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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 4
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 […]
QUITE THE W/E FOR VINYL BUYING 3
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 […]
Quite the W/E for vinyl buying 1
My good lady wife decided to buy me some records, I’m still not sure why, if there is an ulterior motive I’m sure it will reveal itself soon. Essentially I was in the rather nice […]
Record Fair: Rugby Town Hall
I went to record fair in Rugby this morning at the town hall. It’s very impressive size wise from the outside but I went in the side and in to a rather small room that […]
Aphex Twin – Cheetah EP
Yesterday, while sat outside Costa contemplating whether I just had a cup of frothy milk and if I would ever actually reach the Marina Trench where the coffee must actually have been, I read one […]
Björk – Vulnicura Live
Label: One Little Indian – tplp1328 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK, Europe & US Released: 15 Jul 2016 Genre: Electronic, Pop Style: Experimental I am a sucker for all things Björk, and I […]
SPASMO!
The final record I picked up from the Record Fair at the Custard Factory on Saturday was the re-released soundtrack to the 1974 film, ‘Spasmo’ directed by Umberto Lenzi. There were two runs of 500 done for Record […]
Record Fair: Custard Factory, Birmingham
Yesterday I went to the Custard Factory in Birmingham for a record fair, although that wasn’t my sole reason for the trip, I did sort of time it so that I could escape the trauma […]
Music you can’t listen to and music you can
When I saw Ennio Morricone at Blenheim Palace a couple of weeks ago he played some of the music from his score for the film ‘The Red Tent’. I’d never really heard of it, the […]
Les Revenants
There was briefly an American made TV series called ‘The Returned’ the synopsis for which is as follows: The American adapted series follows residents in a small town whose lives are disrupted when people who have […]
Musik für Vatertag
It was Father’s day recently and I received the gift of music from my favourite son. Now I know it’s not fair to single one child out over another, but I only have one, so […]
My Discogs looks odd
I added all my classical vinyl to my discogs account and it now looks a bit wrong. I no longer think the cool kids will even allow me in the same room, possibly not even […]
Printed Protective Inner Sleeves
Here is a picture of the protective sleeve from a 1970 press of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ by Simon & Garfunkel that I was just listening to: I used to love these things when I bought […]
4 Albums: Number 2
The 2nd of the 4 albums I listened to last night was by Oval, it’s called ’94 Diskont’. I am convinced I first heard Oval on a compilation of Electronic music I had several […]
4 Albums: Number 1
Today I played a triumvirate of records (Except that means three, I don’t know what the equivalent word for four is, hang on, let’s check the internet…………it’s Quadrumvirate, there, I learned something new) and the next […]
LEAMINGTON RECORD FAIR 18/06/2016 – PART 2
I did a nice little video of my walking into the town hall, up the stairs and into the main hall, except it appears that after 3 seconds of filming I accidentally switched the recording […]
