Autumn Colours No2 - a 9-track Digital Album curated from my limited-edition collectable green vinyl records.
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Welcome to my next Hipsquare: Vinyl Playlist!
Nine tunes drawn from my limited-edition vinyl collection, collected by a theme for your visual and listening pleasure (more about this here - new window)
So, in the words of Kermit the Frog…
It's not easy being green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over
'Cause you're not standing out
Like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky
But green's the colour of spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean
Or important like a river
Or tall like a tree
Wise words from everyone’s favourite amphibian.
Here are the green vinyl albums from which the tracks come from: (all photos from the original media)
So, what did you think?
A few bigger hitters here than my usual more under-the-radar, indie finds but Taylor and Billie are supreme songwriters and these albums are strong.
Some great colours across the green spectrum from deep translucents to light opaque tones.
All of these are single edition colourways (rather than the current convention of picking a range of colours from the album artwork for a range of versions) except for Gaz Coombes World’s Strongest Man where this is the lesser-spotted water-green version to the vibrant title-pink. And which other album..?
A nice mix of cover art too. This is Taylor Swift’s Stolen Lullabies version of Folklore where she did 8 different cover combos to go with the various vinyl variants. And 8 different CD’s 💰
In terms of added interest, Peaness World Full of Worry is a signed version as is Liz Lawrence’s Avalanche. The inner is shown through a hole in the front sleeve and she kindly signed the back of that which you see when you take the inner out :)
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