The original Van de Graaff generator was invented in 1929 and it still has its uses in physics today but the one we are interested in here at The Record Album was formed almost 40 years later. When Pete Hamill and Chris Judge Smith launched their band in Manchester in 1967, they added
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ADIEU FRANCIS LAI
The memorable piano and strings theme to the film ‘Love Story’ won Francis Lai an Oscar for best original music score in 1971 – but he almost turned down the chance to compose the soundtrack which became his greatest success. The actor Alain Delon persuaded Lai, who has died aged 86, to postpone
Beatles ‘Loud Cut’
By any standards, Rubber Soul, released by The Beatles in 1965, is one of the most important records ever made. Nothing wrong with those early Beatles records of course – and we have interesting and rare copies of Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles for Sale, Hard Day’s Night and Help in
The perfect nanny
The original supernanny, Mary Poppins, returns to our screens later this year with another British actress, Emily Blunt, taking over the title role from Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins Returns. The new film may be a triumph but it will be a surprise if Emily can match Julie in the singing department. Julie