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aving begun at JB
Liverpool (NSW) 10 years
ago and now holding the
Movies and Music Manager
position at JB Launceston
(TAS), Greg Ford has watched
the rise and rise of vinyl with
a close eye. He describes
his own collection as “a
bit weird and all over the
place” – but that’s the beauty
of music buffs. “I love the
Peanuts
animated movies,”
he says. “Vince Guaraldi,
a jazz piano player, did the
soundtracks. So I’ve got a
couple of his, like the
Charlie
Brown Christmas
special.”
When he needs some rock
don’t sound that good, but you
can hang them on the wall!”
One recent release Greg’s
keeping off the wall is Sting’s
57th & 9th
, with which he was
happily surprised. “I’ve liked
Sting since I was a kid, since
The Police,” he says. “I enjoyed
those last 10 years where he
was exploring a few different
things, but it’s nice to hear
him doing a full-on rock album
again. He’s just got an amazing
voice." Other recent releases
Greg's enjoying are Harts'
Smoke Fire Hope Desire
, Alex
Lahey's
B-Grade University
and Epica's
The Holographic
Principle
.
When it comes to live music,
Launceston can get a little
swindled; only some bands will
go to Hobart, and still fewer
of those will make the effort
to head north to the smaller
city. “We did get Foo Fighters
in March last year, which was
amazing.There’s a festival
coming up called Party In The
Paddock, so there’ll be Sticky
Fingers, The Smith Street Band,
Montaigne, and Luca Brasi,
who are from Tassie. Luca Brasi
and The Wolfe Brothers love
playing anywhere in Tassie,
because everyone comes out:
‘They’re ours! They’re
ours!’”
in his ears Greg spins the
25th anniversary edition of
The Pixies’
Doolittle
. “It’s
awesome – it gave you the
Peel Sessions, a whole bunch
of B-sides, a whole bunch of
demos from that time, as well
as some live stuff. A great
package!” He also likes his
heavy metal, and explained to
RR the picture disc tradition.
“They’d do it as a limited
edition thing in the '80s –
print the album cover onto
the vinyl,” he says. “Bands
like Iron Maiden and Poison –
they’d do a run of 300 or 500
for the collectors. Now it’s
kind of kicked in again. They
1.
Pink Floyd
Dark Side Of The Moon
2.
Leonard Cohen
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
3.
Leonard Cohen
Songs From A Room
4.
Leonard Cohen
Songs Of Love And Hate
5.
Nick Cave & The Bad
Seeds
Skeleton Tree
6.
Crowded House
Woodface
7.
The Beatles
Abbey Road
8.
Phil Collins
The Singles
9.
Nirvana
MTV Unplugged In New
York
10.
Michael Jackson
Thriller
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