I was just looking at an album on Bandcamp and remembered I had a login for the site, so I did just that and up popped an album I put there in 2006, I’d completely […]
Tag: album
That Special Record – October
There really isn’t much I can tell you about Milan W. other than that the W stands for Warmoeskerken and that I believe he is from Belgium. I can tell you about the record I […]
Matmos – Ultimate Care II
There are two things that made me buy this record, the first were the words ‘ Limited Edition’ and ‘Coloured Vinyl’, the second was that I’d heard quite a few Matmos tracks in the past […]
That Special Record – September
Another month goes by and another surprise arrives in the post. This month the album I received from ‘That Special Record‘ was ‘Verdaillon’ by ‘Saåad’. Why not press play below now before you read any […]
Angelo Badalamenti – Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Did you love Twin Peaks? I did, it was so odd and somehow compelling, with the show creating a feeling that everybody there had something to hide, whether it related to the death of Laura […]
Cheikh Lô – Balbalou
On Saturday I popped into the local record store and was having a dig around the discounted section where i found a brand new album for £4.00. When there are 7″ singles priced at £11.00 […]
Ennio Morricone – Escalation
I spent yesterday in London touring Universities but managed to slip away long enough to nip to Berwick street and have a root through the basement of Sister Ray. I could, had I had the […]
That Special Record – Unearth Noise LP & Maizena Boys 12″
It was great to receive another 12″ with my ‘That Special Record’ subscription, because it was a great 12″from Danish label ‘No Hands’. I guess it is a sampler of sorts as it has 4 […]
Eluvium – False Readings On
False Readings On is the new album from renowned experimental composer, Eluvium. Its creation was originally inspired by themes of cognitive dissonance in modern society. By its conclusion it had become a mirror rather than a magnifying […]
Tom Waits – The Heart Of Saturday Night
I was just browsing in the record store while I had some time to kill, I browsed for just under an hour and picked up lots of things before putting them back having changed my […]
Departure Lounge – Jetlag Dreams
For Record Store Day 2016, the record label Bella Union released a clear vinyl version of the album ‘Jetlg Dreams’ by Departure lounge. The group have been together since early 1998 when singer – guitarist […]
Rapture – Record Store- Witney, Oxfordshire.
There are 2 record stores within around 20 minutes drive of where I work. This is the first of them that I’ve visited, in Witney, Oxfordshire. It’s in a sort of shopping arcade and the […]
Replacing a CD with Vinyl
It was quite normal a few years ago to replace vinyl with CD’s and to sell off the vinyl, after all, who needed them anymore when you had a swanky indestructible CD instead. I did […]
Post Scriptum – 01
Sometimes I like to take a chance on an album. To know absolutely nothing about it, to not know what it sounds like, what genre even, but to judge the book entirely by its cover, or […]
Playing Pokemon Go with vinyl
I’ve never added anything to the Discogs Database before, it’s pretty easy to do really, as I found out when I added the Carl Matthews album I talked about recently. This is the Discogs entry […]
That Special Record – July
This month the album I received from ‘That Special Record‘ subscription service was ‘Mirage Tape Recordings 1979-83’ by Carl Matthews. Now what can I tell you about Carl Matthews that you don’t already know? Well, […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 9
This is the only full price album I bought at £17.00 but it’s brilliant so I really had little choice. Kraftwerk – Techno Pop Label: Kling Klang – 50999 9 66050 1 1, Mute – STUMM […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 8
Will it never end? Well, yes it will, just not yet. Young Dreams – Between Places Label: K. Dahl Eftf. – 5053105-5001-1-6 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP CD, Album Country: Norway Released: 2013 Genre: Rock, Pop Tracklist LP-A1 Footprints LP-A2 […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 7
And the hits just keep on coming! ‘Argybargy’ by Squeeze, who I have a soft spot for. Label: A&M Records – AMLH 64802 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave Tracklist A1 Pulling Mussels (From […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 6
I never liked The Associates, they would turn up on Top Of The Pops and I had absolutely no interest in them whatsoever, in fact, most of the time I just wanted them to shut […]
