STACK #146 Dec 2016

NEWS MUSIC

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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!’”

H 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

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

Greg Ford at the Lonnie store

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