I ordered the special edition ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ months ago, and yesterday it arrived, finally! I’ve had to resist buying the normal edition the whole time, knowing that I’d already bought it but that […]
Tag: analogue
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 […]
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 […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 10
aaaaaaaaaaand finally, something a little bit different. A 7″ single, or E.P. really, that came out on Record Store Day this year but was still in the store and, as I am a bit of […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 5
On to some used vinyl that was in the crates under the new vinyl. I always check it and more often than not find something worth getting. The first one I saw that was an […]
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And so it goes on. The next record was a 12″ single Albert Ammons – Boogie Woogie Stomp / Boogie Woogie Blues Label: Blue Note – 441-5/442-8, Universal – 0602537714520 Format: Vinyl, 12″, Limited Edition Country: Europe Released: 19 […]
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Various – Dummy – 21st Century Pop Music 2014 Label: Dummy Records – DMYLP4 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation CD, Compilation Country: UK Released: 2014 Genre: Pop Tracklist Vinyl A1 –John Wizards Welcome To Cape Town, Cape Town Welcomes […]
Quite the W/E for vinyl buying 2
I picked up a copy of ‘Dogs’ by Kim Hiorthøy and put it back down again, then, later, I picked it up again. The album was £4 and in the Dance/Electronica section so I thought I’d […]
