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My Ridiculous CD Collection


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...
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4 days ago2 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...
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4 days ago2 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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Neil Young – Chrome Dreams (2023)
Yet another boot fair purchase from a couple of weeks ago (three for a fiver), this is the 2023 release of an album put together for 1977...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 122 min read
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XTC – English Settlement (1982)
The final time I saw XTC was at Sheffield University in May 1981, where as a student who had helped them set up, I was allowed into the...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 123 min read
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Kathryn Williams – Dog Leap Stairs (1999)
Kathryn Williams' debut album was recorded for £80 and no one noticed it. The following album, Little Black Numbers was nominated for the...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 112 min read
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The The – Burning Blue Soul (1993)
Often regarded as the first The The album, Burning Blue Soul was recorded in 1980 and released the following year under Matt Johnson's...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 62 min read
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Nick Mason – Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981)
Another boot fair purchase (still sealed, 3 for a fiver), and the combination of Nick Mason, Pink Floyd's drummer and Robert Wyatt on...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 52 min read
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Pixies – Doggerel (2022)
Yet another from a recent boot fair visit, new, sealed for a couple of quid. I enjoyed Pixies in the late '90s and early'00s, and was...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 21 min read
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Miles Davis – Rubberband (2019)
If 34 years elapses between the recording of music and its release, you usually find there's a reason. And that reason is usually that it...
steveburnhamuk
Jun 12 min read
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Neil Young – Before And After (2023)
I think my Neil Young collection now tops twenty albums, not because I'm an obsessive fan, although obviously I enjoy his music, but (as...
steveburnhamuk
May 311 min read
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Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969)
I've avoided buying Drake's albums until now, not because I dislike his music, but a strange idea that since I have Way To Blue , one of...
steveburnhamuk
May 292 min read
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Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People (2015)
The other charity shop purchase from last week (along with Levellers) was another described as folk-rock / punk. It's the second Frank...
steveburnhamuk
May 292 min read
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Levellers – Zeitgeist (1995)
I've never listened to a single thing by Levellers. I'm obviously aware of them, and picture them as crusty, hippy traveller types, based...
steveburnhamuk
May 262 min read
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Jonathan Richman – ¡Jonathan, Te Vas A Emocionar! (1994)
I've no idea where I picked up Richman's 1994 Spanish language album, but a JR album isn't something I'd leave sitting on the racks. It...
steveburnhamuk
May 241 min read
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Courtney Pine – Back In The Day (2000)
Courtney Pine is, arguably, the most recognisable name in British jazz in the last thirty years, and he's long blended orthodox jazz...
steveburnhamuk
May 232 min read
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The Only Ones – Even Serpents Shine (1979)
This is The Only Ones' second album (taken from a 2CD set which includes their first three albums). They are a band I saw, almost...
steveburnhamuk
May 232 min read
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National Health – Playtime (2001)
National Health, who were active from 1975-1980, had a shape-shifting line up which at some time featured most of the members of Hatfield...
steveburnhamuk
May 192 min read
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Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (1994)
The Manics' third album passed me by at the time, as had the previous two, but it's another one often seen cheap in charity shops etc,...
steveburnhamuk
May 141 min read
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Lambchop - Nixon (2000)
This is one of two Lambchop albums I picked up at the same time in a charity shop, long ago. The other one Is A Woman was reviewed very...
steveburnhamuk
May 132 min read
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