Vinyl

One Of Their Grand Classics – ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Released ‘THE CUTTER’ 40 Years Ago

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Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl from the past

17 January 2023

Liverpool’s imperishable heroes ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
released one of their grand classics THE CUTTER 40 years ago
this month.

Allmusic wrote: “Echo and The Bunnymen successfully wed the Eastern influenced
psychedelic sounds made famous by the Beatles. The Eastern strings re-enter at strategic points, filling in space between verses and Ian McCulloch’s esoteric pleas to ‘spare us the cutter!’. The track never loses steam, cruising through each section with power and grace.”

The cutting gem was part of their excellent 3nd LP PORCUPINE.

It peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Charts and was ranked
#14 on the end-of-the-year selection of NME.

Who’s on the seventh floor
Brewing alternatives
What’s in the bottom drawer
Waiting for things to give
Spare us the cutter
Spare us the cutter

B-side

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Discography – Instagram

Best-Selling Vinyl LPs And Singles Of 2020 In The UK

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7 January 2021

Are these really the best-selling vinyl LPS of 2020?
No 1 Rumours came out in 1977! And no less than
7 albums of this top-20 list were released last century
but only 9 in 2020. Just crazy…

1. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac – 1977
2. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis – 1995
3. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse – 2006
4. Nevermind – Nirvana – 1991
5. Fine Line – Harry Styles – 2019
6. Disco – Kylie Minogue – 2020
7. Greatest Hits – Queen – 1981
8. Power Up – AC/DC – 2020
9. Live At The Royal Albert Hall – Arctic Monkeys – 2020
10. Ultra Mono – IDLES – 2020
11. MTV Unplugged – Liam Gallagher – 2020
12. Legend – Bob Marley & The Wailers – 1984
13. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd – 1973
14. When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go – Billie Eilish – 2019
15. Abbey Road – The Beatles – 1969
16. Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent – Lewis Capaldi – 2019
17. A Hero’s Death – Fontaines D.C. – 2020
18. Chromatica – Lady Gaga – 2020
19. Letter To You – Bruce Springsteen – 2020
20. The Bonny – Gerry Cinnamon – 2020

And the singles list is pretty weird too.
Three Joy Division singles in the op 10?

1. All You’re Dreaming Of – Liam Gallagher
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
3. Living In A Ghost Town – Rolling Stones
4. Atmosphere – Joy Division
5. No Time To Die – Billie Eilish
6. Blue Monday – New Order
7. Transmission – Joy Division
8. Blue Moon Rising – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
9. Christmas Lights – Coldplay
10. Say Something – Kylie Minogue
11. Alabama Song – David Bowie
12. Texas Sun – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
13. Magic – Kylie Minogue
14. All My Life – The Lathums
15. Keep ‘Em Alive – The Damned
16. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock – U2
17. Ace Of Spades – Motorhead
18. Be A Rebel – New Order
19. Gangsters – The Specials
20. Cop Syrup – Biffy Clyro