All day long I think of things...

Time to choose (something Heavy...)

Vote for the album to discuss at our next meeting on our Poll

The next album club is linked to the forthcoming Home of Metal Season:

https://homeofmetal.com/events/

And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes...

And so the next album is decided. 

At our next meet up on Wednesday 5th June 2019 at 7 pm 

we'll being taking on 

Pink Floyd's The Darkside of the Moon.

If you'd like to sign up to the session please email us at: 

TAC@kingofthebuttons.co.uk

The session will be held at MAC Birmingham (Pinsent Mason Room 2)


Recording will start from 7.15 pm

(Tell/bring your friends)

Wider than a mile...

To coincide with the forthcoming Moonfest at MAC we've selected three Lunar flavoured records for you to consider!

The vote is now open at our Facebook Group.

Moonfest celebrates 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing, through a nine-day programme of moon inspired events, performances, screenings and activities created with artists, academics and audience members.

More more information on Moonfest visit: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/moonfest

The Album Club is a joint project between 107.5 Switch Radio & MAC Birmingham for volunteers who are interested in supporting media & arts organisations across the City.

How does it work?

• Vote for your choice of album
• Sign up to the session 
• Listen to a Spotify link to the chosen album and the key tracks for discussion
• Write a short five line review

Join us at 7 pm for the discussion which will be recorded for broadcast.

Sessions will be supported by colleagues from both MAC & Switch Radio.

The discussion is hosted by James Sandy & Terri-Anne Coope.

The Album Club will meet at 7pm (for a 7.15 recording) 

on 

Wednesday 5th June 2019 at The MAC

May we...

OK folks, a bit of an update as by now you are probably wondering-

'What was I supposed to be listening to this week?'

Having taken stock over the last week, looked at diaries, timescales and availability (and calmed down from that sunny Easter holiday period) we have decided on an alternative plan for The Album Club schedule.

The next recording session for The Album Club will be pushed back to the 5th June (with a Moon Fest Theme).

The planned session focused on a Heavy Metal album/Ben Venom exhibition will move to a July slot (his exhibition runs until the 8th Sept) which gives us more time to plug in some of our DJs who specialise in that kind of music, build our promotions and give the poll a good run-in time.

The meeting scheduled for May 8th is still left in the diary as a 'meet up' for volunteers and more of a 'social' in the bar area at MAC Birmingham. Come along and give us your feedback so far, ideas on branding & promotion and see how we might develop The Album Club.

See...there is a plan.

'Thank 'eavens!' as Maurice might say.

New name...same great taste

What's in a name?

Ask Arnold George Dorsey. 

After some feedback and discussion with a number of those wonderful people who have helped us get this far, we are re-branding the show slightly. From May 2019 'The Old Voluntary Album Test' will become 'The Album Club'. 

Things will shift gradually in time for our next meet on Wednesday 8th May 2019 @6 pm.

It's just till these tears have dried...

It was a close one! But following two separate twitter polls and a coin toss the next album for discussion is: 

Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (2006).

All the volunteers who have signed up for the session to date have been sent a briefing about the next steps and their homework for our meeting on Wednesday 10th April 2019 at 6 pm at The MAC (Pinsent Mason Room 1).

But- Don't worry if you haven't signed up yet- you can still come along to watch and get involved.

Have you got an interesting fact, memory or story about this album? 

Let us know and we'll try and work it into the discussion.

Here we go again...

The next 'The Old Voluntary Album Test' session is on 10 April - Switch Radio's album club at MAC for anyone who fancies chatting about music and seeing what goes into making radio. What album should they pick? Email tovat@kingofthebuttons.co.uk to join! https://t.co/TQG0HGqz1f

— Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) (@mac_birmingham) March 25, 2019