Joe Theobald, aka DJ Captain Wormhole, Looks at all things vinyl 

AS you’ll recall, this column is about vinyl. Recently we’ve discussed The Pixies’ persuasion for short rapid sound, music for the Tour de France, and nights at The Regent. This week we’re returning to the original format.

I’ve flipped through my own modest collection, and it turns out I don’t have as much weird stuff as I’d thought when I picked this subject last week – the highlights being a pair of BBC discs (Out Of This World), atmospheric sci-fi sounds from the Radiophonic Workshop and Sound Effects No.21 – More Death And Horror (commenced by Death Of The Fly and wrapped up with Suicide By Gas).

After a rummage on the net I’ve come across a more textural subject, records made out of weird and gross stuff.

Did you know that three years ago a Colorado band called Eohippus released 100 ‘special’ copies of Getting Your Hair Wet With Pee. The 7in records had actual hair and actual urine pressed within them. The hair wasn’t head-hair either.

My research unearthed several further examples of discs enriched with ‘functions’ but I’ll not sully the good pages of this daily with the filthy details. If you’re feeling brave though, try Googling Say Yes To Love by Perfect Pussy or the very ‘special’ edition of RA-X’s The Opium Den, Parts I-IV.

Why should all these strange concoctions occur? It’s an outdated, bulky, expensive and delicate format as it is. Perhaps it’s true that we Millennials really will buy anything providing it’s costly and exclusive. Does anyone know if Third Man vs. Soul Jazz have confirmed a date for the Crushed Avo-Kuti on 7in Sourdough release yet?