Collecting Vinyl: A Few Favourite Albums

January 17, 2015

A slightly different post today- I thought I'd show you all some of my vinyl collection! I realised that I'm always sharing new additions to my Instagram feed, but I've never really talked about it on here. Including my parents records, I have about 120 from lots of eras and genres, so I hope you enjoy a virtual browse through them...

The Movie Playlist Grease: My all-time favourite record. 4 sides purely of Grease songs means that there could be no better soundtrack, because in all honestly everyone loves a good sing-along to Summer Lovin'. Also, Sandra Dee is the perfect song to dance to when getting ready.
Pretty in Pink: This is another of my parent's records which has a great array of songs on! After finally watching the film for the first time last week, I love the soundtrack even more- although they didn't include Ottis Redding's 'Try a Little Tenderness' which Ducky danced to in the record shop (the best scene in my opinion!)
Elvis In The Movies: Straight from the King himself, this is an album stacked full of some of his greatest songs like 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Viva Las Vegas' and 'Love me Tender'. Definitely a record to brighten your day!

The Greats

It's very difficult to pick favourites, but Blondie, Fleetwood Mac and Queen are very high on my list.

The Underrated

I first heard Joan Armatrading on '10 Things I Hate About You' and she has such a great voice. Some of the songs are sad, some of them happy, all amazing.

The chorus of 'Cecelia' made a slight comeback last year due to one particular boy band recycling the lyrics and tune a bit. I might be biased, but personally Simon and Garfunkel's version will always be the best.

Daryl Hall and John Oates tend to not be given a huge amount of credit in the music industry, but they will always have written some of the catchiest songs, including my favourite 'You Make My Dreams'.