Phil Aston is the founder and editor of Now Spinning Magazine, an independent music website and YouTube channel dedicated to physical music formats, including vinyl records, CDs, deluxe editions, box sets and classic album reissues. A lifelong music fan, collector and former guitarist, Phil brings musician insight, industry experience and a collector’s passion to his reviews, interviews and features. Through Now Spinning Magazine, Phil covers classic rock, progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, jazz fusion and related genres, with a particular focus on sound quality, packaging, archive releases and the emotional connection between music and physical media.

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Steven Wilson on Requiem for a Village: Finding Magic in the Mistakes

Steven Wilson Interview

Steven Wilson on Requiem for a Village: Finding Magic in the Mistakes Watch on YouTube Watch and Listen on...

Rainbow – Rarities Vinyl Review: Is It Worth Adding to Your Collection?

Rainbow – Rarities Vinyl Review

Rainbow’s Rarities brings the final disc of The Temple of the King 1975–1976 box set to double vinyl. But...

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’ : The Roaring Silence at 50 Unboxing Review

Manfred Manns Earthband The Roaring Silence at 50:

For me, The Roaring Silence is the high watermark of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s recorded output. When it came...

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Framed | Limited Vinyl Review

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Framed | Limited Vinyl Review

Framed and Next are probably my two favourite Sensational Alex Harvey Band albums, so I was particularly pleased to...

Cats in Space Have Made Their Finest Album – Greg Hart on Suit of Armour

Cats in Space Interview – Greg Hart on Suit of Armour

“We’ve Risked Everything on This Album” – Cats in Space’s Greg Hart For my second interview with Greg Hart,...

Ritchie Blackmore: In His Own Words – Parts 6–8

Ritchie Blackmore: In His Own Words – Parts 6–8

Family Favourites, Breaking the Rules and Learning to Love the Acoustic Guitar An original Now Spinning Magazine interview with...

Judas Priest : Sad Wings of Destiny : Vinyl Remaster Reviewed

Judas Priest : Sad Wings of Destiny : Vinyl Remaster Reviewed

I bought my original copy in 1976, the week it came out, after reading a review in Sounds. Fifty years...

Tony Iommi From The Dark: Is This What Black Sabbath Fans Needed?

Tony Iommi From The Dark: Is This What Black Sabbath Fans Needed?

Tony Iommi’s From The Dark is a heavy, atmospheric album that keeps revealing more with every listen. There are...

The Doors – Unbound and Dangerous: A Live Album That Puts You in the Room

The Doors Unbound and Dangerous : Review

The Doors – Unbound and Dangerous: A Live Album That Puts You in the Room Another live album from...

Ritchie Blackmore Reveals the Guitarists and Music He Listens to Today

Ritchie Blackmore Reveals the Guitarists and Music He Listens to Today

Ritchie Blackmore: In His Own Words – Episode Five For Episode Five of Ritchie Blackmore: In His Own Words, the...