From The Vault Archives: 12/2020

Watch Mark E. Smith's spectacular final ever stage entrance with The Fall

Relive The Fall lead singer Mark E. Smith reading a Christmas ghost story

Perfect

Dec 14, 2020

The short film following Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett's first acid trip

Every Pink Floyd song written about Syd Barrett

Tragic

Dec 14, 2020

New Prince live album and streaming event announced

Watch Prince searing performance of ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover’ in rare footage from 1981

Pure magic

Dec 14, 2020

John Lennon - 1970s

The misunderstood meaning of iconic John Lennon song ‘Imagine’

Iconic.

Dec 14, 2020

Looking back at Oasis covering Slade’s Christmas hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’

A Christmas cracker

Dec 13, 2020

Watch Hunter S. Thompson violently set his Christmas tree on fire

Watch Hunter S. Thompson violently set his Christmas tree on fire

And nearly burn his house down

Dec 13, 2020

The life-changing advice John Lennon gave George Harrison

A “handy tip” from Lennon

Dec 13, 2020

Remembering when Moby remixed Blur's hit single 'Beetlebum'

Revisit Moby’s remarkable remix of Blur’s hit single ‘Beetlebum’

Dreamy.

Dec 13, 2020

When Bob Dylan performed 'Restless Farewell' in tribute to the great Frank Sinatra

Revisit Bob Dylan’s ‘Restless Farewell’ tribute to the great Frank Sinatra

Watch the footage, here.

Dec 12, 2020

The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia and his reaction to hearing The Beatles for the first time

Real recognises real

Dec 12, 2020

When Jack White and Robert Plant performed Led Zeppelin song ‘The Lemon Song’

Biblical

Dec 12, 2020

Why John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ LP is the greatest album of his solo career

It’s a beauty

Dec 11, 2020