Melbourne music lover, Brett Schewitz, has recently finished the Herculean task of listening to every single record on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list.

The ambitious project began on the 16th October 2014, and it took Schewitz, a music photographer and international music label manager by trade, 239 days to reach the No1 album The Beatles’ immortal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band). He kept followers updated on this ultimate album countdown via his Twitter and Instagram accounts, with mini-reviews of each record. This is what he said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine –

Where did the idea to listen to Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time come from?

“It was a combination of a couple of things. Firstly, I had become bored with all the music I own. I think we become stuck in a comfort zone listening to what we know; artist-wise and genre-wise. I wanted something new.

Secondly, as a kid, I never really had the classic essential records to rifle through as my family never really collected music. I was left to discover most things on my own. I discovered Michael Jackson through my sisters’ collections, but earlier things like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc. were self-discoveries. In high school I’d buy records by artists I thought I should know, but ultimately missed out on many albums I should have listened to. For example, I’ve always known The Rolling Stones’ and Bob Dylan’s hits very well thanks to Greatest Hits compilations, but had never really listened to many albums in full. I knew one or two songs by Carole King and knew Tapestry was THE album thanks to my years working in CD retail, but had never actually listened to that album.

Music wasn’t as easily accessible as it is nowadays thanks to the internet. A lot of discoveries were made on a Saturday night standing at the listening counter in CD stores. Basically, I had the theoretical knowledge about many records, but not the practical knowledge. I decided to work my way through the list to educate myself on records I had missed and to rediscover and learn more about albums I love.”

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