The owner of the oldest second-hand record shop in London has failed to attract a buyer after placing his store for sale on eBay for £300,000.
Specialising in vintage vinyl, On The Beat Records in Hanway Street, Soho, stocks over 50,000 records. These were all included in the £300,000 'Buy It Now' price, along with the store's leasehold.
If you were a fan, you probably watched with horror, incredulity and fretful concern at the things Lou Reed put himself through in the '70s, especially after the critical and commercial rejection of Berlin hardened an already cynical disposition into an unsparing bitterness and what seemed like a headlong pursuit of self-obliteration. Even more than Keith Richards at the time, Lou seemed the rock star most likely to become a casualty of his addictions.
The new issue of Uncut arrives in UK shops this Thursday - though, if you’re a subscriber, you might receive your copy a little earlier. Morrissey, as you’ll see, is on the cover, and David Cavanagh’s ostensibly picked up the plot where Autobiography left off, uncovering the inside story on what has turned out to be a very weird year indeed for the singer.
Beck performed new song 'Wave', taken from his forthcoming album 'Morning Phase', during a performance in Los Angeles on Sunday [November 24].
The US singer-songwriter played live at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in the latest of the song Reader performances. As well as debuting new solo material, Beck was joined by artists including Jarvis Cocker, Jenny Lewis, Childish Gambino, Jack Black and Van Dyke Parks for the show. Scroll up to see Beck perform "Wave" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic now.
Bruce Springsteen has written the liner notes for his new album, High Hopes.
Springsteen announced details of High Hopes earlier today.
In the liner notes - published below - he explains the choice of songs on the album, and provides some of the back stories behind them, too.
The Neil Young Ultimate Music Guide that I wrote about here (along with a review of the forthcoming “Live At The Cellar Door” set) is on sale now, so I thought it might be useful to post a sampler of what you might expect in this Uncut special: namely, this piece by me on 1996’s underrated “Broken Arrow”. Every Neil album is reviewed in comparable detail – you can find details of where to buy the mag here…
