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Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Feb 25

Photo by the author of the cover of their copy of the CD boxset The John Prine Anthology: Great Days

Monday morning’s earworm No9:

Dear Abby by John Prine

Mmm. Earworms.

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Dec 22, 2023

Why do young people prefer old music?

It’s not like the old days, but it never was

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Feb 4

Author’s photo of the front cover of their copy of the book Buddy Holly: His Life and Music by John J Goldrosen

Monday morning’s earworm No6:

Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly

Mmm. Earworms.

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Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Jan 19

Author’s photo of the covers of the 5 albums featured in this article

How to listen to Elvis

5 albums to start you off

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Nov 17, 2023

45rpm reasons why new music’s rubbish

Side one: the music.

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Jun 29

Nobody belongs wholly to one decade No1: 6 for the ‘60s

A multi-decade ramble through some of my…

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Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Jul 26

Under the Covers №4:

I Think We’re Alone Now

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Mar 11

Author’s photo of the cover of their copy of the CD The Best of The Shadows

Monday morning’s earworm No11

Apache by The Shadows

Mmm. Earworms.

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Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Feb 2

Author’s photo of their copies of Ellis Amburn’s book ‘Buddy Holly:The Real Story’ and the CD set “The Very Best Of Buddy Holly”

How to listen to Buddy Holly

Commemorating 65 years since the day the music died

Jim Laing in The Old Anorak

Dec 29, 2023

Picture of an opened packet of mint humbug sweets

A calendar of songs for the new year

Are you disciplined enough to wait for the 1st of every month…

These were the top 10 stories published by The Old Anorak; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2023, 2024.

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The Old Anorak

Musical obsessions and genres, and all stops in between and on either side. I also aim to give you a starting point if you’re disillusioned with the music of now and curious about the music of the old days. You know, the 20th century?

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