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My Ridiculous CD Collection


Tangerine Dream – Lily On The Beach (1989)
This is another charity shop purchase from last week, and like so many other names from the 1970s, Tangerine Dream is one name which has...
steveburnhamuk
14 hours ago1 min read
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Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)
This is one of a number of CDs picked up from the local Oxfam shop last week, on a particularly fruitful visit. This was a Zappa album...
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2 days ago2 min read
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Richard Hawley – Lowedges (2003)
A recent buy from Oxfam in Market Harborough, who seem to have had a plethora of decent donations recently, as we'll find out over the...
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3 days ago1 min read
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Scott Cossu – Wind Dance (1981)
I reviewed another one of Scott Cossu's CDs about two years ago , and recounted the tale of how a number of CDs from the US jazz label...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars – London Not Tennessee (2001)
Otis Lee Crenshaw, is, of course US comedian Rich Hall's alter ego as a country and western singer, so the emphasis here is comedy,...
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5 days ago1 min read
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The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
In 1989 I was too busy becoming a father for the first time, and living down south to take much notice of a group of young scallies from...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Elvis Costello And Bill Frisell – Deep Dead Blue -Live 25 June 95 (1995)
I bought this online many moons ago, keen to hear a collaboration between Costello and American jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell, recorded at...
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6 days ago1 min read
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Wild Billy Childish And The MBEs – Thatcher's Children (2008)
What I know about Billy Childish could be written in one paragraph at the start of an uninspired review. He's a Medway based artist,...
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6 days ago1 min read
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The Damage Manual – The Damage Manual (2000)
I recollect neither buying this or listening to it before this exercise. I had no idea why I might by it until further examination...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 211 min read
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Lydia Domancich – Au Delà Des Limites (1991)
Lydia Domancich is a French pianist / keyboardist with peripheral links to the Canterbury scene, in that her sister Sophia stood in for...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 192 min read
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Cast – All Change (1995)
A quid at a boot fair, as all the popular albums from the Britpop era tend to be thirty years later. Cast was John Power's post The La's...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 192 min read
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Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue (1998)
I'm sure you know the story. After playing a tribute concert to Woody Guthrie, Bragg was contacted by Nora, Guthrie's daughter, asking...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 192 min read
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The Fall – Live At The Knitting Factory - New York - 9 April 2004 (2007)
The final purchase from a recent visit to Cambridge, and this wasn't staying in the Oxfam shop racks for very long while I visited,...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 82 min read
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Steven Wilson – The Future Bites (2021)
I've recently become more and more interested in the work of Steven Wilson, and his original band Porcupine Tree, and one of my musical...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 72 min read
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Jane Weaver – The Amber Light (2015)
There's a massive cheat coming up here. On its own, this album was only released as a 10 MP3 format, or a vinyl LP with 8 tracks. But...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 62 min read
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The Beta Band – Heroes To Zeros (2004)
All I knew of the Beta Band was one track ( To You Alone from their 2000 single) on a compilation free with a magazine, which I'd quite...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 51 min read
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Aztec Camera – The Best Of Aztec Camera (1999)
I'm not a fan of 'Best Of' compilations, as a rule, but Roddy Frame has churned out some decent tunes in his time, and I'm pretty sure...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 22 min read
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Miles Davis - Big Fun (1974)
This is the last of the boot fair purchases from earlier in the month, a Davis double CD from 1974. It was released as a double LP, with...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 272 min read
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Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (1977)
This is another of those albums that's been on my radar for a couple of decades, yet only bought (from a charity shop) in the past few...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 272 min read
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Frank Zappa – You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (The Helsinki Concert) (1988)
Number 2 in the six volume set of You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (spoiler, Frank, you can) series, this one is an entire concert,...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 152 min read
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