• Peter’s Twenty Favorite Albums 2022
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    Peter’s Twenty Favorite Albums 2022

    Here I share my twenty personal favorites among newly recorded albums released in 2022 with some short comments to go along each one of them. Usual suspects mixed with newcomers in one big unholy mess. [...]
  • Intrumentals
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    Spotting ten modern instrumentals

    As we know, the instrumental era ended abruptly when the doomsday comet named “British Invasion” entered the skies in the early 1960s and turned the music scene upside down. Admittedly, other genres were also extinguished [...]
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    Birthday Byrd

    You know, it’s becoming increasingly obvious, with every passing Summer and with every passing trend, that The Byrds were just about the greatest rock ’n’ roll band America ever produced. Now sure, I bet lots [...]
  • Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking
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    Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

    Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music [...]

The Last Assembly

Intrumentals
Articles (English)

Spotting ten modern instrumentals

As we know, the instrumental era ended abruptly when the doomsday comet named “British Invasion” entered the skies in the early 1960s and turned the music scene upside down. Admittedly, other genres were also extinguished […]

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Articles (English)

Birthday Byrd

You know, it’s becoming increasingly obvious, with every passing Summer and with every passing trend, that The Byrds were just about the greatest rock ’n’ roll band America ever produced. Now sure, I bet lots […]

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking
Articles (English)

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]

Picture Book

As time goes by, here I go again with:

The Hollies "Here I Go Again" / "Baby That's All" [Parlophone, R 5137], 1964.

Swedish release.

#thehollies #nowplaying #popdiggershollies #parlophone #vinyljunkie #nowspinning #allanclarke #picturesleeve45 #popdiggers45ps #grahamnash #vinylcommunity #manchester #tonyhicks #hollies #popdiggersswedishps #vinylnerd #bobbyelliott #ontheturntable #instavinyl #vinyloftheday
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Sad to read about Svenne Hedlund's passing. The times I met him, he was always happy, humble with a nice subtle sense of humor.

We had an interview with Svenne in Now & Then #8 where he talks about Swedish pop life in the 60s and of course mainly about Hep Stars. He had lost his copy of the magazine so I was happy to give him some new copies. You can see him holding it in the slightly blurry picture.

Thanks for the music and memories Svenne.

#svennehedlund #hepstars #thehepstars
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This Ramones book and its photos look fantastic. Really looking forward to reading it. "Ramones in Sweden", and in Swedish.

#ramones #nowreading #ramonesisverige #ramonesinsweden #joeyramone #johnnyramone #deedeeramone #deedee #tommyramone #bookstagram #punk #popdiggersbooks #popdiggerspunk #booksofinstagram #popdiggersramones #esso #theramones
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honors Gene Clark"s birthday and is #nowplaying "Here Tonight (The White Light Demos) [Omnivore Recordings, OVLP-60], 2013.

#geneclark #happybirthday #nowspinning #albumoftheday #instavinyl #popdiggersnowplaying #vinyljunkie #thebyrdandthebest #popdiggersgeneclark #vinylnerd #ontheturntable #vinylcommunity #popdiggersarticlesenglish #vinylmaniac #thebyrds #recordoftheday #omnivorerecordings @omnivorerecordings
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Apparently it's singles day. Yes! "God Bless the 45"! And "(I Wish it Could Be) 1965 Again"!

Barracudas "God Bless the 45" // " Festival Pop" / "East European Girls" [Pure Pop Recordings, PP 1965], 2013.

#thebarracudas #singlesday #godblessthe45 #nowspinning #7inch #popdiggers45ps #nowlistening #jeremygluck ##robinwills #powerpop #popdiggersbarracudas #vinylcommunity #barracudas #nowplaying #ontheturntable #picturesleeve45 #vinyloftheday #instavinyl
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is back with "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" [Parlophone, R 5452], 6/1966.

A pretty good single don't you think? 😎

Swedish sleeve and record.

#thebeatles #ontheturntable #popdiggers45ps #nowplaying #beatles #beatlesvinyl #popdiggersswedishps #popdiggersbeatles #johnlennon #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #paulmccartney #recordoftheday #georgeharrison #instavinyl #vinyloftheday #ringostarr #parlophone #vinylofinstagram #picturesleeve45
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Yes. Nice birthday present.

