The sleeve was designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, based on a drawing by Paul McCartney. It was art directed by 60’s icon, Robert Fraser and the whole cover project cost $3000. I was given it by EMI Records not long after it was released for the first time on CD. A special item in...

  A couple of rather nice Goth-lite images used for All About Eve’s second record, Scarlet and Other Stories. I was given them as inspiration points for a major window display at the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore. Sadly the displays never...

Eric’s still got an amazing voice. He hails from Newcastle near where I’m from back in Blighty. Thanks to Andy Moreno for getting this signed for me at Virgin, Times...

The pinnacle of space rock, Hawkwind’s Space Ritual is not only a classic record, but is also one of the greatest sleeves of all time. Designed by Barney Bubbles, it really demonstrates how many drugs were associated with Hawkwind culture. I asked Lemmy to sign it and he wrote...

    Not long after moving to LA in 1998, a friend offered to take me to the Orange Bowl flea market in Pasadena to look for records. On the way he asked me what I fancied looking for, to which I replied, the Runaways albums. Not only did I find “Queens of Noise”, but I also ran...

In 1983, Kiss held a signing session at the Virgin Megastore in London for the recently released Creatures of the Night record. About 6 of us hopped on the bus from Sheffield and traveled down there for a shake of the hand and an autograph. You were only allowed one signature per band member,...