STACK Issue 151 May 2017

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16 MAY 2017
Alegendary tiff between
Sams Bellwood’s dad and
uncle lasted three years, when
Uncle used thumbtacks to wall-
mount the headshots included
in Dad’s original, numbered
pressing of The Beatles’ The
White Album. Like his father,
Sams takes vinyl seriously –
particularly his most prized EP,
a pink edition of Pink
Floyd’s The Dark Side
Of The Moon from the
band’s Australian tour.
“Oh, I’ve threatened
a lot of people,” Sams
says. “I’ve had friends
over who’ve pulled it out
and said ‘What would
do you if I snapped it in
half?’ I’m like, ‘I literally
will kill you.’”
Sams keeps the
rare LP in amongst his
extensive collection –
which includes one of
only 1000 pressings
of John Butler Trio’s
Sunrise Over Sea, the
soundtrack to Whiplash
(his favourite film), and
an original pressing of
grams, are heavier and less likely
to warp. But stuff from the ‘90s
backwards, they can be very
thin.”
Sams started his collection
when he was 12, with U2’s How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb,
and says listening to vinyl has
influenced how he listens to
music in general. “I listen to
whole albums, entirely,” he says.
“I just really like the idea of
listening from track one to track
12. A lot of albums like The Wall,
and Dark Side Of The Moon, you
kind of need to listen to
the whole album all the
way through.”
It’s also influenced the
upcoming debut EP of
Sams' band, Drydock;
he’s planning on a split
EP which will eventually
become a concept
album. The four-piece
come from a mix of
musical backgrounds
including classic rock,
alt, grunge, pop-punk,
hardcore and black metal,
but things get unified
when they turn on their
amps. “We don’t match,
but we all connect when
we’re playing together,”
says Sams. “It’s weird.”
the first ever charity concert,
George Harrison’s The Concert
For Bangladesh – and keeps
them stored correctly. And how
does one do that? “Standing
up, the way you would do with
books – not lying down,” he
says. “If you have them lying
down they’re more likely to
warp. Newer records, being 180
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÷ (divide)
2. The Smith Street Band
More Scared Of You
Than You Are Of Me
3. Nirvana
Nevermind
4. Various
Pulp Fiction OST
5. David Bowie
The Rise And Fall Of
Ziggy Stardust
6. Rage Against The
Machine
Rage Against The
Machine
7. Michael Jackson
Thriller
8. Jeff Buckley
Grace
9. Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
10. The Beatles
Abbey Road
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