#nowreading #bobbygillespie #jesusandmarychain #jesusandthemarychain #primalscream #roughtrade #signed #alteredimages #postcardrecords #jamesbeattie #creationrecords #popdiggersbooks #numbered #popdiggersprimalscream #indiepop #86 #bookstagram #booksofinstagram
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The Hollies "Carrie Ann" / "Signs Will Never Change" [Parlophone, R 5602], 1967.

"Carrie Anne" is misprinted as "Carrie Ann" on both sleeves and labels.

Swedish version 1.

#thehollies #nowplaying #popdiggersswedishps #popdiggershollies #parlophone #ransford #vinyljunkie #nowspinning #allanclarke #popdiggers45ps #grahamnash #tonyhicks #hollies #bobbyelliott #ontheturntable #vinyloftheday
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is now reading The Stems "1984 • 1987" by George Matzkov, 2014.

Or rather, checking out all the cool photos. The book came with four postcards and a CD (!) "Underneath The Covers 1985 - 1987.

#nowreading #georgematzkov #thestems #dommariani #perthbands #popdiggersstems #riprichardlane #julianmatthews #garagerock #davidshaw #powerpop #johnshuttleworth #australianpop #garychambers #popdiggersbooks #richardlane
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Intrumentals
Articles (English)

Spotting ten modern instrumentals

As we know, the instrumental era ended abruptly when the doomsday comet named “British Invasion” entered the skies in the early 1960s and turned the music scene upside down. Admittedly, other genres were also extinguished […]

Roger McGuinn card
Articles (English)

Birthday Byrd

You know, it’s becoming increasingly obvious, with every passing Summer and with every passing trend, that The Byrds were just about the greatest rock ’n’ roll band America ever produced. Now sure, I bet lots […]

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking
Articles (English)

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]

Set Me Free – New and upcoming releases

Alan Vega – After Dark
Set Me Free

Alan Vega – After Dark (album)

This second unearthing in 2021 from the late Alan Vega (1938–2016) archive, the posthumous After Dark (In The Red Recordings), is very reminiscent of Alan Vegas’ two-day improvisation with Alex Chilton, which materialized as Cubist […]

Olofssons Lost Treasures

Olofssons Lost Treasures

Olofssons Lost Treasures – Vol. 2

Efter ytterligare tolv artiklar och två specialartiklar är det ännu en gång dags att summera dem med en spellista. Det är också dags att ta en längre paus, efter att under drygt sju intensiva månader […]

Olofssons Lost Treasures

Yrke: låtskrivare

Vi inleder veckans Olofssons Lost Treasures med ett pop quiz. För nu gäller det att klura ut den gemensamma nämnaren mellan poppig garagerock, mästerlig soul, drömlik psykedelika och sommardoftande pop. För att inte tala om […]

Olofssons Lost Treasures

Finnkampen i sextiotalspop

Olofssons Lost Treasures erkänner villigt att kunskaperna i finländsk pophistoria lämnar mycket övrigt att önska. Men nu, när Finland vann Hockey-VM och den första Finnkampen i sextiotalspop, är det hög tid att sätta sig i […]

Olofssons Lost Treasures

The greatest girl group song?

Det är dags att presentera gruppen som gjorde en av de bästa girl group-låtarna och som spelade in förträffliga skivor under fyra olika namn. När jag ändå lyckats väcka er nyfikenhet, varför inte fortsätta att […]

Peter Digging Now

Dogmatics - She’s The One
Peter Digging Now

Dogmatics are back for sure!

What a pleasant surprise it was to reconnect with Dogmatics after so many years through their 2019 7” release She’s The One; a 1m44s pop knockout that Buddy Holly should have been proud of. The […]

Peter Digging Now

Gabba Gabba Hey Ho

The Ramones are among the strongest proofs of a mismatch between long time impact and records sold. Their slow burner debut album Ramones acquired status of US gold (500,000 copies) as late as 2014 – […]

Books & Magazines

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking
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Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]

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