{"title":"Patti Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatti Smith made rock into a place for poetry, sharp-edged confession and unpredictable performance long before those ideas felt commercial. Her debut Horses arrived like a manifesto: music that treated language as an instrument and the stage as a public poem, setting a template for punk as both sonic urgency and literary temperament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early Patti Smith Group distilled New York’s downtown energy. Guitarist and archivist Lenny Kaye anchored the band’s sound with rockabilly and R\u0026amp;B-flavored riffs while Patti pushed toward free-form readings and howl-sung choruses. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-cale-vinyl\" style=\"font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none !important;\"\u003eJohn Cale\u003c\/a\u003e’s production on Horses helped frame that rawness without flattening it; his background in The Velvet Underground gave the record an art-rock edge that matched Smith’s poetic ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross records such as Radio Ethiopia, Easter and Wave, Smith navigated between damaged, electric intensity and clearer melodic moments. Easter contains her biggest commercial touchpoint — including the signature performance of \"Because the Night,\" a song with direct creative ties to \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bruce-springsteen-vinyl\" style=\"font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none !important;\"\u003eBruce Springsteen\u003c\/a\u003e — but even on the radio-friendly tracks Smith retained a sense of literary risk and theatrical unpredictability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal life and music braided in ways that changed her trajectory: marriage to Fred \"Sonic\" Smith of MC5 coincided with a period away from the spotlight, then a return that carried those Detroit-born proto-punk impulses into a later, more reflective sound on albums like Dream of Life. Along the way she shared stages and influences with peers from the CBGB scene — \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/television-vinyl\" style=\"font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none !important;\"\u003eTelevision\u003c\/a\u003e and Tom Verlaine among them — and drew from poets such as Allen Ginsberg, whose presence helped legitimize rock’s crossover with contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a catalog of albums, Patti Smith’s work is a model for how rock can hold literature, activism, tenderness and ruin simultaneously. For a new listener, start with Horses and Easter, then follow into Radio Ethiopia and Dream of Life to hear how the raw promise of those early performances matured into a long, idiosyncratic career that still rewards close listening.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"patti-smith-radio-ethiopia-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"PATTI SMITH 'Radio Ethiopia' 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Patti-Smith-Group-Easter\/release\/7478699\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eCondition: New\/Mint\/Sealed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37744630497438,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_2497.jpg?v=1761774336"},{"product_id":"patti-smith-easter-vinyl-lp","title":"PATTI SMITH 'Easter' 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Patti-Smith-Group-Easter\/release\/7478699\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eCondition: New\/Mint\/Sealed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40526157021342,"sku":"","price":47.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/pattismitheaster1.jpg?v=1779433819"},{"product_id":"patti-smith-horses-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"PATTI SMITH 'Horses' 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41009659216030,"sku":"","price":47.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/pattismithhorses1.jpg?v=1716887019"},{"product_id":"patti-smith-horses-vinyl-2lp","title":"PATTI SMITH 'Horses' 50th Anniversary Remastered Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47090873630941,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_2824.jpg?v=1765176238"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/patti-smith-vinyl.oembed","provider":"GOLDMINE RECORDS PTY. LTD.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}