Vintage Vinyl Lover Gifts

"Thus, the Yardbirds begat Cream, Spencer Davis Group begat Traffic, Cream and Traffic begat Blind Faith, and Blind Faith begat Derek and the Dominos and Ginger Baker's Air Force..."

"The only thing that's never going away is Joni Mitchell."

"How about we chill out at my place with a bottle of Mateus Rose listening to my vinyl seventy eights?"

Pink Floyd

"It's nice to just like things without having to LIKE them."

A token record...

Prince

Pete Townshend Vineyards

Cocktails on the verandah.

The Missing Sock Returns

Military Medals

Pashminas are sooo noughties!

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

Early Piety

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

A Macaroni in 1772

Gramophone dreams of mp3 player.

'No, I'm not the sommelier; in fact, I don't even work here - I've just always wanted to try this wine.'

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

"I only like their bad albums – the good ones are too commercial."

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

An old-time engineer enters the cockpit on a flight.

"Of course, on casual Fridays I'm the fifties Elvis."

"Are you looking to accentuate or camouflage?"

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

Fossil record player.

"Diamonds are so three billion years ago..."

Large print rock'n'roll section

'I know I complimented you on that outfit last time you wore it, but that was in 1980.'

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"Of course, I'm perfectly willing to pay my income tax, but I stayed home all day on the fifteenth, and nobody came."

'No, you can't just watch the end of Bargainhunt!'

"You know you're getting old when..."

Opening the Barrel