A record release party rewound through the whole history of the drop — the biggest sound of every year, all the way back to the summer of ‘66. Press play, then travel back.
Across the UK, hundreds of grassroots music venues light up at the same moment for the Music Venue Trust. TAM is the London hub — and Drop It Like 1966 is our record release party.
Leading it: mentor-in-residence Dana Gillespie — once called a very, very excellent songwriter
by David Bowie — returning to a grassroots stage with the next generation of TAM artists.
One of the voices this record release party is built to platform.
Enter microverse ↗New-generation talent with a sound all her own.
Enter microverse ↗Part of the next wave dropping records at TAM.
Enter microverse ↗A familiar name on the TAM stage, back to drop a record live.
Enter microverse ↗A rising voice from the TAM live circuit.
Enter microverse ↗Young artist releasing his 10th studio record (Eleanor).
Enter microverse ↗A new voice stepping onto the TAM stage.
Enter microverse ↗Singer-songwriter joining the record release party.
Enter microverse ↗Bringing fresh sound to the grassroots floor.
Enter microverse ↗New artists drop live records — rewound to 1966 and brought roaring into now. Buy a ticket, back the room that backs them.
Bowie wrote it. Dana cut it. Decades on, it drops again — live at TAM.
Press play and hold on. We're rewinding the whole history of the record release party — the biggest sound of every year, decade by decade — all the way back to where it started.
A release wasn't a record — it was a moment, a field full of phones in the air, one massive countdown to the drop.
White earbuds, glossy buttons, a thousand songs in your pocket. The album dropped at midnight and you stayed up to sync it.
Cellophane off, jewel case cracked, liner notes unfolded. Midnight launch parties at the record shop, the disc still warm from the press.
Dubbed, swapped, and worn thin from rewinding. The mixtape was the message and the launch glowed under a strip-light sunset.
Mirror ball spinning, the new LP cranked through the floor. The release party was the dance floor — gold sleeves, glitter, and grooves that never stopped.
We rewound all the way to the source — where the needle first hit the groove, where a 45 dropping was the whole event. Now it's spinning again, live, for one night only.
Everywhere At Once Festival programming now runs late — which means room for a few more drops across the weekend. Got a record to release? Put it forward for the festival.
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