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 […]
Charity Shop Catch Up
I have been popping into the Charity Shops every now and again over the last several weeks and have, since the last time I posted about them, picked up 158 CD’s at an average of […]
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, […]
Best Albums of 1959
I watched a brilliant live broadcast by the BBC from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival celebrating the now defunct TV show Jazz 625 called Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only. It was broadcast in black […]
Legacy 7″ Box – 9
XTC – Senses Working OvertimeVirgin VS 4621982 UK I happen to think that this is one of the greatest 45’s ever pressed to wax, a truly brilliant pop song that has intelligent lyrics but a rather […]
Rosalia – El Mal Querer
This was one of my albums of 2018, though I’d never mentioned it before then. There’s actually a lot of albums that it takes me while to get around to mentioning, some going back several […]
More terrible album covers
I’ve added some more HERE but I just keep laughing at this one. I may have posted some of these before but I’m not really keeping track.
LEGACY 7″ BOX – 8
Public Image Ltd – Public ImageVirgin VS 2281978 UK I saw the single in its newspaper wrapping in Woolworths, though I can’t remember where, in Oxfordshire I would guess. I remember walking over to it and […]
LEGACY 7″ BOX – 7
The Clash – Tommy GunCBS, CBS S CBS 6788, 67881978 UK I never owned a copy of this as far as I remember, a couple of friends did and I used to play their copy […]
Best albums of 1983
I was 16 in 1983 and, to be honest, it wasn’t a great year in music for me. Choosing 30 albums for this list was difficult, not because of what to include, but actually finding […]
Lamb – The Secret of Letting Go +
I’m a fan of Lamb, both the group and the meat, though I would only put mint sauce on one. I wasn’t looking for it but I found and bought their new album today in […]
We need to talk about Martin…….
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 […]
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 […]
