title: Julia Ruzicka (Million Dead / Future of the Left / label co-owner, Prescriptions); title: Chief Xcel (Blackalicious / DJ / Producer); title: Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5 / Ozomatli / DJ / Producer); title: Gaz Coombes (Supergrass); title: Fat Mike (NOFX / Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / Fat Wreck Chords); title: Steve Hackett (Genesis); title: Rob da Bank (DJ / founder, Bestival / film composer / Earworm Music); title: Fab 5 Freddy (artist / film-maker / rapper); title: Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets / DJ); title: Maxi Jazz (Faithless / Maxi Jazz & The E-Type Boys); title: Mike Ness (Social Distortion); title: The art of the pre-digital album cover (Steve Parke); title: Peter Saville (artist and designer, Factory Records); title: Alison Fielding (designer, Beggars Banquet); title: Colleen Murphy (DJ / Classic Album Sundays); title: Nick Hornby (author); title: Michael Kurtz (Co-founder, Record Store Day); title: Making vinyl (Mark Rainey and Michael Dixon); title: David Miller (record-pressing plant manager); title: Adam Gonsalves (mastering engineer); title: Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins / producer / founder, Bella Union); title: Karen Emanuel (founder, Key Production); title: Ben Blackwell (musician / record collector / Third Man Records); title: Portia Sabin (musician / owner, Kill Rock Stars); title: Martin Mills (founder, owner, The Beggars Group); title: Gered Mankowitz (photographer); title: Terry Currier (Music Millenium); title: Stephen Godfroy (Rough Trade); title: Jeff Gold (Recordmecca); title: Marc Weinstein (Amoeba Music).