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From The Vault Archives: 07/2025

Manfred Krug - Marvin Gaye - Split

Manfred Krug and the shameless album that ripped off ‘What’s Going On’ just one year after its release

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Callum MacHattie
Jul 16, 2025
FBI - Federal Federal Bureau of Investigation - Law enforcement agency - General - Generic

Who were the first music act to receive a ‘formal letter of concern’ from the FBI?

“Censorship by intimidation”.

Tom Taylor
Jul 16, 2025
Henry Rollins - Musician - Comedian - Writer

The performer Henry Rollins said no one will ever beat: “One of the most brilliant I have ever seen”

No one comes close.

Tim Coffman
Jul 16, 2025
Roxanne - The Police - 1978

Was ‘Roxanne’ a real woman?

“Fascinated by it.”

Kelly Murphy
Jul 16, 2025
All you fascists bound to lose- Examining the importance of Woody Guthrie in the age of Donald Trump

‘Do Re Mi’: How Woody Guthrie predicted the immigrant crisis

The enduring voice of a folk hero.

Ben Forrest
Jul 16, 2025
Frank Zappa - 1965

The album Frank Zappa used to insult The Beatles: “Everybody else thought they were God”

Zappa was a fierce pop culture critic.

Tyler Golsen
Jul 16, 2025
Record - Vinyl - General - Vintage - Retro - Grammophone - LP

What was the best-selling album in 1979?

What a time.

Callum MacHattie
Jul 16, 2025
The Cure - 1980s - Robert Smith

How Robert Smith crafted the ultimate “fuck-off” album in a bid to break up The Cure

Blowing up their career.

Lucy Harbron
Jul 16, 2025
Paul McCartney - 1970s - WINGS - Musician

Raiding the Crypt: the most macabre artist Paul McCartney ever stole from

Visiting the dark side.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 16, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The masters of “abstraction” that Sting could never copy

“I couldn’t understand.”

Kelly Murphy
Jul 16, 2025
David Bowie - 1976 - Musician

The fateful tale of how David Bowie teamed up with his “mentor”

“A mod-looking guy”.

Tom Taylor
Jul 16, 2025
Why The Traveling Wilburys never travelled

The Traveling Wilbury George Harrison was thrilled to work with: “It’s just unbelievable”

An absolute obsessive.

Tim Coffman
Jul 16, 2025

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