Over a whatsapp video call, David showed me a new CD he had bought, I nodded politely as though I recognised the band and knew all about them and we moved on to the next […]
Category: Album Covers
Stina Nordenstam
I went to the local rubbish tip last week and had a quick look through the stack of CD’s they have there that people were going to throw away as landfill. Amongst the Westlife, Boyzone […]
Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human – Step 2
Back in 2015 the John Lewis Christmas advert featured a cover of the Oasis song ‘Half a world away’, performed by Aurora. This advert is actually quite a big thing in the UK and every […]
Darkstar – Foam Island
Somebody bought this album back around 2015 and wasn’t very pleased with it as I found it in a used records bin still in its shrink wrap for £7.00. As it was released by Warp […]
Further Charity Shop Adventures
So yes, I have again been in the charity shops but a different town this time. It is best to leave 2 to 4 weeks between visits so that some new stuff comes in, although […]
Hekla – Á
Who the hell is Hekla Magnúsdóttir? Well, she plays the theramin, and who doesn’t love the theramin?………………………. Don’t answer that. If you had to categorise her debut release you might very well go for something […]
Frank Sinatra – Come Dance With Me
Another 1959 record from the best of joins the shelves, and its Sinatra, so of course it’s good. I still think the cover photo is a bit creepy though. Come Dance with Me! is Frank Sinatra’s twenty-first […]
Julie London – London By Night
Another of the best albums of 1959 arrived this week, the wittily titled ‘London By Night’ by Julie London. While compiling the best of list for 1959 I listened to a load of albums on […]
Nérija – Blume
The album for August I received today (actually 2 days ago now) from my Rough Trade Subscription is Blume by Nérija. I’m on my fourth listen and I absolutely bloody love it. To my thoroughly […]
Odetta – My Eyes Have Seen
So my quest to find copies of every album in my Best Albums of 1959 continues with a copy of My Eyes Have Seen by Odetta. I had thought this one was going to be […]
Streets Of Laredo – Wild
When an album is priced at £3.00 one doesn’t expect much, but it is certainly worth taking a chance on, it’s the price of a cup of coffee after all. In an act of pure […]
KOKOKO! – Fongola (and BlueDot 2019)
I received a yellow vinyl version of Fongola by KoKoKo! a couple of weeks ago via my Rough Trade subscription and I didn’t get to play it more than once before I headed to Hong […]
Blanket – How To Let Go
I found an album by Blanket in the reduced items bin at the record shop which I picked up for the following reasons, I quite liked the cover, it was cheap. I hadn’t heard of […]
Eluvium – Piano Works
Label: Temporary Residence Limited – TRR299LP-C1Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Iridescent Mother Of Pearl Limited to 1000 copies. Includes Pianoworks Vol. 2 (new recordings of classic Eluvium piano pieces). This arrived in the […]
Nina Simone – Pastel Blues
There are a lot of old jazz and blues albums being re-issued at very reasonable prices at the moment, this isn’t one of them, costing pretty much the same as a new release, but worth […]
Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile
For Fathers Day today, I received a couple of albums. By received I mean I went to the record store, chose them, paid for them and brought them home. I picked up a copy of […]
Best Albums of 2002
I was thinking that 2002 wasn’t that long ago, but of course it’s 17 years, and looking at the albums from that year I’m quite surprised that they were released that long ago. It really […]
Pearl Jam – Vitaology
I rarely talk about Pearl Jam, which is odd as I really rather like them and have done since they released their debut album. A lot of their releases came out when I was buying […]
Death and Vanilla – Are You A Dreamer?
Label: Fire Records – FIRELP543XFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Pink Released: 10 May 2019Genre: Electronic, RockStyle: Darkwave, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock If either of you bothered to read the drivel I write then […]
Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba
Label: London Records – HA 2332, London Records – HA.2332Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Purple Label Released: 1961 I was delighted to find and original copy of this album in the used record store today, […]
