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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep171: Matt Sullivan of Light In The Attic Records

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Matt Sullivan owns and manages 'Light In The Attic Records', an independent record label best known for reissuing material and 're-breaking' artists, including Betty Davis, Sixto 'Sugarman' Rodriguez, Serge Gainsbourg & more. Matt talks us through the history & future of this highly respected label.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

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0:00.0

All right. It is June 2nd, 2019. It's Sunday afternoon, and I am extremely hungover.

0:15.5

I want to thank everyone who came out to my 50th birthday bash last night at the Crow Bar in Sydney, Australia.

0:25.3

Danco Jones was supposed to be there, but his tour's been postponed until September,

0:30.5

but we still had a hell of a night.

0:32.8

I mean, there's a couple hundred people there.

0:35.6

There were several bands, including fangs, which just really tore up the place.

0:40.0

And it was an amazing night.

0:42.1

And I do want to thank everyone for attending.

0:47.5

And this is going to be a real quick set of up front because I just got to get this episode going so I can get back to the couch.

0:55.0

Everyone today, we are sharing an interview we had with Matt Sullivan of Light in the Attic

1:00.6

Records.

1:01.8

Now, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Light in the Attic, go to light in the attic.net.

1:06.9

This is a record label that puts out a lot of really important music from around the world from various times.

1:14.6

They find a lot of recordings that are quite important, but may have not had the attention when they were originally released.

1:22.4

They are arguably responsible for the resurgence of artists like Betty Davis and Sugarman Rodriguez.

1:30.1

So there we go. Enjoy this week's interview. And don't forget the world's greatest record

1:36.9

cleaner groove washer. Go to groove washer.com. Enter promo code vinyl guide 10 and you will get

1:43.9

10% off all your record accessories.

1:47.4

I love the groove washer.

1:48.7

I use it daily.

1:50.0

However, I'm not using it today because my head friggin' hurts.

1:53.2

But every other day, 364 days this year, I will use groove washer.

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