The 2nd of the 4 albums I listened to last night was by Oval, it’s called ’94 Diskont’. I am convinced I first heard Oval on a compilation of Electronic music I had several […]
Month: June 2016
4 Albums: Number 1
Today I played a triumvirate of records (Except that means three, I don’t know what the equivalent word for four is, hang on, let’s check the internet…………it’s Quadrumvirate, there, I learned something new) and the next […]
Ennio Morricone at Blenheim Palce
Tonight i get to see a living legend perform in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. It’s going to rain. It’s worth it though. Morricone is now 87 years old and had to cancel some concerts […]
LEAMINGTON RECORD FAIR 18/06/2016 – PART 2
I did a nice little video of my walking into the town hall, up the stairs and into the main hall, except it appears that after 3 seconds of filming I accidentally switched the recording […]
Leamington Record Fair 18/06/2016 – Part 1
Today was Leamington Record fair, which was quite busy as soon as it opened, probably because the Peace Festival was on just a short walk away. There were several new vendors, which is good, and […]
This way lay madness – the 7″ Single
I had a sudden impulse to but some 7” singles. I’m not entirely sure what brought this on other than a few items on an ebay search filter for ‘LP’ sneaking through and capturing my […]
This weekends UK Record Fairs – 17th June 2016
Here’s your weekly reminder of what’s coming up this weekend in the world of Record fairs. Friday 17th LONDON – Old Spitalfields Market, Commercial Street, E1 – Eric 0207 24… Source: This weekends UK Record […]
Preparing vinyl for sale.
Some years ago I did sell off a lot of my vinyl, as many people did at that time. I glued any covers back together, gave the record a wipe and made sure there was […]
That Special Record – Update
I mentioned a little while ago that I had subscribed to the vinyl service – That Special Record – and yesterday I opened the first package from them. It’s a double vinyl from ‘The Gods […]
The Beat/P.I.L – O2 Academy, Oxford
I am not really in great physical shape at the moment so attending a gig was very much not something that I would have chosen to do last night, but I bought a ticket months […]
Well nobody told me: Roxy Music
Whenever I’ve had cause to think of Roxy Music the tracks that are at the forefront of my mind are things like Avalon, More Than This, Jealous Guy, Angel Eyes or Dance Away. These are […]
Stuff waiting
I mentioned before that I’ve been off work for a couple of weeks, I’m on the mend now though. I received a picture of what has arrived from various places during my absence. I don’t […]
THE WORST MADE SLIGHTLY BETTER: MANOWAR (7)
I really don’t know much about Manowar, but I do know this cover. It’s, well, I don’t have the words really, it’s, erm, fabulous? I had a go at a re-design for this one, nice […]
THE WORST MADE SLIGHTLY BETTER: The Faith Tones (6)
Well, The Faith Tones have been a bit of an internet sensation, just because of this album cover, such amazing hair, why did this style ever go out of fashion? There has been rather a […]
THE WORST MADE SLIGHTLY BETTER: ORION (5)
This next re-design of terrible album covers is rather famously bad and always turns up. I actually saw a copy in my local record store and I really do wish I’d bought it, but I […]
THE WORST MADE SLIGHTLY BETTER: JEFF (4)
This chap doesn’t have a second name, in the same way Elvis was known by only one name, so was this fellow, Jeff. Presumably the reason for the terribleness was mostly down to the prosthetic […]
THE WORST MADE SLIGHTLY BETTER: Eduardo Davidson (3)
So here we are at number 3 in the album cover re-design of some of the worst album covers ever. Now it’s quite clear that on the original album cover Eduardo is just too damn […]
The Worst Made Slightly Better: Heino (2)
Number 2 in the terrible album cover re-design is by Heino, although despite it always turning up as terrible, I actually quite like the oddness of the original. Have I made it better? I’m not actually […]
The Worst Made Slightly Better: Jayson Lee (1)
I’ve been unwell for about ten days and as a result have not been able to make my way to work. This has left me almost terminally bored so I set myself up in a […]
