Back in 2002 I bought the album Open Heart Zoo by Martin Gretch having heard a song of his somewhere, Dave might remember where (Hi Dave). Back then I thought it was a rather brilliant […]
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Legacy 7″ Box – 6
The Beat – Hands Off She’s Mine/Twist and CrawlGo-Feet Records FEET 11980 UK The first time I heard The Beat was at a fun fair in Didcot, on the site of where the football club used […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 5
Dreaming – BlondieChrysalis CHS 2350, CHS23501979 UK Now you may be thinking “Of all the Blondie tracks you chose this one?”, to which I will answer, no. I’m not limiting the box to one 45 […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 4
Tubeway Army – are ‘friends’ electric?Beggars Banquet BEG 181979 UK That this still sounds fresh to me even today is testament to the impact it had when it was originally released. There has been much talk […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box -3
Siouxsie and the Banshees – ChristinePolydor 2059 2491980 UK I remember well the first time I heard this single, it sounded so rich and full and was one of those songs where you just picked up […]
LEGACY 7″ SINGLES BOX – 2
The Beatles – Hey Jude/RevolutionApple Records R 57221968 UK I loved the Beatles as a kid, and there’s a lot I still like about them now, however, after hearing it for almost 50 years I bloody […]
Stratford Record Fair
I went to Stratford Upon Avon record fair today and it was pretty big, there were certainly a lot of stalls there. I wandered around for about 90 minutes, speaking to absolutely nobody as I […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 1
I decided yesterday to create a box of singles that represents my music listening life up to 1983, when I turned 16. The box will contain 7″ singles that I either owned, wanted or that […]
Record Store Day 2019 – I went
I decided to go after all but not early. The first person arrived at 10 PM the night before apparently and it’s a small shop so it takes ages to get people in and back […]
Dolly Parton – Jolene at 33 1/3
This has been around for a while but I don’t recall ever mentioning it so I’m going to do so now. Somebody played Jolene by Dolly Parton at the wrong speed and it actually sounds […]
Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
Gillian Welch is a person, but also a duo, they are Gillian and husband Dave Rawlings, although they aren’t actually married, who occasionally record as Dave as well. Clear? Good, then I’ll continue. This is […]
Public Service Broadcasting – The War Room
This was released in 2012 and, I guess, it would be classed as a mini album, having only 5 tracks and clocking in at only about 18 minutes, maybe it’s just a 12″ single, anyway, […]
Best Albums of 2018
A momentous thing occurred, I got my laptop back, I missed it so much. As a result I am finally getting around to my list of the best albums of 2018. As in previous years […]
Top 50 Albums of 1976
Here we are, back in 1976, a year in which I celebrated my 9th Birthday and also the year that Apple Computer Company was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the CN tower in […]
David Sylvian – 4 Re-Releases
Tattooed across my forehead is the word ‘Sucker‘. Or at least it should be for I most certainty am one. I had absolutely no intention of buying any of the 4 albums I bought at […]
Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
A few months ago I was visiting my son, who is attending University in London, and found myself with a little bit of time to have a wander around with the help of a phone […]
Lump – Lump
The third record from the Rough Trade subscription was probably my favourite so far, by Lump, and also the third in a row by somebody I’d never heard of, well, almost. Lump are Laura Marling […]
Your F***ing Sunny Day (Episode 43 – Heroes)
Songs, that in my head relate somehow to heroes, whether in the song itself or in some tenuous link that was good enough reason for me to include it.
Return To Charity Shops II
Popped into Banbury on the way home from work the other day and picked up some decent CD’s. One shop had 5 for £1 so the below 19 CD’s worked out at about £8. I […]
Return to the Charity Shops
I took a quick lunchtime trip to the charity shops today and, at first, I thought it was slim pickings, but after some digging I managed to pick up some decent CD’s. They work out […]
