“My parents moved to Australia from the UK in the 80s—my Dad being a bit of a DJ in London had a great vinyl collection.”
“I didn’t think much about vinyl again until I was about 21 when a friend went to a big second-hand market sale and picked out a present for me—I love Edith Piaf and she found one of her records. I had the record but no record player.
I drove across Australia, moved from Perth to Melbourne, and this record came with me and I had still not even heard it. It stayed packed up in a box until recently. I’ve now got a record player and finally listened to the Edith Piaf record that I’ve had for 5 years for the first time.
My collection is now growing. On a recent trip to LA I bought several pieces of vinyl including records by Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and D’Angelo. In Melbourne I’ve been picking up records by the likes of Sam Cooke and Jimi Hendrix.
I like the stories behind album covers. My favourite cover is Patti Smith Horses. At Electric Lady studio, where I was mixing my album, the walls are lined with framed covers of albums recorded at the studio—Horses is on the wall.
It was around that time I started reading her books and getting inspired by her. she talks about the day that photo was taken with Robert Mapplethorpe.
Now I’ve got my own album, Low Blows on vinyl.”
—Meg Mac
Meg Mac’s Low Blows is in stores now—on vinyl.
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