STACK #243 January 2025

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# 1 MY FIRST ALBUM

Which recent album do you currently have on repeat?

DALE TANNER

In Waves - Jamie XX What’s your all-time favourite album and why? Don’t do this to me! How about a top five from the last

I was 12 when I walked into my local record store at

Parkmore Shopping Centre in Keysborough and I purchased,

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drum roll, American Idiot by Green Day. What a record! My cousin Beau was into Green Day, Blink-182, Sum 41… all that skate punk stuff at the time.

few years? AM (Arctic Monkeys), My 21st Century Symphony (Raye), This Modern Glitch (The Wombats), Communion (Years & Years) and Days Are Gone (Haim). Do you have a vinyl collection? If so, how did it begin, and expand? Not anymore - I no longer have space for a turntable! My former collection started with The Presets’ Apocalypto and The Beatles x Cirque Du Soleil’s LOVE. What do you enjoy most about working in music at JB? Always having a wonderful conversation starter to chat about with work pals, friends, family and customers. Whether it’s a new album doing the rounds on social media, or really cool album cover artwork - it sounds terribly clichéd, but music genuinely brings everyone together!

He’s a couple of years older than me and a skater, so I very much looked up to him. And I think I heard Jesus of Suburbia and it just captured my imagination. American Idiot was a perfect entry point for me. It’s definitely a record you can play from start to finish; it’s very dynamic, with twists and turns. I have fond memories of driving up to the Murray River for summer holidays, and that was one of the albums we’d play in the car. Believe it or not, I’ve never actually seen Green Day. But they’re coming out to Australia [in March], and I believe they’re playing that record in full, so it feels like it was meant to be. I cannot wait.

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ADELLE CRAMER Merch/Counter/Admin @ JB Camberwell, VIC

What’s an early, cherished music memory? Being gifted my first album for Christmas in 2003 - Delta Goodrem’s Innocent Eyes . It was on repeat for many, many months after that.

Oddworld by Ocean Grove

is out now via SharpTone

In the hotseat this month is BRIAN CANHAM from Pseudo Echo, who are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their platinum album Love an Adventure . For tour dates, head to pseudoecho.net.

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Photo credit: Sean Paris

The Sandpiper (soundtrack) – Johnny Mandel. Aside from yourself, which musician would you most like to be? I only want to be me! What’s the most ridiculous item you’ve ever put on your rider? Assorted lollies, Yakult, Krispy Kreme donuts, weed.

Five words to describe yourself: Eccentric, deep, forgiving, logical, determined. Your all-time favourite album? Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygène . What did your most memorable school report say? Talks too much, needs to pay more attention!

What would be your Hard Quiz expert subject? Psychology. Song you wish you’d written? Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. If you weren’t a rock star, what would you be? Rebel leader. Last album you bought?

Your funeral song? Funky Town … might as well go out with a bang! :) Happiness is… Peace, freedom, love… when we all understand each other.

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