Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares: Petula Clark’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Sixty years after Downtown made her the second British woman to top the US charts, we rate the best of Clark’s exhilarating, perfectly enunciated pop

The Guardian
A founding member of the #AnalogRenaissance.
@morganrees
Nicky Hopkins: The Session Musicians on Apple Music

Playlist · 30 Songs

Apple Music - Web Player
WH Smith to stock vinyl albums for first time since 1990s

LPs will be available in 80 high street shops across the UK to attract ‘seasoned fans and new listeners alike’

The Guardian
One of the last bastions of the #AnalogRenaissance. Still widely in use today as I discovered when I recently purchased #School shoes for my Granddaughter while we were up in #Wales. No doubt the #DigitalGrifters have it in their sights. #Clarks Shoes for Kids! @morganrees
I am a big fan of the #VinylRevival and the #AnalogRenaissance, except for the fact that most #vinyl purchases are being made by #collectors. This re-issue box set of the #Beatles from 1964 is an exception. Everyone should buy it. #SixtyYearsAfter.
https://usastore.thebeatles.com/collections/us-albums-music-and-merch/products/the-beatles-1964-albums-in-mono
The Beatles: 1964 Albums In Mono

The German problem? It’s an analogue country in a digital world

Germany was once an economic model to emulate but its reliance on industries past their sell-by date is costing it dear

The Guardian
Japan Finally Phases Out Floppy Disks

One of the world’s most technologically advanced nations has held on to some of the most outmoded devices.

The New York Times
Hmmmmn, #Philips loyalty aside, the ‘re-birth of the cassette’ is due to collectors and not a reflection of #Swifties embracing the #AnalogRenaissance. Only a true analog-file would love the sound of this horrible format, no matter what is recorded in it. @morganrees