Side 1, Track 7: Total Run Time: 29:00 Talk Talk: Life’s What You Make It: 4 Minutes 29 Seconds: 1985 Having given a great deal of thought to what to choose next I gave up and chose […]
Month: September 2015
What’s in the bag? (85)
On the day this album was released I was in Leamington Spa, which in 1988 had three record stores, and I managed to pick up a copy for the going rate of £4.99. We had […]
MIX TAPE: VOLUME 1 – SIDE 1 – TRACK 6
Side 1, Track 6: Total Run Time: 24:00 UB40: Food For Thought: 4 Minutes 10 Seconds: 1980 I was pondering where to go next with song choice and decided to go somewhere that would, perhaps, be unexpected. […]
New Theme
Trying out a new blog theme. I may choose some others as well to see how they go. This one is ‘Publication’. There is no good reason for the inclusion of the picture of Sigur […]
MIX TAPE: VOLUME 1 – SIDE 1 – TRACK 5
Side 1, Track 5: Total Run Time: 20:00 Squeeze: Up The Junction: 3 Minutes 09 Seconds: 1979 Audio: I would think that ‘Cool for Cats’ is probably their best known song from this era but I just […]
What’s in the Bag? (84)
BoC’s second studio album, Geogaddi, was released in 2002. I had it on MP3 for years and turned to it when I needed to concentrate on something, not because it is background music, but because I […]
What’s in the bag? (83)
A couple of weeks ago I was rooting through the crates of used vinyl in my local record store and I found ELO – Out of the Blue, an album that, as a child, I […]
MIX TAPE: VOLUME 1 – SIDE 1 – TRACK 4
Side 1, Track 4: Total Run Time: 17:00 XTC: Senses Working Overtime: 4 Minutes 50 Seconds: 1982 Audio: Back in the days when I used to buy 7″ vinyl, I had this, along with a […]
MIX TAPE: VOLUME 1 – SIDE 1 – TRACK 3
Side 1, Track 3: Total Run Time: 12:00 Julian Cope: Greatness & Perfection: 3 Minutes 15 Seconds: 1984 Audio: Taken from what is probably my favourite Cope album, ‘World Shut Your Mouth’, which doesn’t contain […]
Mix Tape: Volume 1 – Side 1 – Track 2
Side 1, Track 2: Total Run Time: 9:31 The Psychedelic Furs: Sister Europe: 5 Minutes 38 Seconds: 1981 Audio: My first introduction to the Psychedelic furs was with the release of ‘Forever Now’ back in […]
What’s In The Bag? (82)
65daysofstatic – The Fall Of Math Although it was released eleven years ago I only discovered this album, and band, a couple of years ago. I bought a vinyl copy of ‘The Fall Of Math’ […]
The Mix Tape: Volume 1 – Side 1 – Track 1
I do love a mix tape, or a playlist as young people call it nowadays, so I thought I’d do an evolving one, adding tracks to it now and again until it is finished. I’ll […]
What’s In The Bag? (81)
I used to really like Peter Gabriel, and went to see him twice. the first time was in July 1983, at the home of Crystal palace football club, Selhurst Park. This would have been after […]
What’s in the bag (80)
I have a memory of working nights in the computer department at a bank. The building was deserted apart from three of us who ordered a take-away curry, which wasn’t actually allowed, and eating it […]
What’s In The Bag? (79)
Way back in time when I was still in comprehensive school I had a history teacher, Mr Davis, who, on one memorable occasion, pulled out a record player and for the whole lesson we all […]
Live Video
Some live videos I’ve watched and enjoyed, that I’ve collected together into one video.
WHAT’S IN THE BAG? (78)
I was in the town centre at lunchtime and popped into a charity shop on the off chance they had some used vinyl in there, they did, and it was mostly Cliff Richard and suchlike, […]
WHAT’S IN THE BAG? (77)
P.I.L – – What the world needs now… I was in Seismic Records at the weekend and the nice chap behind the counter, the owner I guess, was playing the new P.I.L album, which I […]
