A closer look at Johnny Marr on Vinyl Revival – Part One

Johnny Marr brought his favorite records to share with journalist and avid record collector Pete Paphides for Vinyl Revival, which aired on 18 December 2011. They talk about the early days of shopping for singles at Rugelows and Woolworths, watching the singles charts and discovering Rare Records on John Dalton Street in Manchester. Their conversation was recorded in June 2011.

Part One – The Animals ‘It’s My Life’

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THE ANIMALS – ‘It’s My Life’ 1965
written by the Brill Building songwriters Roger Atkins and Carl D’Errico

I’m kinda wishing that there was a group out now, who had a record that sounded exactly like it from a production point of view, and lyrically and guitar and everything. It just sounds like the best modern group in the world to me at the moment. That’s kinda the way I think. So that’s kinda why I’m listening to it…the best guitar band around…the best guitar record around ever, I think.

JOHNNY MARR AND THE HEALERS – ‘It’s My Life’

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The newly reformed Johnny Marr and The Healers played ‘It’s My Life’ at the four shows they played in the Fall 2011. This track is from their show at The Deaf Institute on 4 October 2011.