STACK #162 April 2018

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W hile Shaz Halyburton patiently watches her own LP collection slowly fill her shelves at home, she has another method for experiencing the excitement of the black wax. “Part of the joy of being in the Vinyl Department is that when I see people buying it, I kind of live vicariously through them,” the Ringwood JB Home staff member smiles. And with such a varied clientele at the store, she’s gotta be satisfied: “We make sure to keep the funk and soul crates nice and full; blues does pretty well too – like Joe Bonamassa,” she says. “I make sure we have whatever’s really hot for [triple j] – Dune Rats, Sticky Fingers, Angus and Julia Stone, Camp Cope. We have a lot of punk fans as well.” That last genre is close to Shaz’s heart; she admits she has a “soft spot” for pop-punk, which was her “coming-of-age” dish of choice. “It’s my secret love,” she laughs. “And now when I listen to that music, I just get the best

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Lovely Creatures (1984 - 2014) 2. Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York 3. Camp Cope How To Socialise & Make Friends 4. Sticky Fingers Land Of Pleasure/Caress Your Soul 5. Ed Sheeran ÷ (divide) 6. The Beatles Abbey Road 7. Carole King Tapestry 8. Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 9. Amy Winehouse Back To Black 10. Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon

Shaz Halyburton at Ringwood JB Home

of classic songwriters like Cash, Petty and Springsteen, The Gaslight Anthem’s Handwritten is her most-loved LP. “That one’s really special,” she says. “It’s like a good book. There’s not a bad song on it – I just put in on start to finish. It’s a gatefold; it has lyrics quoted on the inside, and when you pull it out of the sleeve, it’s blue.” All hail the coloured vinyl. “I know, right? Even if I don’t like the band, I wish I did, because the vinyl’s so cool.”

energy, because I remember how it felt at the time.” Last year she saw Arizona alt-pop-punk act Jimmy Eat World at the Tennis Centre, and got herself a front row spot. “I’m a bit shy, but my boyfriend pushed me in to get a selfie at the end,” she says. “That was a huge highlight! I can’t remember what I said – it was probably something really daggy. Because what do you say when you meet an amazing songwriter? I was crying in the moshpit at one point!” While she's a perennial fan

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