Sid Griffin, músico y escritor

Sid Griffin, clásico del country rock con The Long Ryders y del bluegrasss de The Coal Porters es nuestro invitado especial de esta semana. Gran conocedor de la música norteamericana, ha escrito multitud de artículos y la biografía de Bob Dylan o Gram Parsons.

1- ¿Cuál fue el primer disco que te compraste?

The first single I bought with my own money was I’m Henry The Eighth I Am by Herman’s Hermits and the first LP I bought with my own money was A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles.

 

I’m Henry The Eighth I Am, Herman’s Hermits

A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles
 

 

 

2-¿Cuál es, para ti, la joya más preciada de tu colección de discos?

My most precious vinyl is a bootleg LP of Smile with the original cover art which is signed by both Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks.
Smile, The Beach Boys

 

 

3-¿Tu portada de disco favorita?

 My favourite LP cover is Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

 

Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

 

 

4-¿Qué vinilo regalarías a alguien que se acaba de comprar un tocadiscos?

 The vinyl I would give as a present to someone who just bought a record player is West Side Soul by Magic Sam on Delmark Records.
West Side Soul, Magic Sam

 

 

5-¿Qué es para ti el Record Store Day?

I love Record Store Day! I have spent days, weeks, months of my life in record stores and I have made many friends in these shops. I will cry like a baby if they are no more.