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ON THE RECORD with Garth Cartwright and Travis Elborough TICKETS & INFO It is now seventy years since Columbia records launched their long-playing record in the summer of 1948. This revolutionary innovation ushered in the era of vinyl as the format for the music that would soundtrack so many lives. First published ten years ago when the iPod ruled supreme and a vinyl revival seemed an unlikely prospect Travis Elborough’s The Long-Player Goodbye was immediately acclaimed as a brilliant piece of popular history that explored how vinyl changed our world. The book became the basis for the BBC4 documentary When Albums Ruled the...

TICKETS AND INFO Genesis & MATTERS OF VINYL IMPORTANCE are extremely proud to announce a 35mm special presentation of the classic HIGH FIDELITY followed by a Q&A with award winner author NICK HORNBY to raise funds for local charity, the Ministry of Stories. First released in 2000 and staring John Cusack and Jack Black, HIGH FIDELITY is the screen adaptation of the Nick Hornby classic of the same name and is a special presentation on behalf of THE MINISTRY OF STORIES a Hoxton based charity founded by Nick Hornby, Lucy Macnab and Ben Payne. The charity focuses on creative writing...

 School friend, aide-de-camp and tour manager, Richard Macphail was for almost 5 years, the glue that held Genesis together, and in his affectionate memoir, My book of Genesis, he tells his own unique story of the group's early years. 'I think that we would have killed each other without Rich' - Mike Rutherford 'He was our unsung hero and when I eventually left Genesis, it was to Rich that I turned once again as my tour manager, for another 2 years of travelling adventures. I am happy that his story is now being told' - Peter Gabriel At a very...

Matters Of Vinyl Importance are thrilled to announce that legendary author and journalist Pamela Des Barres will be joining them at 6pm on Thursday 26th April to talk about the new and updated version of her 1987 classic book I’m With The Band, published on April 19th by Omnibus Press.  Pamela will tell tales, read extracts and answer questions from the audience. The event will be hosted by Roisin O’Connor. Entry for this intimate event will be by advance ticket only priced £20, which includes a signed copy. Tickets are very limited and early booking is essential – please go...

Not every day you get one of the worlds top producers nipping into your shop to pick out some tunes! Big up FLOOD!