Music Maps

Released in June 1995 on Ankst Records, Super Furry Animals’ debut extended player Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space) (unfortunately abbreviated to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in the title above because its full name wouldn’t actually fit on the page) holds a Guinness World Record for the longest EP title, which isn’t the band’s only record breaker - the 2004 live […]

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I really don’t need to write much about the location of the sleeve for David Bowie’s The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (the basics? Heddon Street off Regent Street in London) because the quite brilliant Ziggy Stardust Companion does it all for me, and in some detail.
It’s well worth […]

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An hour and a bit down the Hope Valley Line from Coles Corner is Manchester Piccadilly station, the road up to which provided the inspiration for Elbow’s Station Approach, the opening track to their 2005 album Leaders Of The Free World.
Recorded at Blueprint Studios in nearby Salford, Elbow’s Guy Garvey told the NME (see Powderblue) […]

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Some might see this as a bit of an obvious post (I’m trying to stay away from the more well known locations – people don’t need me to tell them where Salford Lads Club or that street on the front of Morning Glory is), but seeing as I walked past it at least twice […]

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Found on CD 2 of the 2003 re-release of British Sea Power’s Remember Me (the very rare original release has recently turned up in stock again on Amazon), The Smallest Church In Sussex refers to Lullington Church, which is just 5 metres square, located near the village of Alfriston in the South Downs.
The Alfriston Churches […]

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