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  • How did I get hear? #2 - Nick Bollinger on Gram Parsons' "Grievous Angel"

      When I was sixteen my father died suddenly. I had just left school and was living in my first flat, partying too hard, working as little as poss...
  • How did I get hear? #1 - Jeremy Taylor on Kirsty MacColl's "Kite"

    British singer/ songwriter Kirsty MacColl’s second album “Kite” was released in 1989. I was in my final year of high school in Timaru, and I bou...
  • RECORD STORE DAY 2024 AT SLOW BOAT!!!

    Slow Boat is again thrilled to share with you our plans for Record Store Day 2024!! After the success of last year’s event, we have again agr...
  • AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON CULTURE VULTURE VOUCHERS

    All good things, they say, must come to an end – and so it is the case with the joint Unity Books/ Aro Video/ Slow Boat Culture Vulture vouchers; w...
  • 2024!!

    Bloody hell, it's another year, already!! Welcome to it, everyone, and let us start by offering our sincerest thanks to you all for helping make it...
  • HOLIDAY SHOP HOURS

    Kia ora, everybody, hope everyone is doing good and enjoying some quality family/ break time - just thought we would let you know our likely hours ...
  • So, this is Christmas...

    Good grief - seems like just yesterday it was April and now - December, already!! Which means - Christmas, and New Year, and Summer, and holiday...
  • THE WAR ON DRUGS TICKET/ TEST PRESSING GIVEAWAY!!!

    Stoked to announce that we are, in association with Live Nation NZ, giving away a double pass to the upcoming The War On Drugs show here in Decembe...
  • Spring?!

    Well, it's apparently, officially Spring - not that you could tell from the dreary weather we are currently experiencing - feels like an extension ...
  • WINTER

    Yup - WINTER. Happens every year, yet somehow every year it seems to come as a shock as the weather turns colder, and the days shorter and darker. ...
  • Record Store Day at Slow Boat 2023!!!

    Slow Boat is absolutely thrilled to announce our plans for Record Store Day 2023!! This year, in the spirit of unity, we have opted to run a share...
  • HAPPY EASTER!!!

    Greetings, cobbers - closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday, open as per Sat and Mon, hours may vary - HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!! X